Today in History for September 1891

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

3rd - 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)
3rd - Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas
3rd - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti
7th - Captain Frederick Lugards army reaches Kavalli Equatoria
11th - The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch.
14th - "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
18th - Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
20th - The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 16 of 16

3rd - Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer
7th - Roscoe Karns, San Bernadino California, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey)
11th - Noel Gallon, composer
11th - William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
12th - Adolph Weiss, composer
12th - Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
14th - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
16th - Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer
16th - Isabel Jeans, London England, actress (Easy Virtue, Heavens Above)
16th - Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (d. 1972)
16th - Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
17th - Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey)
22nd - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor (Residence Orch)
26th - Alfred Plane, US sharp shooter (Olympic-gold-1912, 20)
28th - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
29th - Gerda Bjorne, Varmland Sweden, actress (Familjen Bjork, Hemsoborna)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

2nd - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76
7th - Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
9th - Jules Grévy, President of France (b. 1813)
18th - William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817)
27th - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
28th - Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72
30th - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)