Today in History for September 1878
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Months in 1878: January February March April May June July August October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1st - 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
3rd - England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
12th - Cleopatra Needle installed in London
30th - 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9
1st - Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
2nd - Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr
9th - Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914)
9th - Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
16th - Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)
17th - Vincenzo Tommasini, composer
20th - Upton Beall Sinclair, Baltimore, Maryland, US writer (Jungle), (d. 1968)
22nd - Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)
24th - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
9th - Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18
12th - Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83
