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Historical Event(s)
– The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
– Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
– Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
– The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing seven.
– 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.
– The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
– 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 ?
– Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer (d. 1955)
– Henry King, American film director (d. 1982)
– Athenagoras I, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972)
– Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934)
– Walter Edward Dandy, American neurosurgery pioneer (d. 1946)
– Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
– Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish diplomat (d. 1978)
– Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
– Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese writer (d. 1942)
– Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)