Events

• The Great Train Robbery, by Edwin S. Porter
• The Magic Lantern / La Lanterne magicue , produced by Georges Méliès
• What Happened in the Tunnel

Births

• January 18 - Werner Hinz , actor (d. 1985)
• February 11 - Rex Lease, actor (d. 1966)
• February 16 - Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist, actor (d. 1978)
• February 28 - Vincente Minnelli, director (d. 1986)
• March 3 - Adrian, costume designer (d. 1959)
• March 11 - Lawrence Welk (d. 1992)
• April 26 - Dorothy Sebastian , actress (d. 1957)
• May 2 - Bing Crosby - singer (d. 1977)
• May 8 - Fernandel, actor (d. 1971)
• May 14 - Billie Dove , actress (d. 1997)
• May 25 - Binnie Barnes , actress (d. 1998)
• May 29 - Bob Hope, actor, comedian (d. 2003)
• June 16 - Ona Munson, actress (d. 1955)
• June 18 - Jeanette MacDonald, singer, actress (d. 1965)
• June 25 - Anne Revere, actress (d. 1990)
• July 18 - Chill Wills, actor (d. 1978)
• September 13 - Claudette Colbert, actress (d. 1996)
• September 17 - Dolores Costello, actress (d. 1979)
• November 7 - Dean Jagger, actor (d. 1991)
• December 10 - Una Merkel, actress (d. 1986)
• December 16 - Hardie Albright , actor (d. 1975)
• December 26 - Elisha Cook Jr., actor (d. 1995)

Deaths