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Historical Event(s)
– Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
– Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
– Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
– The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
– The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
– William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
– Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
– The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
– Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
– The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)
– Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
– Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
– Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian-born rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976)
– Dong Biwu, Chinese Communist Party figure (d. 1975)
– Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
– Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921)
– Edward Ballantine, American composer (d. 1971)
– Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
– Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist, and mountineer (d. 1975)