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1863  Arpad Szendy, composer.   

1866  World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)   

1867  Hobart Bosworth, Marietta OH, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade).   

1868  Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52.   

1870  Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98)   

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80.   

1873  John Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice and Sing)   

1874  Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head   

1877  Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos   

1877  Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954).   

1880  Frederick Jerome Work, composer.   

1882  Rodolfo Graziani, Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia   

1883  Ernst Stadler, writer   

1884  1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust   

1885  $100000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty.   

1888  California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)   

1888  Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh)   

1890  Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor.   

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89.   

1892  Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet is born.   

1892  Hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)   

1894  Wilhelm Grosz, composer   

1896  Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain   

1897  Enid Blyton, English author is born   

1897  Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury).   

1898  Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist.   

1900  Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS].   

1901  Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82.   

1902  Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu)   

1903  Michael Whalley Wickham, artist.   

1904  German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa   

1904  Jess Stacy, pianist.   

1907  St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn   

1907  Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)   

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1467  Mary of york: English princess   

1600  Paul hallman: Composer   

1613  Cristoph kaldenbach: Composer   

1635  Thomas betterton: London, actor/dramatist (coriolanus)   

1667  Anna maria luisa de' medici: Last of the medicis   

1673  Richard mead: London, physician   

1718  Sir frederick haldimand: Swiss-born british colonial governor   

1720  Martin gerbert: Composer   

0353  Death of Magnentius: Roman usurper (b. 303)   

0449  Flavian: Patriarch of constantinople   

0480  Death of Leonidas: King of sparta (b. circa 540 bc)   

0897  Death of Wilfred the hairy: Count of barcelona   

1171  Death of Louis i: Earl of wage/rieneck,   

1180  Death of Guillaume de/willem van sens: Fren master builder (canterbury),   

1183  Death of Christian i: Archbishop of mainz,   

1204  Death of King guttorm of norway: King guttorm of norway (b. 1199)