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Historical Event(s)
– Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
– The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
– Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
– The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
– In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
– The first public performance of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem, Himno Nacional.
– The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
– The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
– American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
– The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Who Were Born On ?
– Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
– Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
– Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
– Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (d. 1930)
– Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian revolutionary and politician (d. 1966)
– Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
– Scott Nearing, American writer and educator (d. 1983)
– Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)
– José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
– Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)