Page 10: Historical Events In 1894

Dec 05   Phillip K. Wrigley (Wrigley Gum) born   

Dec 07   Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89   

Dec 07   Stuart Davis, US painter.   

Dec 08   James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women and Dogs).   

Dec 08   James Thurber, American writer is born.   

Dec 08   Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71   

Dec 09   Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket RI, actor (Anywhere USA).   

Dec 09   Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium.   

Dec 10   Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert   

Dec 13   Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68   

Dec 14   Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)   

Dec 14   Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer   

Dec 15   Cricket day 2 1st T Aus v Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130   

Dec 17   Arthur Fiedler the conductor of The Boston Pops Orchestra was born   

Dec 17   Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops)   

Dec 17   Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn.   

Dec 18   Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front   

Dec 18   South Australian women given the vote.   

Dec 19   Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113   

Dec 19   Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)   

Dec 20   Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166.   

Dec 20   Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66).   

Dec 22   -23] Dutch coast hit by hurricane.   

Dec 22   French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated).   

Dec 22   French officer, Alfred Dreyfus, are discovered guilty of selling secrets to Germany.   

Dec 23   Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's)   

Dec 23   Debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris   

Dec 24   Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot   

Dec 24   Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm   

Dec 25   1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football   

Dec 26   Antonio Molina, composer.   

Dec 28   Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders).   

Dec 29   Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64.   

Dec 30   Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76.   

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Jan 01   Shitsu nakano: Japanese supercentenarian   

Jan 01   Satyendra nath bose: Indian mathematician    

Jan 02   Robert nathan: Nyc, poet, novelist (portrait of jennie)   

Jan 03   Zasu pitts: American actress    

Jan 04   Wesley la violette: Composer   

Jan 04   Manuel de abreu: Brazilian physician    

Jan 07   Jose rozo contreras: Composer   

Jan 08   St maximilian kolbe: Polish martyr    

Jan 01   Heinrich rudolf hertz: German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   Pierre-joseph van beneden: Paleont (life of tapeworms),    

Jan 13   Nadezhda von meck: Russian patroness of pyotr tchaikovsky (b. 1831)   

Jan 19   Francois haverschmidt: Dutch writer,    

Jan 21   Guillaume jean joseph nicolas lekeu: Composer,    

Feb 04   Antoine j "adolphe" sax: Instrument maker (saxophone),   

Feb 11   Pasqual juan emilio arrieta y corera: Composer,    

Feb 12   Hans von bülow: German pianist and composer (b. 1830)