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Historical Event(s)
– Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
– The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
– Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
– Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
– King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
– The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
– An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
– Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
– In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
– The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Who Were Born On ?
– Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
– Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921)
– Van Wyck Brooks, American historian and critic (d. 1963)
– Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
– Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
– Gabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913)
– Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
– Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931)
– Eric Coates, English composer (d. 1957)
– Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)