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Historical Event(s)
– The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.
– Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him. (Gregorian date: it was March 1 in the Julian calendar then in use in Russia.)
– Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
– Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
– The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
– Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
– In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
– Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
– A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
– Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
– Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
– Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
– Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (d. 1962)
– Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
– Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940)
– Clive Bell, English art critic (d. 1964)
– William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)
– René Cresté, French actor (d. 1922)
– Max Pechstein, German painter (d. 1955)