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Historical Events

Results 1 - 14 of 14

1st - 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
2nd - Gr Brit, France, Germ & It asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
3rd - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3
4th - President Taft inaugrated at 27th president during 10" snowstorm
4th - US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds
6th - Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna
10th - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title
14th - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms
18th - Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
21st - Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
26th - August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm
30th - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
31st - Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
31st - Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 44 of 44

1st - David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale)
1st - Richard de Guide, composer
1st - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop
1st - Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
2nd - Hanoch Jacoby, composer
2nd - Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
2nd - Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer (NY Giants)
2nd - Mel Ott, American baseball player (d. 1958)
3rd - Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician
3rd - Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator
4th - Harry B Helmsley, NYC, billionaire builder (Empire State Building)
5th - Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47)
6th - Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter
6th - Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83)
7th - Greta Schoon, writer
7th - Leo Malet, writer
8th - Anthony Donato, composer
8th - Claire Trevor, [Wemlinger], NYC, actress (Marjorie Morningstar)
8th - Hugh Murphy, English multi-millionaire
9th - Derk Bodde, American sinologist (d. 2003)
10th - Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost
11th - Ljubica Maric, composer
13th - Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London (1967-68)
14th - Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (Margin)
17th - Patrick Reilly, British diplomat
18th - Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
19th - Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors)
19th - Attilio Demaria, Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
22nd - Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
22nd - Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright
24th - Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)
24th - Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor (Phoenix)
25th - Dutch (Emil) Leonard, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914)
25th - Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls)
26th - Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor (Desert Rats)
26th - Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer
27th - Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist
27th - Golo Mann, [Gottfried], German/US historian (Antisemitism)
28th - Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
29th - Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
29th - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish writer (Gnome Patjoepelke)
30th - Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute)
31st - Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily)
31st - Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 7 of 7

12th - Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34
12th - Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
16th - George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
22nd - Gyula Erkel, composer, dies at 66
24th - John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37
25th - Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer, dies at 57
26th - Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56