Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus

Birth

J P Jacobsen, writer

Birth

Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer

Birth

Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)

Birth

Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale)

Birth

W K Kellogg, a real corn flake

Birth

Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe

Event

Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls

Event

Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter

Event

Battle of Farmville VA

Event

David Grandison Fairchild, US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US

Birth

Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron

Birth

Gustav Landauer, German socialist

Birth

William Monroe Trotter, famous African

Birth

C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)

Birth

Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin and Mother of God)

Birth

Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)

Birth

Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33)

Birth

Charles Dodd, English new testament authority

Birth

Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch politician/resistance fighter

Birth

Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)

Event

Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Desolaci¢n, Tenderness/Nobel 1945)

Birth

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)

Birth

Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day

Event

Irene Castle, dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)

Birth