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Historical Event(s)
– A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
– Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
– The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
– White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, SC.
– Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
– Ottoman Sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
– The American Library Association was founded.
– A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
– New Zealand’s provincial government system is dissolved.
– The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906)
– Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
– Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (d. 1940)
– Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian (d. 1925)
– Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
– Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (d. 1956)
– Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1911 (d. 1964)
– Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940)
– Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
– Pau Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973)