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Historical Event(s)
– Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke’s Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
– Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
– In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.
– Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
– New York, New York’s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
– Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
– The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
– War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
– Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Who Were Born On ?
– Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
– Magnús Guðmundsson, Icelandic politician (d. 1937)
– Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)
– Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
– Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
– Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
– Claude Grahame-White, British pioneer aviator and builder (d. 1959)
– Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (d. 1931)
– Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)
– Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (d. 1950)