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Historical Event(s)
– Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
– Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
– The United States Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
– The Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy is formed.
– The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
– War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
– The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
– Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
– The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
– The Nickel Plate Railroad opens for business.
Who Were Born On ?
– Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
– Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (d. 1946)
– Melanie Klein, British psychoanalyst (d. 1960)
– Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967)
– Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
– Lluís Companys i Jover, Spanish politician (d. 1940)
– Gisela Richter, British-born art historian (d. 1972)
– A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)
– Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944)
– King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973)