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Topsy the elephant was poisoned electrocuted in Luna Park, Coney Island, NYC. The 10-foot elephant had killed 3 keepers over the last 2 years. Edison used the opportunity to demonstrate the lethal potential of alternating current, promoted by rival George Westinghouse.
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The French offered to sell their Nicaraguan Canal rights to the U.S.
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Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
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US president Cleveland granted amnesty to Mormon polygamists.
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Alfred G. Jodl, German Wehrmacht general and chief of staff, was born.
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Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is believed to have been the first appendectomy; the patient was 22-year-old Mary Gartside.
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The "Academic Festival Overture" by Johannes Brahms premiered in Breslau.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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2000 –
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress
1995 –
María Isabel, Spanish singer
1991 –
Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress
1990 –
Toni Kroos, German footballer
1989 –
Graham Rahal, American race car driver
1988 –
Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
1986 –
James Milner, English footballer
1986 –
Steve Slaton , American football player
1985 –
Al Jefferson, American basketball player
1985 –
Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
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January, 4
- Births
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2000,
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress842 Jan 5 Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1995,
María Isabel, Spanish singer
1991,
Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress
1990,
Toni Kroos, German footballer
1989,
Graham Rahal, American race car driver
1988,
Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
1986,
James Milner, English footballer
1986,
Steve Slaton , American football player
1985,
Al Jefferson, American basketball player
1985,
Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver
See All
January, 4
- Deaths
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