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Historical Event(s)
– U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
– Henrik Ibsen’s play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin.
– Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
– Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
– 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.
– Mohandas Gandhi’s first act of civil disobedience.
– The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa, is nearly destroyed by a tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
– The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
– The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
– First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Who Were Born On ?
– Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974)
– Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
– Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister (d. 1987)
– Celia Lovsky, Russian-born actress (d. 1979)
– Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
– Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
– Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
– Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (d. 1975)
– Claire Chennault, American pilot (d. 1958)
– Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (d. 1945)