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1878  Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44   

1879  Longest championship fight (136 rounds)   

1879  Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography   

1881  Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.   

1883  Jan Kunc, composer.   

1884  1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY.   

1886  Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, German/US architect (Bauhaus).   

1889  Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Turkish writer/diplomat.   

1889  Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 64   

1890  A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 and injuring 200.   

1892  Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolf von) Grofe, NY, composer.   

1893  Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator.   

1894  William Harrigan, NYC.   

1894  Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49   

1897  Gloria Swanson, American actress is born.   

1897  ... Hartree, mathematician   

1898  Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80   

1899  Gloria Swanson, Chicago Ill, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly) [NS]   

1900  Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69.   

1901  Albert Henneberg, composer   

1902  Mary Armour, artist   

1903  Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF).   

1906  Founding of the Alpine Club of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba.   

1907  Mary Treen, St Louis Mo, actress (Emily-Willy)   

1908  Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer (Dangerous Book)   

1909  Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist   

1910  Fire during a barn-dance in Hungary, killed 312.   

1910  Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932)   

1910  Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74   

1912  inaugural Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC   

1912  1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Wash DC   

1912  James Callaghan, (L) British PM (1976-79)   

1913  Godfrey Turner, composer.   

1914  inaugural successful blood transfusion (in Brussels).   

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0972  King robert ii of france: King robert ii of france (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio squarcialupi: Composer   

1554  Everhardus van bronchorst: Dutch lawyer   

1627  Stephen fox: English politician   

1665  Benjamin neukirch: German poet (herrn von hofmannswaldau)   

1676  Francis ii rákóczi: Leader of the hungarian uprising against the habsburg   

1696  Antoine court: French huguenot minister   

1702  Johann ernst eberlin: Composer   

0710  Rupert of salzburg: Rupert of salzburg   

0922  Death of Al-hallaj al-mughith-al-hsayn mansur: Persian mystic, beheaded at 64   

0965  Death of Arnulf i: The elder/the great, count of flanders (918-65),   

0973  Herman: Duke of saxony   

1378  Death of Gregory xi: [pierre r the beaufort], last french pope (1370-78),   

1462  Death of Vasili ii of russia: Grand prince of moscow (b. 1415)   

1472  Janus pannonius: Hungarian poet/translator,   

1482  Maria: Duchess of burgundy/countess of holland,