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Historical Event(s)
– Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.
– St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
– Chicago ‘L’begins operation
– Benjamin Harrison becomes the first President of the United States to attend a baseball game.
– The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
– 3,800 striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
– The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
– The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage.
– Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1, the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14.
Who Were Born On ?
– William Demarest, American actor (d. 1983)
– César Vallejo, Peruvian poet (d. 1938)
– James Van Fleet, American military officer (d. 1992)
– Vernon Johns, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
– Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934)
– Paul Colin, French poster designer (d. 1985)
– Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
– Roy Turk, U.S. songwriter/lyricist (d. 1934)
– Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)
– Nell Shipman, Canadian actress, screenwriter, and film producer (d. 1970)