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Saturday, 06 December 2025
May 25 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker on this day in history. 
May 27 On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
May 28 Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist in the year 1879.
May 30 On this day in history 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
May 30 In the year 1879 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May
May 30 On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)
May 30 In the year 1879 gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
May 31 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.
May 31 On this day in history first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
May 31 Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.
May 31 Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.
Jun 01 In the year 1879 napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
Jun 02 In the year 1879 adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
Jun 02 In the year 1879 e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
Jun 03 In the year 1879 pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer
Jun 05 On this day in history 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
Jun 05 Adolf Wiklund, composer on this day in history.
Jun 06 In the year 1879 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect
Jun 07 Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) in the year 1879.
Jun 09 Dudley Digges on this day in history.
Jun 10 In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer
Jun 11 Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager on this day in history.
Jun 11 In the year 1879 willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39
Jun 13 In the year 1879 a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella
Jun 13 George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.
Jun 16 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law) on this day in history.
Jun 16 In the year 1879 gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
Jun 16 Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC on this day in history.
Jun 18 W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage on this day in history.
Jun 21 F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.
Jun 21 F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.
Jun 21 In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)
Jun 23 In the year 1879 william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman
Jun 24 Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.
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