Today in History for December 1895

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

2nd - 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
7th - Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
8th - Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out
13th - 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony
17th - Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC
17th - George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
28th - Film makers the Lumiere brothers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris
29th - Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 20 of 20

1st - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
2nd - Klaas Voskuil, journalist
2nd - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967)
3rd - Anna Freud, Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund F
4th - Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
4th - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
5th - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
5th - Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician (d. 1969)
7th - Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)
9th - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936)
14th - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952)
14th - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) Reigned 1936-52.
16th - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia
19th - Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
19th - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player)
20th - Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key)
21st - Paul Hoffer, composer
24th - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)
27th - Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor (Holiday in Havana)
30th - August De Boodt, Belgian politician

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 4 of 4

5th - Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)
13th - Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (b. 1800)
25th - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32
30th - LP Hartley, British writer, dies

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