Each state of the United States selects two senators to represent their states in the United States Senate. In 1913, the 17th Amendment[?] to the United States Constitution provided for the direct popular election of senators; prior to this, senators were selected by state legislatures.
... October 4 - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor
Nobel Prizes
Physics - Lord John William Strutt Rayleigh[?]
Chemistry - Sir William Ramsay
Medicine - Ivan ...