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Historical Event(s)
– The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
– Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
– The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
– The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
– 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 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.
– 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 ?
– Frank Knox, American journalist and 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
– Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (d. 1948)
– Luigi Einaudi, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1961)
– Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
– François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934)
– Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)
– Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
– Charles B. Middleton, American actor (d. 1949)
– Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
– Clarence Day, American writer (d. 1935)