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Historical Event(s)
– Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) – Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
– The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
– John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
– Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
– The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
– The Russo-Turkish War ends as Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire.
– The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
– League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece.
– Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
– The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
Who Were Born On ?
– Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina (d. 1970)
– Mirra Alfassa, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
– Aino Kallas, Finnish-born Estonian author (d. 1956)
– Oliver W F Lodge, English poet and writer (d. 1955)
– Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
– Frank Jarvis, American sprinter (d. 1933)
– Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914)
– Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist (d. 1950)
– Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
– Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939)