Roy Chapman Andrews, US, scientist/explorer

Birth

Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum

Event

Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51

Death

Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor

Event

Joannes A Veraart, Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands)

Birth

Enrique E Ecker, Cura‡ao, bacteriologist

Birth

Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-admiral (WW II-Task Force 58)

Birth

Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians

Event

Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies

Death

Ilya G Ehrenburg, Kiev Ukraine, writer (Fall of Paris, The Thaw)

Birth

Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in NYC

Event

Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday

Death

Bessie Coleman, 1st black airplane pilot

Birth

Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies

Death

Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army

Event

Wyllis Cooper, Pekin Ill, TV narrator (Volume One)

Birth

Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart

Event

Ervin Major, composer

Birth

Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz)

Birth

Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer

Birth

Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist (Carnaval of the Citizens)

Birth

Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail)

Birth

John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64

Death

Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty Intl co-founder (Nobel '74)

Birth

Marquess of Bath, English large landowner/multi-millionaire

Birth