Massive earthquakes in Mexico left more than 4,700 dead and 30,000 injured 

First European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England) 

Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 

Russia takes part of Poland 

Mounted police 1st used in New York City 

Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports Yankees take 2, Yankee name not official till 1913 

6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated 

Luigi Galvani, Italian physiologist, is born