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1907  Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball   

1907  Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer (Haghezangers).   

1908  Montreal Wanderers loses to Edmonton but retain Stanley Cup (4th of 1908). Cup is won by total points in a 2 game series.   

1908  Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set   

1910  Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront)   

1911  Sun Yat-sen elected inaugural President of Republic of China   

1911  Sun Yat-sen is elected as the inaugural president of the Republic of China.   

1911  Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG.   

1911  Jeanette Nolan, LA Calif, actress (Richard Boone Show, Virginian).   

1912  Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60.   

1913  Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103)   

1913  Svend Simon Schultz, composer   

1914  Bert Parks, [Jacobson], Atlanta Ga, TV host (Miss America).   

1915  HMS Natal, blew up and sank at her moorings in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland, over 400 lives lost. Sources differ about the date with some giving it as 31st. The cause was speculated about at the time and sabotage was feared by some but the official enquiry put it down to a cordite explosion which is recorded as becoming unstable when overheated. Other ships had suffered a similar fate, and this is the most likely explanation.   

1915  Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die.   

1916  In Russia, Rasputin 'the mad monk' is murdered   

1917  -32°F (-36°C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record).   

1917  Nancy Coleman, Everett WA, actress (Edge of Darkness)   

1918  John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover   

1918  W Eugene Smith, US photographer (Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden)   

1919  Lincoln's Inn in London admits its inaugural female bar student   

1919  David Valentine Willcocks, composer   

1920  Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist   

1921  Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader   

1922  Russia is recorded as becoming the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics   

1922  Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR.   

1922  Vladimir Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics   

1923  Sara A Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi).   

1924  Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems.   

1925  NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701.   

1926  Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in NYC.   

1926  Stanley Tracey, composer.   

1927  Japan dedicates inaugural subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long).   

1927  Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

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1204  Abû 'uthmân sa'îd hakam al qurashi: Ruler of minorca   

1552  Simon forman: English occultist and astrologer   

1566  Alessandro piccinini: Composer   

1569  Georg quitschreiber: Composer   

1642  Vincenzo da filicaja: Italian poet   

1644  Philips van almonde: Dutch zeeuws lt-admiral   

1673  Ahmed iii: Ottoman sultan   

1678  William croft: Composer   

0273  Death of Felix i: Italian bishop of rome,   

1218  Death of Richard de clare: 4th earl of hertford, english politician (b. 1162)   

1460  Death of Richard plantagenet: 3rd duke of york, claimant to the english throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)   

1525  Death of Jacob fugger: German banker/merchant,   

1572  Death of Galeazzo alessi: Italian architect (palazza marino, milan),   

1573  Giovanni battista giraldi: Italian writer (b. 1504)   

1591  Death of Innocent ix: [giovanni facchinetti], pope, (1591 62 days),   

1621  Saint job of maniava: Ukrainian orthodox saint (b. 1550)