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Historical Event(s)
– William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
– Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris’s Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
– Coxey’s Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C.
– Norway formally adopts the Krag-Jørgensen rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
– Coxey’s Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
– The first ever motorized racing event is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The race is won by Comte Jules-Albert de Dion.
– The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
– The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
– Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.
– Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Who Were Born On ?
– Isham Jones, American musician (d. 1956)
– Jack Benny, American actor and comedian (d. 1974)
– Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
– Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (d. 1951)
– Sparky Adams, Baseball player (d. 1989)
– John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (d. 1974)
– J.B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist (d. 1984)
– Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
– Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
– Georges Guynemer, French aviator (d. 1917)