In Washington, DC, heated debate in the US Senate over an anti-trust bill threatens to shut down the government. Elsewhere in DC, the Washington monument, featuring a seven-minute elevator ride, opens to tourists.
Republicans convene in Philadelphia to nominate presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
They choose William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, respectively. A federal quarantine, forbidding anyone to leave the city without permission from a US health officer, is ordered in San Francisco over fears caused by bubonic plague. Spanish cellist Pablo Casals performs at the Salle des Agriculture during the Paris Exposition. Players from baseball's National League meet in New York to form The Protective Association of Professional Ball Players. Among other issues, players protest being farmed out to other teams against their will.