Today in History for November 1875

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

2nd - Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast
4th - Passenger Steamship "Pacific" collides with sailing vessel "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 die
4th - Tonga adopts constitution
7th - Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
13th - Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
13th - National Bowling Association organized in NYC
16th - Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
16th - William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities
17th - Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
28th - Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

3rd - Emils Darzins, composer
6th - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator
7th - Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
10th - Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)
13th - Rogelio del Villar, composer
14th - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
14th - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
19th - Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state
22nd - Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)
22nd - Georges Rency, Belgian poet
23rd - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
27th - Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

2nd - JWW Birch, 1st British resident of Perak Malakka, murdered
6th - John Baptist van Son, Dutch Catholic politician, dies at 71
17th - Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
21st - Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
22nd - Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)