Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Significance of August 12 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1876  Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton).   

1877  Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device   

1877  Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device   

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies.   

1879  inaugural National Archery Association tournament (Chicago).   

1879  1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago).   

1880  Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)   

1881  Cecil B. De Mille, Hollywood producer/director is born   

1881  Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)   

1882  Great Western Railway, controlling 1009 miles of track is merged into the Grand Trunk System.   

1883  The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.   

1883  Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP).   

1883  Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

1884  Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval.   

1884  Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary)   

1885  Alexander Albrecht, composer.   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65   

1886  W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval   

1887  Thomas Edison makes the inaugural sound recording.   

1888  Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes inaugural motor tour.   

1888  Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour   

1888  Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)   

1890  Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies   

1893  Howard Smith, Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel).   

1896  Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson   

1896  Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg.   

1897  British naval authorities grant US Navy permission to put battleship 'Indiana' in drydock in Halifax, Nova Scotia.   

1897  Manuel Blancafort, composer   

1898  Hawaii formally annexed to US.   

1898  Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed.   

1898  Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama)   

1899  Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary).   

1900  Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer   

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