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Historical Event(s)
– 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when it floundered off the coast of Devon, England.
– Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
– Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.
– The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
– Bayer registers aspirin as a trademark.
– The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
– The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
– New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
– NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
– The First Hague Convention is signed.
Who Were Born On ?
– Glen Kidston, British aviator and racing driver (d. 1931)
– Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman (d. 1992)
– Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
– K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
– Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (d. 1973)
– Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (d. 1991)
– Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi leader (d. 1945)
– Huang Xianfan, Chinese historian (d. 1982)
– Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
– Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)