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Historical Event(s)
– A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
– King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
– The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
– The Mikado a light opera by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, had its first public performance in London.
– North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
– In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
– The Football Association legalizes professionalism in football under pressure from the British Football Association.
– Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional football.
– Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
– Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
Who Were Born On ?
– Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (d. 1973)
– Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
– Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
– André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
– Dino Campana, Italian poet (d. 1932)
– D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
– Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
– Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian industrialist and politician (d. 1964)
– Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
– Abe Manley, Negro League Baseball owner (d. 1952)