Historical Events
- Belgian King Leopold II claims Congo as his private possession
Famous Birthdays
- Josephine Baker, American dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)
- Louis Simmonds, bookseller
- Norman Gallichan, cricketer (all-rounder in 1 Test NZ v England 1937)
- Walter Robins, cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder)