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Historical Event(s)
– The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
– Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
– The first recorded college basketball game occurs in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.
– The World’s Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
– The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883.
– The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet’s commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
– The Corinth Canal in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece is used for the first time.
– Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
– Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
– The Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government.
Who Were Born On ?
– Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
– Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian classical pianist (d. 1986)
– Omar Bradley, American general, the last surviving five-star general in the United States and the 1st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (d. 1981)
– Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969)
– Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer, scholar (d. 1963)
– Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944)
– Joan Miró, Spanish painter (d. 1983)
– Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political activist, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and “Mother of the Nation” (d. 1967)
– Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
– Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer (Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy) (d. 1962)