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Historical Event(s)
– The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
– Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
– Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
– The Scofield mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
– American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
– N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
– Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
– Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
– A relief crew arrives the the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace.
Who Were Born On ?
– Yves Tanguy, French painter (d. 1955)
– Luis Buñuel, Spanish-born film director (d. 1983)
– Fritz Wiessner, American mountaineer of German descent (d. 1988)
– Erich Fromm, German-born psychoanalyst (d. 1980)
– Bill Aston, British racing driver (d. 1974)
– Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971)
– Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
– Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
– Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian Revolutionary (d. 1927)
– Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)