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★03 Apr 1895
The libel trial instigated by Irish author Oscar Wilde began, eventually resulting in Wilde's arrest, trial and imprisonment on charges of gross indecency.

★14 Jan 1900
Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca, based on the play La Tosca by French dramatist Victorien Sardou, premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.

★29 Jul 1900
Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Italy in Monza.

★08 Jan 1904
Blackstone Library, the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.

★10 Dec 1907
During the Brown Dog affair, about 1,000 protesters marched through London and then clashed with 400 police officers in Trafalgar Square over the existence of a memorial for animals that had been vivisected.

★28 Nov 1912
At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.

★27 Mar 1915
"Typhoid Mary", the first person to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, was placed into quarantine, where she spent the rest of her life.

★26 Feb 1917
The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.

★03 Feb 1918
At 11,675 feet long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel opened in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

★11 Nov 1918
Józef Piłsudski was appointed Commander in Chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council and was entrusted with creating a national government for the newly independent country.

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