William Monroe Trotter dies in Boston.

Trotter jumps to his death from the roof of the rooming house in which he lives at 971A Tremont Street [41 Cunard Street] just before 5:30 a.m. on his 62nd birthday. Some 3,000 people attend his funeral at the nearby People’s Baptist Church. Mark Schneider later writes, “Always out of step on the national stage, but the central leader in his own city, Trotter highlights the uniqueness of Boston’s contribution to the African-American struggle.”