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Historical Event(s)
– The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
– A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
– Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled “Who’s to Blame?” in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
– The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
– The Mounties begin their March West.
– The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “Villa de Juárez”.
– The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.
– General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
– A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
– The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
Who Were Born On ?
– Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935)
– Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish Antarctic explorer (d. 1922)
– Honus Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1955)
– Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
– Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
– Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
– Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist (d. 1954)
– Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
– James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
– Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)