Chinese citizens living in Chengdu, lead the Tung Chi Huei, went on strike over the Qing Dynasty's agreement with foreign nations to build a railroad through the Sichuan Province, after businesses there had raised $20,000,000 to build it themselves.
It was the beginning of a revolutionary era in China that would not end until 1949. . . or maybe it hasn't ended yet. Suffice it to say, it was the beginning of events so massive that even now we do not know how they will work out, over a century later.
It's proof that what often seems regional, and even minor, can end up global, and epic.
As if Mexico didn't have enough on its hands, the United States officially rejected the award of the Chamizal Arbitration.
From the New York Times on this day?
Why? Well, they were Jewish, that's it.
What a world, and the good old days. Massive disturbance in China, revolution in Mexico, pogroms in Russian, and petty border disputes.
The first ever sculpture of a butter cow was displayed at the Iowa State Fair.
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