1887 Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday

1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass

1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, first US brain surgeon, does his first brain operation

1903 Cornerstone laid for US army war college, Washington DC

1904 The National Ski Association of America is founded.

1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)

1909 John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London

1910 John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London

1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse élégique)

1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China

1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders

1915 World's Fair in San Francisco opens

1916 The Battle of Verdun (France) begins during WWI.

1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die

1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die

1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine

1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss incorporation of Austria

1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona

1920 Darius Milhaud & Jean Cocteau's ballet, "Le Train Bleu," premieres in Paris

1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die

1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence

1923 André Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London

1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg

1925 The premiere issue of The New Yorker magazine appears on newsstands.

1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres

1930 Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures," premieres in New York NY

1931 Alka Seltzer introduced

1931 Chicago White Sox & New York Giants play first exhibition night game

1932 André Tardieu becomes premier of France

1932 Camera exposure meter patented, WN Goodwin

1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard

1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms

1941 US Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General

1942 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn

1942 US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht

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