Haiti was struck by a hurricane, causing over 2,000 deaths 

French aviator Elise Deroche became the first woman to make a solo flight 

Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus 

3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Phila 

Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 

The first parachute jump was made by André-Jacques Garnerin from a balloon above the Parc Monceau, Paris