Today in History for December 1875

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

4th - William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
6th - 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes
7th - Natives Sons of the West organized
8th - Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg
9th - Massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded.
17th - Violent bread riots in Montreal
25th - Lambs Club in NY forms
30th - Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 18 of 18

2nd - Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
3rd - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
3rd - Max Meldrum, Scottish-born Australian painter (d. 1955)
4th - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)
4th - Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
5th - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)
6th - Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941)
12th - Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian
12th - Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
14th - Dobri Khristov, composer
15th - Friedrich Niggli, composer
15th - Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (d. 1899)
19th - Carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)
20th - T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)
22nd - Antoine Mariotte, composer
22nd - John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water)
25th - Theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna
25th - Walter Lees, cricketer (Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

10th - Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
20th - Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75
22nd - Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75
25th - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)

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