Former Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi was assassinated by Korean An Chung-gun, a Korean nationalist, who walked past the Russian guards while dressed in Western clothing.
U.S. Army Lieutenant Frederick E. Humphreys became the first military pilot to fly an airplane solo.
He'd go on to fly in World War One.
The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease was created.
Gen. Oliver Otis Howard died at age 78.
The Civil War era general had stayed in the Army after the war and had a founding role in Howard University. He retired in 1894 as a Major General.
His post war career may be best remembered by his halting pursuit of the Nez Perce in 1877.
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