Page 6: Historical Events In 1876

Jul 15   Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82.   

Jul 15   Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford   

Jul 17   Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat   

Jul 20   1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton claims.   

Jul 23   William Gillies Whittaker, composer   

Jul 24   Thomas Molleson Mudie, composer, dies at 66.   

Jul 26   Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball).   

Jul 29   Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress (Waterloo Bridge).   

Jul 31   US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

Aug 01   Colorado is recorded as becoming 38th state.   

Aug 01   Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's.   

Aug 02   Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot.   

Aug 02   Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's.   

Aug 05   Mary R Beard, Indianapolis, historian (Woman as a Force in History)   

Aug 07   Mata Hari, Dutch born dancer and spy is born   

Aug 07   Mata Hari, [Margaretha G Zelle], dancer/courtesan/spy (WW I).   

Aug 08   Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m   

Aug 08   Thomas Edison patents mimeograph   

Aug 10   1st phone call between Brantford and Paris, Canada   

Aug 12   Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup.   

Aug 12   Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton).   

Aug 12   Off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup   

Aug 13   Reciprocity Treaty between US and Hawaii ratified   

Aug 14   Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1922-34)   

Aug 14   Prairie View State University forms   

Aug 15   Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist.   

Aug 15   US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find.   

Aug 16   Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth.   

Aug 16   The opera "Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth)   

Aug 17   Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33).   

Aug 17   Opera "Götterdämmerung" premieres in Bayreuth.   

Aug 19   George Smith, English assyriologist (script), dies at 36.   

Aug 24   Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed   

Aug 29   Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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Jan 01   Johan c altorf: Sculptor (october 3rd monument)   

Jan 01   Harriet brooks: Canadian physicist    

Jan 03   Wilhelm pieck: Co-founder german communist party/pres (1949-60)   

Jan 05   Konrad adenauer: Cologne germany, chancellor of germany (brd, 1949)   

Jan 07   William yeates hurlstone: Composer   

Jan 09   Hans bethge: Writer   

Jan 10   Johannes w "jan" eisenloeffel: Dutch goldsmith   

Jan 11   Elmer flick: American baseball player    

Jan 07   Juste olivier: Swiss poet (b. 1807)   

Jan 09   Samuel gridley howe: American abolitionist (b. 1801)   

Jan 10   Charles eh de coussemaker: Belgian musicologist/historian,    

Jan 15   Eliza johnson: U.s. first lady (b. 1810)   

Feb 03   Gino capponi: Italian marquis/literary/premier of toscane,    

Feb 10   Johan august soderman: Composer,   

Feb 21   Henry john gauntlett: Composer,   

Feb 24   Jan pieter heije: Dutch physician/writer/poet,