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Historical Event(s)
– The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
– Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
– The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
– In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
– Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
– The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
– The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
– George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
– While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
– The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Who Were Born On ?
– Eugen Roth, German writer (d. 1976)
– Michel Simon, French actor (d. 1975)
– Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (d. 1971)
– Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952)
– Jack Dempsey, American boxer (d. 1983)
– George “Machine Gun Kelly” Barnes, American gangster (d. 1954)
– Richard Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
– Walter Koch. German astrologer (d. 1970)
– Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (d. 1980)
– Mike Gazella, American baseball player (d. 1978)