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Historical Event(s)
– 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
– Opel manufactures its first automobile.
– The Philippine-American War begins.
– The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
– American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
– A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
– Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
– The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
– Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed “The Filipino Thermopylae”, is fought.
– Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
Who Were Born On ?
– Doris Speed, English actress (d. 1994)
– Vladimir Nabokov novelist, professor, lepidopterist [O.S. 10 April] (d. 1977)
– Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (d. 1994)
– Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi National poet. (d. 1976)
– Ernst Scheller, German Nazi politician (d. 1942)
– Ben Sealey, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer (d. 1963)
– Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Iron Guard (d. 1938)
– Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985)
– Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989)
– Harold Abrahams, English sprinter (d. 1978)