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Historical Event(s)
– The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
– Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
– 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.
– Emily Stowe becomes the first female physician licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. 1960)
– W. C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)
– Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-born American biochemist (d. 1952)
– Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (d. 1903)
– Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
– Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
– Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (d. 1959)
– Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)
– Louise Peete, American murderess (d. 1947)
– Grantland Rice, American sports writer (d. 1954)