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Historical Event(s)
– Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
– Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
– Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans
– The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
– Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
– Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
– First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
– Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
– The Massachusetts Rifle Association, “America’s Oldest Active Gun Club”, is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
– Elizabeth Israel, Purported world’s oldest person (d. 2003)
– Maurice Ravel, French composer (d. 1937)
– Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, teacher, and composer (d. 1961)
– Charles Stewart Mott, automotive industrialist and mayor (d. 1973)
– Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
– Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1961)
– Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
– Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
– Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)