1900 – Galveston hurricane : A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob.1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played.1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.1888 – The Great Herding ( Spanish : El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. 1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana.1863 – American Civil War : In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.1855 – Crimean War : The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.1831 – November uprising : The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
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