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Historical Event(s)
– The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations.
– The April Uprising, a key point in modern Bulgarian history, leading to the Russo-Turkish War and the liberation of Bulgaria from domination as an independent part of the Ottoman Empire.
– The first ever National League is played in Philadelphia.
– Ottoman sultan Abd-ul-Aziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
– An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
– Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook’s forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
– White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
– Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
– The American Library Association was founded.
– Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife’s sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
Who Were Born On ?
– Constantin Brâncuşi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
– Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
– Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
– Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
– Sir William Stanier, British railway engineer (d. 1965)
– Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet and Muslim nationalist (d. 1952)
– Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer, rugby union and soccer player (d. 1913)
– Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician (d. 1970)
– Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
– Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940)