Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper

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George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator

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1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)

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Walter Kollo [Kollodziepski], German composer (Der Juxbaron)

Birth

Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before and after WW I)

Birth

Mary Boland, Phila, US, comedienne/actress (Ruggles of Red Gap)

Birth

Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British

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Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)

Birth

Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist)

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Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun)

Birth

Artur Rubinstein, L¢dz Poland, pianist

Birth

England all out for 45 v Aust SCG, their lowest total ever

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Lily Theresa Strickland, composer

Birth

Camille Melloy, [Paepe], Belgian poet (Parfum des Buis)

Birth

Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer

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Ernst Lubitsch, Germany, actor (Love Parade)

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Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston

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Elliot Griffis, composer

Birth

Fran‡ois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85

Death

Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57

Death

Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled)

Birth

Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74

Death

Vittorio Rieti, composer

Birth

Wies Moens, Flemish writer/nazi

Birth

American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress

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