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Historical Event(s)
– The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high wind and heavy snow.
– Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
– An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
– Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California
– In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
– War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), that ended the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
– The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
– France annexes Tahiti.
– Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
– John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Band.
Who Were Born On ?
– Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
– Sam Crawford, baseball player (d. 1968)
– Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967)
– Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. 1925)
– Una O'Connor, Irish actress (d. 1959)
– Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
– Jacob Epstein, American sculptor (d. 1959)
– Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect (d. 1952)
– John Flynn, Australian evangelist (d. 1951)