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Historical Event(s)
– Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
– San Diego State University is founded.
– Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
– Anglo-Afghan wars: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
– Anglo-Afghan wars: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand region of colonial India’s North West Frontier Province.
– The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
– After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
– The “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial is published in the New York Sun.
– The first Library of Congress building opened its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
– London becomes the world’s first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Who Were Born On ?
– Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946)
– Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet, writer and public activist (d. 1937)
– Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-born psychotherapist (d. 1957)
– Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
– Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1996)
– Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954)
– Florence Siebert, American medical researcher (d. 1991)
– Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (d. 1975)
– Quentin Roosevelt, son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1918)
– Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)