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Historical Event(s)
– The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
– Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
– In New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people.
– The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
– 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.
– Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru’s involvement in the War of the Pacific.
– American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
– The Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen causes five deaths in Newfoundland.
Who Were Born On ?
– Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931)
– Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
– Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950)
– José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
– Mamie Smith, American singer (d. 1946)
– Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
– Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
– Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
– Franklin Clarence Mars, Founder of Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
– Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)