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Historical Event(s)
– The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.
– Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
– Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
– Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first Diet of Japan convenes in 1890.
– The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
– The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
– At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
– The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
– The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
Who Were Born On ?
– Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (d. 1968)
– Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (d. 1962)
– Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)
– Reggie Walker, South African athlete (d. 1951)
– Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
– Larry Semon, American film comedy actor (d. 1928)
– Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
– Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
– C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)
– Juliette Béliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)