Page 3: Historical Events In July - 12
Sunday, 05 July 2026
1854 George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) 

1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patented by William Goodale, Mass. 

1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Mass 

1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor. 

1862 The United States Medal of Honor is created. 

1864 George Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10] 

1868 Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal). 

1871 North America's inaugural public narrow gauge railway, the Toronto and Nipissing, is opened for traffic between Toronto and Uxbridge. The 3'6" gauge line was converted to standard by 1884 

1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded. 

1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "The Gloria Scott" (BG) 

1874 Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 

1876 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #164 Eva. 

1876 Max Jacob, French poet is born 

1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4500 

1881 Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] 

1882 The inaugural ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC 

1882 1st ocean pier in US completed, Washington, DC. 

1882 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 

1883 Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57. 

1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian artist is born 

1884 Louis B. Mayer, Dymer, Ukraine, American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM) 

1885 George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer. 

1886 Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) 

1888 Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat). 

1895 Buckminster Fuller, American architect is born. 

1895 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner) 

1897 Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78 

1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda Sudan 

1898 Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies. 

1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67 

1900 114°F (46°C), Basin, Wyoming (state record). 

1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky) 

1901 In this year, Cy Young claims his 300th game 

1901 Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer 

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