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Historical Event(s)
– St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
– Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
– Chicago ‘L’begins operation
– Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the “whites-only” car of a train; he would lose the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
– The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
– Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4.
– 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.
– Opening ceremonies for the World’s Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
– William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
– premiere performance of The Nutcracker Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg.
Who Were Born On ?
– Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish writer (d. 1974)
– Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
– Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (d. 1968)
– William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
– Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author and publisher (d. 1986)
– Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)
– Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
– Sumner Welles, American diplomat (d. 1961)
– George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (d. 1938)
– Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978)