Thirty-two miners are trapped underground after a mine collapses in Dunsmore, Pennsylvania. Just over two hours after the collapse all 32 men emerge, bloodied, but alive. Morgan forms United States Steel Corporation. John Fitzgerald of Boston and George White of North Carolina announce the end of their respective congressional careers. Washington, DC, celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Civil war breaks out in Colombia .
The Colored Men's Branch of the YMCA, founded by Baptist pastor Charles Thomas, opens in New York City. The branch is accepted by the YMCA as a regular branch. German physicist Max Planck announces what would come to be known as quantum theory. Planck maintains that light rays are not continuous but are emitted in discrete amounts called quanta. New York City's Park Row building is now, at 32 stories, the world's tallest building.