1883

Coco Chanel (Fashion Designer, Perfume Creator)

Benito Mussolini (Leader of Italy during WWII)

Douglas Fairbanks (Actor)

Leonidas “Lon” Chaney (Actor, “The man of 1000 faces”)

Clement Attlee (former Prime Minister of Great Britain)

The United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones.

“Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published as a book.

The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York held its grand opening. The first opera performed at the met was Gounod’s “Faust.”

The Chicago White Stockings (now the Cubs) scored 18 runs in one inning (7th) against the Detroit Wolverines. The final score was, 26-6.

A massive volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatoa, near Indonesia, blew up most of the island and resulted in tsunamis that killed over 36,000

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