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Historical Event(s)
– Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke’s Drift ends.
– The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
– Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
– Women’s rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
– The Spanish Socialist Worker‘s Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers’leader Pablo Iglesias.
– 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.
– Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burnt to the ground, thus, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
– The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
– The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
– Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
Who Were Born On ?
– E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
– Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949)
– Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (d. 1960)
– Terence MacSwiney, Irish nationalist (d. 1920)
– Edward Bruce, Director art projects (d. 1943)
– Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
– René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907)
– Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
– Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)
– Rudolf Friml, American composer (d. 1972)