Today in History for March 1876

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
4th - US Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap
7th - Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
7th - Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
10th - 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
16th - Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
17th - 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
17th - Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux indian camps
25th - Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

1st - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president (d. 1942)
2nd - Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)
4th - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)
4th - Theodore Hardeen, Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician's Guild (d. 1945)
8th - Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio)
11th - Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)
11th - David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist
16th - Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)
17th - Frederic Ayers, composer
20th - Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927)
21st - John Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
23rd - Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
26th - Prince William of Wied (d. 1945)
29th - Jan Ingenhoven, composer
29th - Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist
30th - Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
31st - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (d. 1927)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

4th - Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38
5th - Marie d'Agoult, [pen name Daniel Stern], French author and mother of composer Franz Liszt's children, dies at 70
18th - F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65
19th - Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75

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