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Historical Event(s)
– Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Rorke’s Drift – 139 British soldiers successfully defend their garrison against an intense assault by four to five thousand Zulu warriors.
– Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ends.
– The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
– The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney.
– The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
– The Spanish Socialist Worker‘s Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers’leader Pablo Iglesias.
– War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
– Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
– New York, New York’s Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
– The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
Who Were Born On ?
– Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
– Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national figure (d. 1904)
– James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
– Symon Petliura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926)
– Knud Rasmussen, Greenlander explorer (d. 1933)
– Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
– Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
– Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938)
– Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
– Sara Allgood, Irish actress (d. 1950)