Today in History for December 1870
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Months in 1870: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
6th - Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Reps (SC)
12th - Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
22nd - Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse
26th - The 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps is completed.
31st - J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 18 of 18
2nd - Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor
5th - Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949)
10th - Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses)
10th - Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet)
10th - Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Der de Wier Us)
10th - T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
10th - Mary Bonaparte, pretender to the French imperial throne (d. 1947)
12th - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil baron (d. 1912)
13th - Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940)
14th - Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40)
14th - Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50)
15th - Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect
18th - Andres Randolf, Denmark, actor (The Kiss)
18th - Saki, [Hector Hugo Munro], Burma, author (Reginald, When William Came)
20th - Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)
24th - Rosario Scalero, composer
25th - Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics industrialist (d. 1965)
31st - Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 7 of 7
5th - Alexandre Dumas, French writer, dies at 68
16th - Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
17th - Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75
22nd - Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educator, dies at 46 [NS=Jan 3 1871]
28th - Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72
28th - Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter, dies at 64
30th - ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered
