E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement

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Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)

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Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)

Birth

William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist (Don Quixote)

Birth

Italo Montemezzi, composer

Birth

US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation

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German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed

Event

1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition

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Madison Square Garden opens

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Mark Hambourg, composer

Birth

League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI

Event

French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar

Event

Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"

Event

Gunnar Olof Bj”rling, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Vilande Dag)

Birth

Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]

Birth

Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)

Birth

Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)

Birth

Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn

Event

Work on trans-Siberian railway begins

Event

Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader

Birth

Louis Fourestier, composer

Birth

Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Bespokojnaja Joenostj) [NS]

Birth

Willem Ravelli, baritone singer

Birth

Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)

Birth

Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society)

Birth