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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.
– Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
– The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
– The Philippine-American War begins.
– Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
– Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
– Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland, killing over 300.
– The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
– Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
– Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
Who Were Born On ?
– Goodman Ace, American actor (d. 1982)
– Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
– Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
– Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
– Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali writer (d. 1970)
– Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician (d. 1963)
– Georg von Békésy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1972)
– Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
– Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943)
– Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)