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Historical Event(s)
– Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
– An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
– In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
– France annexes Tahiti.
– Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
– Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
– The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation’s oldest, continuously-independent college daily in the United States.
– John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
– Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
Who Were Born On ?
– Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)
– Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
– Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, and banker (d. 1941)
– Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1951)
– Alfred Noyes, English poet (d. 1958)
– John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1971)
– Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)
– Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
– Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children’s book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)
– Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)