What Happened in 1894

Major Events

  • Aug 25 Japanese scientist Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet
  • Nov 1 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Émile Roux of Paris
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1894 in Film & TV

  • Jan 7 William K.L. Dickson captures "Fred Ott's Sneeze" as a motion picture at Thomas Edison's Black Mariah Studio, West Orange, New Jersey [1]
  • Apr 14 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)

1894 in Music

  • Mar 16 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra
  • Dec 22 Claude Debussy's first orchestral masterpiece "Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune" premieres in Paris

1894 in Sport

  • Jan 27 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
  • Mar 13 J. L. Johnstone of England invents horse racing's starting gate
  • Jun 23 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
  • Dec 20 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket, Australia needed 177 to win, all out at 166 on 6th day
  • Dec 22 United States Golf Association forms in New York

Did You Know?

Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi

March 12, 1894


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