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Historical Event(s)
– The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.
– The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.
– Alexandra Palace reopens after the 1873 fire burnt it down.
– Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
– The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
– Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
– The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British Ranchers.
– Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
– First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
– The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Enrique Larreta, Argentine writer, academic, diplomat and art collector (d. 1961)
– Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950)
– Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
– Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (d. 1953)
– Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
– Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926)
– Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
– Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944)
– Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
– Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)