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Historical Event(s)
– A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
– Bulgarian revolutionary leader Vasil Levski is executed by hanging in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities.
– Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail.
– A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
– The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
– Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
– Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.
– Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
– Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
– Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Rutgers universities draft the first code of American football rules.
Who Were Born On ?
– Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (d. 1960)
– Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)
– Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Hebrew poet (d. 1934)
– Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
– Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter (d. 1939)
– Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
– Max Reger, German composer (d. 1916)
– John Barton King, American cricketer (d. 1965)
– Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
– Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)