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Historical Event(s)
– Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
– Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
– New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
– Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft The record will stand for 20 years.
– Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
– President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
– Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
– In Amherst, Massachusetts nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
– The U.S. Army War College is established.
Who Were Born On ?
– C. L. R. James, Trinidadian writer and journalist (d. 1989)
– Carl Barks, American illustrator (d. 2000)
– Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic (d. 1925)
– Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
– Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord (d. 2001)
– Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
– Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
– Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
– John Sherman Cooper, American politician (d. 1991)
– Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek resistance fighter (d. 1954)