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Historical Event(s)
– Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
– The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
– Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
– The Australian Premiers’ Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia’s capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
– The Philippine-American War begins.
– Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
– New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
– A. E. J. Collins scores 628 runs not out, the highest-ever recorded score in cricket.
– The First Hague Convention is signed.
– Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
Who Were Born On ?
– Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
– Dwight Frye, American actor (d. 1943)
– Harold B. Lee, American religious figure (d. 1973)
– Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (d. 1982)
– John Marshall Harlan II, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1971)
– Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
– Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
– Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
– Iskander Mirza, First President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
– Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)