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Historical Event(s)
– Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
– James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
– St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
– The General Electric Company is formed.
– Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
– Chicago ‘L’begins operation
– Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
– The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage.
– William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
– premiere performance of The Nutcracker Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish writer (d. 1974)
– Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (d. 1959)
– Ed Appleton, American baseball player (d. 1932)
– Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
– Erich Neumann, German Nazi politician (d. 1951)
– Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
– Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
– Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano (d. 1975)
– Herbert Howells, English composer (d. 1983)
– Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (d. 1953)