Today in History for December 1877
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Months in 1877: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 10 of 10
2nd - Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
6th - 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)
6th - Washington Post publishes 1st edition
7th - Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
15th - Thomas Edison patents phonograph
16th - Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
22nd - "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass)
26th - Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention
28th - John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill
30th - Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 6 of 6
8th - Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer
13th - Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer
14th - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)
18th - Max Pallenberg, Austria, actor (Brave Suender)/husb of Fritzi Massary
22nd - Endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet
31st - Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 7 of 7
10th - Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68
10th - Jared Kirtland, US physician/naturalist, dies
12th - Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48
27th - Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56
29th - Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies
31st - Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64
31st - JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58
