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Historical Event(s)
– China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
– 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.
– The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
– Secret treaty between Austria and Serbia.
– General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
– 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.
– Revival of the Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations.
– The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
Who Were Born On ?
– Harry Price, English psychic researcher and writer (d. 1948)
– Ira Thomas, American baseball player (d. 1958)
– Orval Overall, American baseball player (d. 1947)
– G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
– Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
– Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
– Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
– Jacob Fichman, Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist (d. 1958)
– Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956)
– Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)