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Musical comedy The Rounders is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 36 performances.
Sousa's Band provides the music at the first baseball game ever played in Europe, in Paris, France.
The Four Cohans, The Quaker City Quartette and Clayton White And Marie Stuart are playing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Morning Oregonian newspaper reports that Fred Fritz's Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, USA, has acquired "a magnificent orchestrion", imported direct from Germany, Europe, which plays "all of the latest classical and popular music". The paper urges its readers to go and see this mechanical instrument, which is "run by electricity and contains 164 pipes with a blending of sixteen instruments. It is said to be only one of six such instruments in the USA.
This is the generally accepted date for the birth of Louis Armstrong in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is the date shown on his tombstone and on his registration card for the Army draft in 1918. There are, however, other possible dates including July 4, 1901 and August 4, 1901.