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Historical Event(s)
– The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
– The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is signed.
– In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
– The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
– The first public performance of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem, Himno Nacional.
– The eruption of Krakatoa
– Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru’s involvement in the War of the Pacific.
– The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
– American Old West: Self-described “Black Bart the poet” gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture.
– American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
Who Were Born On ?
– Patrick J. Hurley, American soldier, statesman, and diplomat; 51st United States Secretary of War and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of China (d. 1963)
– Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (d. 1969)
– Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian Nazi official (d. 1959)
– Richard von Mises, Austrian-born mathematician (d. 1953)
– Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (d. 1944)
– Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the pap smear (d. 1962)
– Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
– Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (d. 1948)
– Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, “The Red Archduchess” (d. 1963)
– Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960)