Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)

Birth

Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer

Birth

Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm

Event

Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)

Birth

Ontario Rugby Football Union forms

Event

Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)

Birth

Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75

Death

Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61

Death

Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72

Death

Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)

Birth

Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)

Birth

Ludwig Berger, writer

Birth

Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast

Event

Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony

Event

Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter

Birth

Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)

Birth

1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden

Event

Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)

Birth

P‚ter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense

Birth

Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)

Birth

1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake

Event

Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)

Birth

Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris

Event

Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured

Event

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)

Birth