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Historical Event(s)
– The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
– Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust law.
– The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
– In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
– In Milan in Italy inaugurated the first central European electricity power station.
– The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
– The first public performance of the Dominican Republic’s national anthem, Himno Nacional.
– The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
– American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
– The first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army are formed: The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
– Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (d. 1956)
– Enrico Toselli, Italian (Florentine) composer and pianist(d. 1926)
– Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)
– John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946)
– Max Fleischer, Austrian-born American animator and film producer (d. 1972)
– Scott Nearing, American writer and educator (d. 1983)
– Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
– Raimu, French actor (d. 1946)
– Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)