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Historical Event(s)
– Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
– The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
– The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd below resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others.
– Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his newest invention: the radio.
– The deadliest tsunami in Japan’s history kills more than 22,000 people.
– William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetalism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
– The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
– Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
– The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
– Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
Who Were Born On ?
– Arthur Ford, American medium (d. 1971)
– William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
– Kai Holm, Danish film actor (d. 1985)
– Rudolf Dassler, German sportswear executive (d. 1974)
– Trygve Lie, Norwegian diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1968)
– A. J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981)
– Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982)
– Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
– Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (d. 1960)
– Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)