Performer Signor Guillermo Farini’s stilts got caught as he walked the rapids above Niagara Falls–
Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph (an early paper copying machine)–
U.S. patent #1,000,000 issued for an improved vehicle tire–
Canada’s Hundred Days began, WWI–
The German airship Graf Zeppelin began an around-the-world flight–
Florence Chadwick swam English Channel in 13 hours 20 minutes–
The Glasgow to London mail train was stopped at Sears Crossing, and robbed of over two-and-a-half million pounds. The incident became known as The Great Train Robbery–
President Richard Nixon announced his resignation–
Garfield’s sidekick, Odie, made his comic strip debut–
Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor–
First red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere spotted at Katama Airfield, Edgartown (Martha’s Vineyard), Massachusetts, by E. Vernon Laux–
