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Historical Event(s)
– In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
– Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
– Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.
– King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden-Norway.
– The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
– Bloomingdale brothers opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
– Women’s suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
– Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
– In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first serving African-American governor of a U.S. state.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lou Criger, American baseball player (d. 1934)
– Gotse Delchev, a great Bulgarian revolutionary, (d. 1903)
– Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
– Harry Leon Wilson, American novelist (d. 1939)
– Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934)
– Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1962)
– John Olof Dahlgren, American recipient of the Medal of Honor (d. 1963)
– Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian president (d. 1956)
– Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet (d. 1941)
– Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)