New York Giants Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times 

Indianapolis 500 race track opens 

Russian tsar installs Imperial Duma, without legislative powers 

Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game 

Electric-powered cabs appeared in London, UK they proved to be uneconomical and were withdrawn in 1900 

James Nasmyth, Scottish inventor, is born 

Blaise Pascal, French philosopher and mathematician, dies