Events November 20 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Budapest Emile Berliner markets first commercial disc records Published popular music "Ask A Policeman" w. E. W. Rogers m. A. E. Duran Deau "Down Went McGinty" w.m. Joseph Flynn "Four Little Curly Headed Coons" by James W. Wheeler "Little Annie Rooney (Is My Sweetheart)" w.m. Michael Nolan "Oh, Promise Me" w. Clement Scott m. Reginald de Koven "Playmates" w.m. Harry Dacre "Slide Kelly Slide" w.m. John W. Kelly "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "The Thunderer" m. John Philip Sousa "The Washington Post" m. John Philip Sousa Musical theater The Gondoliers London production Love's Trickery London production Births April 11 - Nick LaRocca October 3 - Manuel Manetta November 18 - Amelita Galli-Curci Deaths