Page 7: Historical Events In 1892

Jun 23   Able Kiviat, US, runner (Olympic-gold-1912).   

Jun 26   Pearl Buck, American novelist is born   

Jun 26   Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, China, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938)   

Jun 28   Edward H Carr, England, historian (History of Soviet Russia)   

Jun 28   Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories   

Jun 30   Laszlo Lajtha, composer   

Jul 01   James M Cain, Minneapolis Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice)   

Jul 02   Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show).   

Jul 03   Wilhelm Rettich, composer   

Jul 04   James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house   

Jul 06   Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot.   

Jul 06   Dr Jose Rizal forms League Filipina.   

Jul 06   Striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pa fire on scabs, killing 7   

Jul 06   Three day fire destroys most of St. John's Newfoundland   

Jul 07   Katipunan: the Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established leading to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia   

Jul 08   American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass.   

Jul 08   Richard Aldington, writer.   

Jul 10   1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)   

Jul 10   George "Slim" Summerville, US actor (Keystone Cops).   

Jul 10   The inaugural concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio).   

Jul 11   Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer.   

Jul 11   US Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp.   

Jul 15   Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer.   

Jul 18   Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook and Son), dies at 83   

Jul 19   Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83   

Jul 21   Anton Schnack, German writer/poet.   

Jul 22   Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)/war criminal.   

Jul 23   Haile Selassie, [Ras Tafari Makonnen], emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74)   

Jul 26   Philipp Jarnach, composer.   

Jul 28   Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour).   

Jul 29   Charles L Bass, actor (Business in White Slavery).   

Jul 30   Roy Park, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball).   

Aug 01   Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian (Temps Inquiets)   

Aug 02   Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator.   

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Jan 01   Artur rodzinski: Spalato, dalmatia, poland, conductor/composer   

Jan 01   Manuel roxas y acuna: 1st president philippines   

Jan 01   Miklos radnai: Composer   

Jan 02   Lura anson: Nebraska, entertainer   

Jan 02   Seiichiro kashio: Japanese tennis player   

Jan 03   John ronald reuel tolkien: S afr, philologist/writer (lord of rings)   

Jan 05   Francesca bertini: Florence italy, actress (odette, assunta spina)   

Jan 06   Ludwig berger: Writer   

Jan 01   Roswell b. mason: Mayor of chicago (b. 1805)   

Jan 02   George b airy: English astronomer/writer,   

Jan 07   Tewfik pasja: Viceroy of egypt,   

Jan 08   John heykamp: Old-catholic archbishop of utrecht,    

Jan 10   Heinrich ludwig egmont dorn: Composer,   

Jan 13   Charles albert white: Composer,   

Jan 14   Prince albert victor: Duke of clarence, british prince (b. 1864)   

Jan 16   Imakita kosen: Zen teacher/abbot of engagkuji monastery,