US recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State

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Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)

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Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"

Event

Ludwig Renn, writer

Birth

Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)

Birth

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer

Birth

Nikolai Obouhov, composer

Birth

Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69

Death

Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time

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Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo

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NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)

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Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0

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1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship

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Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry

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Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0

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US President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors

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Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist

Birth

Martyn Green, London, actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh)

Birth

E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies

Death

William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies

Death

Megan Lloyd George, English politician

Birth

NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950

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American Power Boat Association forms

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J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project

Birth

Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam

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