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Historical Event(s)
– Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
– 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.)
– Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
– Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
– In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
– The world’s first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
– Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
– The Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
– Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
Who Were Born On ?
– Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957)
– Lima Barreto, Brazilian author (d. 1922)
– Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
– Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
– Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (d. 1973)
– P. G. Wodehouse, British novelist (d. 1975)
– Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941)
– Artur Phleps, German Waffen-SS officer (d. 1944)
– Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956)