Louis Vierne, composer

Birth

Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

Event

Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin

Event

John Cowper Powys, British writer (Wood and Stone)

Birth

Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram)

Birth

1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute

Event

Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)

Birth

Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)

Birth

Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party)

Birth

William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer

Birth

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" (BG)

Event

Phillies set club record 16th straight victory

Event

Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies

Death

Clifford Heatherley, Preston England, actress (For Love or Money)

Birth

Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)

Birth

Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator "Ace of Aces" (WW I)

Birth

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1st performs "Prelude in C-sharp-Minor" in Moscow

Event

Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76

Death

Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms

Event

Juan Per¢n, Argentine Pres (1946-55, 1973-74)

Birth

King Zog I, of Albania (1928-1939)

Birth

Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author (Sinner and the Girl)

Birth

Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks

Event

Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause)

Birth

Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera

Event