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Historical Event(s)
– Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’— his punched card calculator.
– The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta.
– The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.
– The Yngsjö murder occurs in Yngsjö, Sweden and Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son.
– Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, which gives Italy control over Eritrea.
– The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
– Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
– North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
– Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.
– The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Who Were Born On ?
– Allan Haines Loughead, American aviation executive (d. 1969)
– A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
– Charlie Chaplin, English actor and filmmaker (d. 1977)
– Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
– Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963)
– Leo Dandurand, American-born Canadian hockey executive (d. 1964)
– Louise Mountbatten, German-born consort of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1965)
– Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
– Sir Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier (d. 1959)