the final report from the Committee of Ten at a conference at Columbia University, recommending standardization of the high school curriculum. December 16 – Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall, New York City. December 20 – Evergreen Park, Illinois, is incorporated. Date unknown The first recumbent bicycle, the Fautenil Vélociped, is made in France. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is incorporated as a town. German physicist Wilhelm Wien formulates Wien's displacement law. TMI Episcopal is founded in San Antonio as "The West Texas School for Boys", quickly changed to "West Texas Military Academy", by Bishop James S. Johnston. Booker T. Washington High School (Houston) is founded as "Colored High", the first African-American high school in Houston, Texas. The National Sculpture Society (NSS) is founded in the United States. A 16th century Ardabil Carpet from Persia enters the collection of the South Kensington Museum in London. The University of Exeter Debating Society is founded in England as the Exeter Debating Society at the Royal Albert Memorial College. Dulwich Hamlet F.C. is founded in London. American pharmacist Caleb Bradham invents the recipe for what later becomes Pepsi. He originally sells it as 'Brad's Drink' at his pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina. 71.2% of the working population of São Paulo is foreign-born. By 1893 – 8,000 Chinese arrive in Cuba. The Girls' Brigade was founded in Dublin, Ireland Births January–March January 1 – Minoru Sasaki, Japanese general (d. 1961) January 5 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952) January 10 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (d. 1948) January 11 – Anthony M. Rud, American writer (d. 1942) January 12 Edward Selzer, American film producer (d. 1970) Hermann Göring, German Nazi official (d. 1946) Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946) January 13 – Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963) VMAni, (born Bibi Watson), American actress (d. 2010) January 15 – Ivor Novello, Welsh actor, musician (d. 1951) January 22 Arthur Smith, Australian public servant (d. 1971) Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943) Frankie Yale, American gangster (d. 1928) January 27 – Soong Ching-ling, one of the Soong sisters, wife of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981) January 28 – Catherine Caradja, Romanian aristocrat, philanthropist (d. 1993) February 3 – Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978) February 9 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987) February 10 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer,