Biology
- William Bateson coins the term "genetics" in a letter to Adam Sedgwick.
- Nettie Stevens and Edmund Beecher Wilson independently describe the XY sex-determination system.
- Stamen Grigorov identifies the bacterium Lactobacillus bulgaricus, a major agent in the creation of yogurt.
- National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals established in the United States.
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