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Historical Event(s)
– Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
– John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
– Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
– The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
– Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
– Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
– The coat of arms of the Baku governorate is established.
– Treaty of Berlin: the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
– Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat SS Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
– The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
Who Were Born On ?
– Finlay Currie, British actor (d. 1968)
– Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
– Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (d. 1927)
– Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
– George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. 1942)
– Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926)
– Frank Jarvis, American sprinter (d. 1933)
– Maxie Long, American athlete (d. 1959)
– Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (d. 1925)
– An Chang-ho, Korean independence activist (d. 1938)