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1889  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies.   

1890  Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24).   

1891  Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera   

1891  Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer.   

1893  Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die   

1894  Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74.   

1896  Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose).   

1898  Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)   

1899  Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons).   

1900  Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger).   

1902  Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization and Capitalism).   

1904  24th US Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97)   

1904  Rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)   

1905  Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings.   

1905  Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again).   

1906  Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game.   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies   

1907  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1908  Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1909  Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal.   

1909  Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939).   

1910  Bernhard Heiden, composer.   

1911  Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal   

1911  Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister   

1912  NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US olympians.   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized   

1912  US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt   

1912  Durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show).   

1913  Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)   

1914  Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops.   

1915  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful)   

1916  Official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas.   

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1113  Geoffrey plantagenet: France, conquered normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of anjou: Count of anjou   

1198  King alexander ii of scotland: King alexander ii of scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris iv: Count of holland   

1358  King john i of castile: King john i of castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur iii: Duke of brittany   

1420  Albrecht van eyb: German humanist/parson (bamberg & eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole bottrigari: Composer   

0079  Death of Pliny the elder: Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus iii berbein: [blootbeen], king of norway (1093-1103),   

1217  Eustace "the monk": French buccaneer,   

1313  Death of Henry vii: Roman catholic german king/emperor (1308/12-13),   

1371  Death of Eduard: Duke of gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo francesco maria mazzola: Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo contarini: Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Gaspard de châtillon: Count the coligny, french gen/admiral, beheaded