John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)

Birth

Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist

Birth

Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58

Death

Jeno Huszka, composer

Birth

Charles Cuvillier, composer

Birth

Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans)

Event

Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania

Event

Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England

Event

28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair

Event

Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]

Birth

National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta)

Event

Kurt Pinthus, writer

Birth

R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)

Birth

Eastman Kodak forms

Event

[Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)

Birth

Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies

Death

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"

Event

Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)

Birth

Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)

Birth

French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18

Event

Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Bkln Dodgers

Event

S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner

Birth

Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat

Event

Gyorgy Kosa, composer

Birth

Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)

Birth