Six thousand US Defense Department computers were crippled by a virus the culprit was the 23-year-old son of the head of the country's computer security agency 

Construction of the Kariba High Dam, on the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe, began 

Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico 

USA recognizea independence of Panama 

Battle at Bothaville 

Pres William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan 

Diamonds were discovered at Kimberley, in Cape Province, South Africa 

Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor of the saxophone, is born