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Historical Event(s)
– The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
– 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.
– Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day culminating in the Haymarket Affair.
– 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.
– Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
– Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
– The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
– An earthquake kills 100 in Charleston, South Carolina.
– The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
Who Were Born On ?
– Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)
– Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976)
– Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish big-game hunter (d. 1946)
– Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
– Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
– Spring Byington, American actress (d. 1971)
– S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)
– Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
– Annie Bos, Dutch actress (d. 1975)
– Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)