1883

1883

Krakatoa!!!

NYC: The Brooklyn Bridge opens to traffic on February 24. Six days later, a rumor that the bridge is about to collapse causes a stampede that kills twelve people.

Two great entertainment firsts: The first vaudeville theatre opens in Boston, MA. The first rodeo is held in Pecos, TX.

Death and species extinction of the last quagga.

born: Sax Rohmer, Kafka, Mussolini (on my birthday!), Anton Webern (another composer who'll be popping up here a lot), Douglas Fairbanks, Lon Chaney, Sr.(!)



died: Karl Marx, Ivan Turgenev.

(p.s. - the picture above is NOT Karl Marx)

Johannes Brahms - Symphony #3 in F major, op. 90

Edvard Grieg - Sonata for Cello & Piano in A minor, op. 36