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Historical Event(s)
– Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator.
– 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.
– 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.
– Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
– The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
– Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
– Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
– The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd State of the United States.
– The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Who Were Born On ?
– Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
– A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
– Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
– Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980)
– Lord Reith, British broadcast executive (d. 1971)
– John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)
– Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
– Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (d. 1985)
– Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
– Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955)