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Historical Event(s)
– Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.
– The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
– 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.
– War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
– The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
– 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.
– First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
– Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
Who Were Born On ?
– Nikolay Medtner, Russian composer (d. 1951)
– John L. Lewis, American labor union leader (d. 1969)
– Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
– Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1945)
– Ernie Quigley, Canadian-born American sports official (d. 1960)
– Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish politician (d. 1922)
– Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
– Otto Eisenschiml, Austrian-born American chemist and historian (d. 1963)
– Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)
– Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)