Today in History for December 1872

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 3 of 3

7th - HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise
11th - 1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
26th - 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18")

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13

5th - Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player
6th - Mikulas Moyzes, composer
7th - Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
8th - J C Powys, writer
10th - Johann Babtist Thaller, composer
10th - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves)
16th - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947)
20th - Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer
21st - Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)
21st - Sidney Ainsworth, British actor (d. 1922)
22nd - Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
26th - Norman Angell, British politician/cowboy/journalist, Nobel laureate (1933), (d. 1967)
30th - William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

11th - Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830)
12th - Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72
13th - Helena Beeloo, a maid, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
13th - W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, murdered by Henry Jut at the Hague, Netherlands
24th - William John Macquorn Rankine, British physician and engenier (b. 1820)
28th - James Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808)
31st - Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38