Wisconsin's legislature approved a state income tax, the first state to do so.
The Nakhla meteorite, later determined to have a Martian origin, fell in Egypt at about 9:00 am, near the city of El-Nakhla outside of Alexandria, with 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of mass breaking into forty pieces. Some claim it shows signs of microbial alteration.
Samuel J. Battle was sworn in as the NYPD’s first Black police officer.
The Modern Woodmen of North America were camping in Buffalo, New York.
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Gen. Emilio Verderflor of the Philippine Army was killed in battle.
The U.S. Navy put out an invitation for bids for ships in a number that would double its then existing size.
Donald MacArthur, Thomas Marshall, and James Ducat started their tour of duty on a lighthouse on the Flannan Isles. On December 21 when the ship came to relieve them of their tour, the lighthouse was locked and the men missing. They were never discovered although its assume they were a victim of weather.
The islands were not inhabited at the time, and with lighthouse automation, became completely uninhabited.
The islands have a very small ruined chapel on them, and were inhabited in the early Medieval period until about 990, this being a story that's fairly common to remote British isles.
Nikola Tesla claimed to have received intelligent communications from Mars.
Contrary to the later movie suggestion, it was not "Mars needs women". Indeed, there were no communications from Mars at all. Radio transmissions from space are not at all uncommon, but even now some reach out to suggest that they must be the Greatest Hits of Alpha Centauri, or whatever.
Best evidence is that Earth is completely unique, and we're it.
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