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1900  British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony).   

1900  Mafeking in South Africa relieved   

1900  Nicolai Berezowsky, composer   

1901  Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige).   

1902  Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer   

1902  John Vincent, composer.   

1903  Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio.   

1903  Douglas Packard, British Lt General.   

1904  Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade," premieres in Paris.   

1905  Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball   

1905  John Patrick, screenwriter   

1906  Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic   

1906  Eric Mensforth, president (Westland Aircraft).   

1907  Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power.   

1908  Sigismund Toduta, composer   

1909  White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks   

1909  Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant   

1910  Canada sets the designs for its 1 cent to fifty cent coins.   

1910  Canada sets the designs for the 1-50 cent coins.   

1911  Maureen O'Sullivan, American film actress is born   

1911  In this year, 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale claims in 1:51   

1911  Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative.   

1912  Archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate)   

1913  Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn).   

1914  Guido Masanetz, composer.   

1914  Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79.   

1915  Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls.   

1915  National Baptist Convention chartered   

1915  In this year, 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden claims in 1:58   

1915  Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer.   

1916  British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), inaugural introduced.   

1916  British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced.   

1916  Cornelis A Eman, Aruban politician.   

1916  Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68   

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1155  Jien: Japanese poet and historian   

1443  Edmund: Earl of rutland, brother of kings edward iv of england and richard iii of england   

1444  Sandro botticelli: Italian painter (birth of venus)   

1451  Engelbert ii: Earl of nassau-dillenburg-dietz/viceroy of luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von hohenzollern: 1st duke of prussia   

1551  Martinus a del rio: Spanish/south neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin delrio: Flemish theologian and occultist   

1568  Christoph thomas walliser: Composer   

1050  Guido van arezzo: Italian music theorist,   

1189  Death of Minamoto no yoshitsune: Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Death of Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis vi the roman: Duke of bavaria and elector of brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Constantine dragas: Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Thomas de ros: 10th baron de ros, english politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di botticelli: Painter (birth of venus),   

1521  Death of Edward stafford: 3rd duke of buckingham, english politician (b. 1478)