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Historical Event(s)
– Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano’s final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
– Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
– The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
– 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.
– The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with a performance of Gounod’s Faust.
– 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 ?
– Patrick J. Hurley, American soldier, statesman, and diplomat; 51st United States Secretary of War and former United States Ambassador to the Republic of China (d. 1963)
– Urmuz, Romanian writer (d. 1923)
– Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
– Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer (d. 1958)
– Victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1964)
– Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
– José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)
– Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977)
– Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969)
– José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)