Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas)

Birth

Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC and PRC) (traditional)

Birth

Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies

Death

Bay District Race Track opens

Event

Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game

Event

L G Kortenhorst, politician

Birth

Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP)

Birth

DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)

Birth

Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player

Event

Allegheny Athletic Assn beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football

Event

Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80

Death

Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84

Death

Karl Marx, Germany, composer/conductor

Birth

Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet/author (His Master's Voice)

Birth

British troops reach Durban Natal

Event

World's Fair in Paris opens (50 million visitors)

Event

Jack Oakie, Sedalia Mo, actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award)

Birth

Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky, composer

Birth

Solon Michaelides, composer

Birth

C W Gregory (NSW v Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps

Event

Shamus Culhane, animator

Birth

Hans Werner Richter, German author (Socially Responsible Cinema)

Birth

Harry A Blackmun, Ill, 100th Supreme Court justice (1970-94)

Birth

A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer (son of Dave, brilliant S African bat)

Birth

1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon

Event