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Historical Event(s)
– China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
– Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.
– Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
– In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
– The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
– Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
– In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
– The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
– U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting.
– A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Who Were Born On ?
– Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
– Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
– Maude Fealy, American actress (d. 1971)
– Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
– G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
– Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968)
– Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
– Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
– Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
– William Boeing, American engineer (d. 1956)