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1881  Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty.   

1882  17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa.   

1883  1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2).   

1884  The inaugural roller coaster in the U.S. begins operation at Coney Island, NY   

1884  1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)   

1888  Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown).   

1890  Stan Laurel, English born comedy actor is born.   

1890  Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel and Hardy)   

1891  John Abbott is recorded as becoming Canada's third prime minister   

1892  Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade).   

1892  Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80   

1893  RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack.   

1894  Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)   

1895  Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel and Hardy)   

1896  Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif   

1896  Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)   

1897  A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.   

1898  China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei.   

1899  Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's.   

1899  Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)   

1900  Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62).   

1901  Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl).   

1901  Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies.   

1902  The Broadway Limited goes into service for the Pennsylvania Railroad to begin a career of more than 75 years on the route between New York and Chicago.   

1902  Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)   

1903  Ford Motors incorporates   

1903  1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox.   

1903  Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer.   

1904  Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)   

1904  Gerard Holt, Dutch architect   

1905  Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51.   

1906  Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)   

1907  Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico and the Man)   

1909  The inaugural US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5000   

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1139  Emperor konoe of japan: Emperor konoe of japan (d. 1155)   

1332  Isabella de coucy: English princess   

1514  John cheke: English classical scholar   

1583  Axel gustafson oxenstierna: Swedish earl/chancellor/regent   

1591  Joseph solomon delmedigo: Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist   

1606  Arthur chichester: 1st earl of donegall, irish soldier   

1613  John cleveland: English poet   

1633  Nathaniel schnittelbach: Composer   

0956  Hugo: The great, duke of france,   

1216  Death of Innocent iii: Pope,   

1246  Lutgardis/ludgardis: Flemish mystic/saint,   

1361  Death of John tauler: German mystic (gottesfreunde)   

1397  Death of Philip of artois: Count of eu, french soldier (b. 1358)   

1468  Jean le fevre: Burgundian chronicler (b. ca. 1395)   

1492  Death of Jan coppenhole: Flemish rebel leader, beheaded   

1575  Death of Hadrianus junius: [adriaen the jonghe], medical/historian,