Events Enrico Caruso makes his operatic debut George W. Johnson is said to have recorded over 25,000 phonograph records Published popular songs "Airy, Fairy Lillian" w. Tony Raymond m. Maurice Levi "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" w. Monroe H. Rosenfeld m. Felix McGlennon "At Trinity Church I Met My Doom" w.m. Fred Gilbert "Forgotten" w. Flora Wulschner m. Eugene Cowles "His Last Thoughts Were Of You" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern "The Honeymoon" m. George Rosey "Humoresque" m. Anton Dvorák "I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie "If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn "I'll Be True To My Honey Boy" w.m. George Evans "I've Been Working On The Railroad" w.m. trad (first copyright 1894) "Kathleen" w.m. Helene Mora "The Little Lost Child" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern "Long Ago In Alcala" w. Frederick Edward Weatherley & Adrian Ross m. André Messager "My Friend The Major" w.m. E. W. Rogers "My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl" w. William Jerome m. Andrew Mack "Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Harry Champion "She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured" w.m. William B. Gray "She May Have Seen Better Days" w.m. James Thornton "The Sidewalks Of New York" w.m. Charles B. Lawlor & James W. Blake ""Why Did Nellie Leave Home?" by George M. Cohan "Yale Society Two-Step" by C. VanBaar "You've Been A Good Old Wagon But You've Done Broke Down" by Ben Harney Musical theater A Gaiety Girl Broadway production The Passing Show Broadway production The Shop Girl London production A Trip To Chinatown London production Births February 11 - Alfonso Leng April 15 - Bessie Smith April 27 - Nicolas Slonimsky June 10 - Punch Miller Deaths February 4 - Adolphe Sax February 11 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera November 20 - Anton Rubinstein Juventino Rosas