Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Cam‚lias," premieres in Paris

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Fran‡ois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49

Death

1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)

Event

Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)

Birth

Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"

Event

Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer

Birth

Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector

Birth

Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)

Birth

Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC)

Birth

Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)

Birth

Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22)

Birth

Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time

Event

-Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida

Event

James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade

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Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY

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Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum

Event

Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat

Birth

Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)

Birth

Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)

Birth

Annette Kolb, German/French author (Small Fanfare)

Birth

Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer

Birth

Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis

Event

Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)

Birth

Greece declares war on Turkey

Event

SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton

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