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1910  President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day   

1910  Werner Wolf Glaser, composer.   

1912  The liner 'Titanic' strikes an ice berg at 11.40pm, and begins to sink   

1912  The Titanic,launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceburg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll).   

1912  Pan American Union forms   

1912  Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher.   

1913  Belgium begins general strike for voting rights   

1913  Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica).   

1913  Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68.   

1914  Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern   

1914  Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58   

1915  A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter.   

1915  James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies.   

1916  Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48)   

1917  Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0.   

1917  Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations)   

1917  Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57   

1918  Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane).   

1918  Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife)   

1920  Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi   

1920  Eduardo Maturana, composer   

1921  NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games   

1921  Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate   

1922  Republic rebels occupies 4 govt courts in Dublin.   

1922  David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer.   

1923  Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters.   

1923  William Darling, journalist.   

1924  Shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer   

1924  Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at 67.   

1925  Rod Steiger, American film actor is born.   

1925  1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN).   

1925  Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier (Rhodesia).   

1925  Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54.   

1926  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa.   

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1572  Adam tanner: Austrian mathematician   

1578  Philip iii: King of spain & portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  Abraham elsevier: Book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian huygens: Holland, astronomer (discovered saturn's rings)   

1668  Magnus julius de la gardie: Swedish general   

1676  Ernst chreistian hesse: Composer   

1710  Marie a c de camargo: Spanish/italian/belgian dancer   

1714  Adam gib: Scottish religious leader   

0711  Death of Childebert iii: King of french,   

0911  Sergius iii: Italian pope (904-11),   

1099  Death of Conrad: Bishop of utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  Mstislav of kiev: Mstislav of kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  Death of Llywelyn ap iorwerth: Prince of wales,   

1279  Boleslaus of greater poland: Boleslaus of greater poland   

1322  Bartholomew de badlesmere: 1st lord badlesmere, english soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Richard aungerville: English bishop and writer (b. 1287)