Page 7: Historical Events In 1894

Jul 23   Arthur Treacher, Brighton England, announcer (Merv Griffin Show)   

Jul 24   Walter Schulthess, composer.   

Jul 25   Walter Brennan, American actor is born   

Jul 26   Aldous Huxley, English novelist is born   

Jul 26   Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World).   

Jul 27   Gerald F Bogan, US vice-admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean).   

Jul 31   Roy Bargy, Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)   

Aug 02   Death duties 1st introduced in Britain.   

Aug 03   George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap), dies at 69   

Aug 03   Harry Heilmann, SF Cal, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit)   

Aug 11   Wilhelm Grosz, composer   

Aug 13   Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director   

Aug 16   George Meany, NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO).   

Aug 16   Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70.   

Aug 16   Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith   

Aug 17   Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author (Jorden).   

Aug 17   Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4   

Aug 18   Congress creates Bureau of Immigration   

Aug 18   William Charles Levey, composer, dies at 57   

Aug 22   Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor (Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights).   

Aug 23   Gareth Hughes, Llanelly Wales, actor (Midnight Girl)   

Aug 24   Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark).   

Aug 25   -26] Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed   

Aug 26   PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok   

Aug 26   Social-Democratic Worker's party (SDAP) forms.   

Aug 27   Charles Meredith, Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort).   

Aug 27   Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court   

Aug 28   Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower).   

Aug 29   E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962   

Aug 30   Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger   

Aug 31   Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases   

Sep 02   -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens.   

Sep 02   Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy).   

Sep 04   In NYC, 12000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops   

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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)