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Historical Event(s)
– Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
– Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
– The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
– Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
– 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.
– A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
– The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973)
– Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
– Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
– Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. 1974)
– Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
– James Van Der Zee, African American Harlem Renaissance photographer (d. 1983)
– Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (d. 1957)
– Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
– Albert Orsborn, General of the Salvation Army (d. 1967)
– Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)