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Historical Event(s)
– In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.
– Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire.
– The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
– The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
– Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
– Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
– In England the first six Football League matches are played.
– The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
– The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
– Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
Who Were Born On ?
– Georgios Stanotas, Greek cavalry officer (d. 1965)
– Chester Conklin, American comedian and actor (d. 1971)
– Dame Edith Evans, British actress (d. 1976)
– Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
– Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978)
– Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918)
– Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1975)
– Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
– Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
– Wade Boteler, American actor d. 1943