Today in History for December 1873
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Months in 1873: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
6th - 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1
30th - American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19
1st - Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)
1st - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
7th - Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)
9th - Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect
11th - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
14th - Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer
15th - Pongrac Kacsoh, composer
17th - Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors)
18th - Adolf Vogl, composer
18th - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (d. 1957)
20th - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(d. 1948)
21st - Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer (d. 1934)
22nd - L[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician
22nd - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist
25th - Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-born American dairy educator (d. 1959)
26th - Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)
26th - Karel Moor, composer
26th - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
30th - Al Smith, American politician and first Roman Catholic presidential candidate (D) (d. 1944)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 4 of 4
6th - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24
14th - J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
21st - Francis Garnier, French explorer (b. 1839)
24th - Johns Hopkins, Baltimore philanthropist and businessman (b. 1795)
