Today in History for November 1899

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

2nd - Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal
3rd - James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
9th - Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack
11th - Stuart/Rubens/Boyd-Jones' "Floradora," premieres in London
12th - British troops reach Durban Natal
15th - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill & wife captured in Natal
18th - Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
22nd - -23] Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army)
23rd - Battle at Belmont, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
25th - Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: General Methuen beats Farmers
28th - Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronjé beats British gen Methuen)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

2nd - Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet
3rd - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986)
4th - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)
4th - Mimi Boesnach, Dutch actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roosje)
4th - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985)
5th - Forrest Lewis, actor (Monster of Piedras Blancas)
11th - Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates)
11th - Pat O'Brien, Milwaukee, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
15th - Avdy Andresson, Estonian statesman (d. 1990)
15th - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
16th - Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC)
17th - Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)
17th - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971)
18th - Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
19th - Allen Tate, US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)
19th - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei, influential Shia Islamic scholar (d. 1992)
20th - Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer
22nd - Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)
23rd - Norman Hunter, writer
24th - Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
24th - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
25th - Vera Reynolds, Richmond VA, silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)
25th - William R Burnett, US, author (Little Caesar)
26th - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
29th - Gustave Reese, composer
29th - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

19th - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55
20th - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
21st - Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
24th - Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
25th - Robert Lowry, composer, dies at 73
27th - Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74
28th - Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19