1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora

Event

Isaac Singer patents sewing machine

Event

Jean Louis Nicode, composer

Birth

Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith

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Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer

Birth

Anthony Fass patents accordion

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William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies

Death

Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)

Birth

Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians

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Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX

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1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)

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William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies

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Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)

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Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)

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Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton

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Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)

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Mezio Agostini, composer

Birth

Ettore Panizza, composer

Birth

Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)

Birth

Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup

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James Drummond, historical painter, dies

Death

Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device

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1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)

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Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)

Birth

Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author

Birth