Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946)

Birth

Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61

Death

Albert Szirmai, composer

Birth

Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker

Event

Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)

Birth

Otto B”hm, Prussia, scientist (helped create England Radar)

Birth

Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear

Event

Marcel Tabuteau, CompiŠgne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)

Birth

Selman Waksman, Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)

Birth

Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother)

Birth

Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act

Event

Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show)

Birth

August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Shylock-Hamlet)

Birth

Walter Brennan, Swampscott Mass, actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point)

Birth

Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers

Event

William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72

Death

Sibelius' "Finlandia," premieres in Helsinki

Event

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies

Event

Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner Montana

Event

Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator

Birth

John J McGraw becomes manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years)

Event

AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later

Event

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, (C) British PM (1963-64)

Birth

Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway (1957-91)

Birth

Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs

Event