Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scouts, Girl Guides)

Birth

Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves

Birth

Dion Boucicault's "Jessie Brown," premieres in NYC

Event

Organized baseball played in SF for 1st time

Event

Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages

Event

On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration

Event

Karen Hulda Garborg[-Bergersen], Norwegian playwright (Mot Solen/Eli)

Birth

Jules Renard, France, writer (Poil de Carotte)

Birth

-27] Battle at Dalton Georgia

Event

2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, MS

Event

Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta) Tennessee

Event

Battle of Wilmington, NC (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals

Event

Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery

Event

Otto Modersohn, German painter

Birth

Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)

Birth

1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)

Event

Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher

Birth

Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77

Death

Johns Hopkins University opens

Event

Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist

Birth

Greenback Labor Party forms (Toledo Ohio)

Event

Franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84

Death

1st 5› and 10› store opened by Frank W Woolworth (Utica NY)

Event

Johannes Brínsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)

Birth

With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race and $100 prize

Event