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Historical Event(s)
– The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1710 ft long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
– The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
– Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
– Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
– In Buenos Aires the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Juárez Celman’s resignation.
– At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
– The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
– In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
– King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to become his heir.
– The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
Who Were Born On ?
– Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
– Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973)
– Maurice Duplessis, premier of Quebec (d. 1959)
– Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
– Frank S. Land, American founder of the Order of DeMolay (d. 1959)
– Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (d. 1960)
– Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, British fighter ace (d. 1918)
– Charles William Train, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1965)
– Jan Matulka American painter (d. 1972)
– Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)