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Historical Events

Results 1 - 19 of 19

1st - Wilhelm Roentgen announces his discovery of x-rays
2nd - Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
3rd - Emperor Wilhelm congratulates Pres Kruger on the Jameson Raid
4th - AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC
4th - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
5th - German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
5th - Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
6th - 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
6th - Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
7th - Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
12th - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
15th - Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael & his Lost Angel," premieres in London
16th - Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
18th - 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
18th - British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
18th - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
23rd - Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres
27th - Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
29th - Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 34 of 34

1st - Maurice Jacobson, composer
1st - Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
1st - Yitzhak Edel, composer
2nd - Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
2nd - Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer
2nd - Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
4th - Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)
4th - Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)
5th - Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
6th - Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
6th - Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
7th - Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
8th - Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
8th - Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
8th - Arthur Ford, American psychic (d. 1971)
9th - Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-born British conductor (d. 1971)
11th - Eva Le Gallienne, London England, actress/director (Resurrection)
11th - Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
12th - Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre)
12th - David Wechsler, American psychologist (d.1981)
14th - John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
15th - Jacobo Ficher, composer
16th - Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
17th - Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
18th - Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
18th - C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967)
20th - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
20th - George Burns, [Nathan Birnbaum], NYC, actor/comedian (Oh God)
20th - Rolfe Sedan, NYC, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)
20th - Isabel Withers, American actress (d. 1968)
23rd - Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64)
25th - John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
29th - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
31st - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (d. 1966)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)
4th - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)
8th - William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
8th - Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. 1844)
15th - Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
18th - Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)
20th - Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
25th - Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
25th - Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
28th - Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57