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1905  Duncan Macrae, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped)   

1907  Alan Reed, NYC, actor (Mr Adams and Eve)/voice (Fred Flintstone).   

1908  Congo Free State is recorded as becoming the Belgian Congo 1912 Plant Quarantine Act comes into force.   

1908  Congo Free State is recorded as becoming Belgian Congo.   

1908  Alfonso Lopez, baseball player (AL Manager of the year 1959).   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64.   

1909  Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37).   

1910  US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua   

1910  Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel).   

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1911  Ronald Udell, England, production designer (Pinewood Studios).   

1912  Plant Quarantine Act comes into force.   

1912  Philip Kapleau, founder (Rochester Zen Center in New Haven)   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies.   

1913  inaugural pilot to parachute from a French aircraft.   

1913  1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud-France).   

1913  Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist.   

1914  German forces invade Brussels.   

1914  German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I.   

1914  German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians   

1914  Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936).   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies.   

1915  White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31500   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

1918  Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I   

1919  Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg)   

1919  Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies   

1920  inaugural US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting.   

1920  1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting.   

1921  35th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62)   

1921  Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956)   

1922  1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris.   

1923  London harbor strike ends.   

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1517  Antoine perrenot de granvelle: Cardinal/viceroy of naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter opmeer: Church historian/humanist (historia martyrum)   

1561  Jacopo peri: Composer   

1625  Thomas corneille: French playwright   

1632  Louis bourdaloue: French jesuit preacher   

1637  Cornelis van aerssen: Dutch governor/co-owner of surinam   

1665  Bernardus smijtegelt: Vicar (gekrookte reed)   

1666  Alphonse d' eve: Composer   

0535  Mochta of louth: Disciple of st. patrick   

0984  John xiv: [petrus canepanova], italian pope (983-84),   

1153  Bernard[us] van clairvaux: French saint,   

1384  Death of Geert great: [gerardus magnus], theologist (getijdenboek),   

1538  Death of Aefgen listinck: Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  Miguel lópez de legazpi: Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo osorio: Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de boulogne: French painter, buried at 38