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1909  1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5000   

1909  Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert).   

1910  E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny)   

1910  Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72.   

1911  A 772 gram stony meteorite strikes the earth near Kilbourn, Columbia County, Wisconsin damaging a barn.   

1912  Enoch Powell, England, MP (C)/racist/Greek professor   

1913  South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land.   

1914  Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948).   

1915  The foundation of the British Women's Institute   

1915  Joseph Kagan, businessman.   

1916  Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0   

1916  Francis Lopez, composer   

1917  The inaugural Congress of Soviets convene in Russia   

1917  1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia   

1917  Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post).   

1919  Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords).   

1920  John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me)   

1921  Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England).   

1922  Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics   

1923  Sun Yat Sen founds military academy.   

1923  Ake Hermanson, composer.   

1924  South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7.   

1924  Sayed Idries Shah, thinker.   

1925  The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the USSR, Artek, is established   

1925  Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses).   

1927  In this year, Tommy Armour claims golf's US open.   

1927  31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa   

1927  Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England)   

1928  Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University).   

1929  Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)   

1929  James Kirtland Randall, composer.   

1930  Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.   

1930  Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades).   

1930  Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies.   

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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  Innocent iii: Pope,   

1246  Death of Lutgardis/ludgardis: Flemish mystic/saint,   

1361  John tauler: German mystic (gottesfreunde)   

1397  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  Hadrianus junius: [adriaen the jonghe], medical/historian,