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1897  Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin).   

1897  Frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace).   

1898  Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada)   

1899  World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in inaugural Hague Peace Conference.   

1899  World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference.   

1900  Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga   

1900  Tonga is recorded as becoming a British protectorate   

1900  Sarah Miriam Peale, US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825)   

1901  Harry Robert Wilson, composer.   

1902  [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man).   

1903  George E Stone, Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile).   

1904  American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco.   

1904  Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY)   

1905  Eric Zeisl, composer.   

1906  The Federated Boys' Clubs, later to become the Boys' Clubs of America, are organized.   

1907  Clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal)   

1909  Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36)   

1909  George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81.   

1910  Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet leads to near-panic   

1910  The inaugural ever conference on air traffic opens in Paris   

1910  Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian   

1910  Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66.   

1911  Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends.   

1911  Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll).   

1911  Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50   

1912  Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies   

1912  A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension.   

1912  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer   

1913  Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70.   

1914  Anthony Fell, British MP.   

1915  Major General Sir William Bridges, Commander of the inaugural Division, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), dies of wounds inflicted at Anzac Cove on 15 May His body is buried in the grounds of the Royal Military College, Duntroon   

1915  Leon Shenandoah, native American leader   

1916  US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft   

1917  US passes Selective Service act   

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1048  Omar khayyám: Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher   

1186  Konstantin of rostov: Prince of novgorod   

1474  Isabella d'este: Marquise of mantua   

1551  Domenico di pace beccafumi: Italian renaissance-mannerist painter   

1610  Stefano della bella: Italian printmaker   

1662  George smalridge: English bishop of bristol   

1692  Joseph butler: Wantage berkshire, theologian   

1711  Ruggiero g boscovich: [rudzer j boskovic], italian astronomer   

0526  John i: Pope (523-26),   

1160  Erik ix helgi: [the saint], king of sweden,   

1401  WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw opolczyk (german: ladislaus von oppel: Count palatine of hungary 1367-1372, governor of halych-volhynia 1372   

1410  Death of Ruprecht: Roman catholics german king,   

1450  Death of Sejong the great of joseon: Ruler of korea (b. 1397)   

1550  Death of John: Cardinal of lorraine, french churchman (b. 1498)   

1551  Domenico di pace beccafumi: Italian renaissance-mannerist painter   

1584  Ikeda motosuke: Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)