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Historical Event(s)
– Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
– 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.
– The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
– Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
– Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
– Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
– Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
– Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
– Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
– Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943)
– James H. Douglas, Jr. American Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)
– Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)
– Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1963)
– Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972)
– Rezső Seress, Hungarian singer songwriter (d. 1968)
– Harold Abrahams, English sprinter (d. 1978)
– Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist leader (d. 1992)
– Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (d. 2001)