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* The [[okapi]] is observed for the first time by Europeans (previously known only to African natives).
* New Zealand inventor [[Ernest Godward]] invents the [[spiral hairpin]].
* German engineer [[Richard Fiedler]] invents the modern [[flamethrower]], the [[Kleinflammenwerfer]].
* American businessman [[William S. Harley]] draws up plans for his first prototype [[Harley-Davidson|motorcycle]].
* AB Lux, as the predecessor of [[Electrolux]], founded in Sweden.<ref>[[:sv:Luxlampa/Luxlampan]] (Swedish language edition). Retrieved December 2018.</ref>
* [[United States|American]] retail [[pharmacy]] [[Walgreens]] is founded in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Garside |first=Juliette |title=Walgreens: a short history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/19/walgreens-short-history |work=The Guardian |access-date=3 July 2020 |location=London |date=19 June 2012 |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704214456/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jun/19/walgreens-short-history |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Intercollegiate Prohibition Association]] is established in Chicago.
* The [[Bulgarian Women's Union]] is founded.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haan |first1=Francisca de |last2=Daskalova |first2=Krasimira |last3=Loutfi |first3=Anna |title=Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries |date=2006 |publisher=Central European University Press |isbn=978-963-7326-39-4 |page=235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hsgQjbgBOAkC&pg=PA235 |language=en |access-date=September 21, 2020 |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207121924/https://books.google.com/books?id=hsgQjbgBOAkC&pg=PA235#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''[[Splošno slovensko žensko društvo ]]'', the first women's organisation in Slovenia, is founded.