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Historical Event(s)
– The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside.
– The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
– 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.
– Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
– The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.
– Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
– Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
– Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and “Father of Manitoba”, Louis Riel is executed for treason.
– Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Who Were Born On ?
– Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
– Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American film director (d. 1981)
– Dimitrios Levidis, Greek composer (d. 1951)
– Andrzej Gawroński, Polish scholar (d. 1927)
– André Lhote, French painter (d. 1962)
– Carl Clinton Van Doren, American biographer and critic (d. 1950)
– Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor (d. 1957)
– Frank Patrick, Canadian hockey player (d. 1960)
– Abe Manley, Negro League Baseball owner (d. 1952)