Historical Events
- Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
- Record 19.2 feet alligator shot in Louisiana by American businessman Edward Avery McIlhenny
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Physicist J. J. Thomson (33) weds Rose Elisabeth Paget
J. J. Thomson
What Happened in 1890
Agatha Christie, The World's Best-Selling Novelist
Agatha Christie was born on this day. She went on to become the best-selling writer of all time, her novels having sold about 2 billion copies worldwide.
September 15, 1890Wounded Knee Massacre
Mass grave for the dead after the massacre
December 29, 1890
