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Historical Event(s)
– The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
– Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana – Zulu troops defeat British troops.
– The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
– 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.
– 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.
– Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
– The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded.
– Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
– Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
Who Were Born On ?
– Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
– Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949)
– Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
– James F. Byrnes, American statesman, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1972)
– Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (d. 1947)
– Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand paediatrician (d. 1963)
– Milutin Milanković, Serbian geophysicist (d. 1958)
– Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970)
– Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941)