Boxer Peter Jackson, nicknamed the "Black Prince", fought future heavyweight champ James Corbett on this date in San Francisco, California. The bout lasted 61 rounds and ended in a draw.

Dr. Louis T. Wright was born on this date. Wright was the first Black to be appointed to a position in a municipal hospital in New York City. He also introduced an intradermal vaccination for small pox during his time in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army in World War I.

African American medical pioneer Dr. Halle T.D. Johnson became the first woman to ever practice medicine in Alabama on this date.

Charles H. Garvin was born on this date in Jacksonville, Florida. Garvin became the first African American physician commission during the first World War.

Inventor Granville T. Woods patented his new electric railway system on this date. This system used a third electrified rail.