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Historical Event(s)
– The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil is founded. Today, the town is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Lábrea.
– Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
– Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
– U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion.
– Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
– An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
– Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
– German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for “Effi Briest”, a classic work of German literature.
– The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.
Who Were Born On ?
– Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970)
– Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
– Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
– Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918)
– James Van Der Zee, African American Harlem Renaissance photographer (d. 1983)
– Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
– Jean Hersholt, Danish film director and actor (d. 1956)
– Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
– Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
– Alain-Fournier, French novelist (d. 1914)