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Born :07/05/1867Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings)
Born :12/18/1867Antoon van Welie, painter
Born :08/16/1867Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (Lonely)
Born :05/27/1867Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
Born :09/19/1867Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
Born :05/30/1867Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Mass, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
Born :03/25/1867Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC)
Born :02/11/1867August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
Born :04/21/1867Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
Born :09/07/1867Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portugeese poet (China)
Born :06/04/1867Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)
Born :09/14/1867Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl"
Born :06/11/1867Charles Fabry, found ozone layer in upper atmosphere
Born :11/27/1867Charles-Louis-Eugne Koechlin, Paris, composer (Jacob Chez Luban)
Born :03/29/1867Cy Young, winningest pitcher (509 wins, 1890-1911)
Born :08/12/1867Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)
Born :06/19/1867Eduard Jacobs, cabaret artist
Born :03/27/1867Edyth Walker, US singer
Born :08/07/1867Emil Nolde, [Hansen], German painter/graphic artist
Born :01/08/1867Emily Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
Born :07/27/1867Enrique Granados, L‚rida Spain, composer (Maria del Carmen)
Born :04/24/1867Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)
Born :07/10/1867Finley Peter Dunne, US, journalist/humorist (Mr Dooley)
Born :05/13/1867Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
Born :06/08/1867Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisc, master builder (Guggenheim)
Born :12/22/1867Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic
Born :07/24/1867Frederic Benson, novelist
Born :05/17/1867Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher
Born :03/25/1867Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
Born :02/12/1867Hedwig Courts Mahler, German author (That Kriegsbraut)
Born :04/25/1867Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
Born :02/12/1867Joe Howard, NYC, singer (Gay Nineties Revue)
Born :08/14/1867John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)
Born :04/11/1867John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
Born :06/17/1867John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
Born :08/11/1867Joseph Weber, comedian (Weber & Fields)
Born :04/16/1867Jos‚ de Diego, Puerto Rico, patriot/PR Secretary of Justice
Born :12/26/1867Julien Benda, French philosopher/writer (Dialogues … Byzance)
Born :07/08/1867K„the Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
Born :02/07/1867Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
Born :01/01/1867Lew Fields, comedian (of Weber & Fields)
Born :03/10/1867Lillian D Wald, US, sociologist/organizer (Visiting Nurses)
Born :03/15/1867Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems)
Born :06/28/1867Luigi Pirandello, Italy, writer (6 Characters-Nobel 1934)
Born :12/23/1867Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul
Born :11/07/1867Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
Born :09/26/1867Maggie L Walker, black business & civic leader
Born :05/26/1867Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
Born :10/14/1867Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads)
Born :07/25/1867Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (That ewige Hochzeit)
Born :06/05/1867Max Friedl„nder, German art historian (Altniederl„ndische Malerei)
Born :07/10/1867Max Prinz von Baden, German chancellor (Oct-Nov 1918)
Born :01/21/1867Maxime Weygard, French general
Born :03/22/1867Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's street hawker
Born :05/05/1867Nellie Bly, whose name became a synonym for female star reporter
Born :02/21/1867Otto Hermann Kahn, Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
Born :10/13/1867Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator
Born :01/18/1867Rub‚n Dar”o, national poet (Nicaragua)
Born :08/13/1867Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer (Legenden Der Zeit)
Born :02/26/1867Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
Born :04/23/1867Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher
Born :12/30/1867Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist (died aboard Titanic)
Born :08/03/1867Stanley Baldwin, (C) British PM (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37)
Born :07/04/1867Stephen Mather, organized US National Park Service
Born :12/24/1867Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Napkin-i Fnun/Sis)
Born :11/04/1867Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish PM (1944-47)
Born :08/27/1867Umberto Giordano, composer
Born :01/29/1867Vicente Blasco Ib ¤ez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
Born :11/21/1867Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist
Born :04/16/1867Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame
Born :02/17/1867William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer




Died :08/06/1867Faustin-lie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown)
Died :03/02/1867French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies
Died :08/10/1867Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
Died :08/07/1867Ira F Aldridge, US actor (Othello/Shylock), dies at 63 in Lodes Poland
Died :12/22/1867Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (cinematic), dies
Died :06/19/1867Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
Died :04/19/1867Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
Died :04/18/1867Robert Smirke, architect, dies
Died :10/16/1867Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi (Ereg miliem), dies
Died :08/31/1867[Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies
Interest:09/20/1867[RC] Mem of SS Andrew Kim, Paul Chong & companions, Korean martyrs




Special :02/13/1867"Blue Danube" waltz premiers in Vienna
Special :10/14/186715th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
Special :03/02/18671st Reconstruction act passed by Congress
Special :07/02/18671st US elevated railroad begins service, NYC
Special :07/17/18671st permanent university dental school in US, Harvard
Special :12/23/18671st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
Special :02/17/18671st ship passes through Suez Canal
Special :12/29/18671st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY
Special :08/15/18672nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England
Special :09/12/18672nd synagouge in Cura‡ao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated
Special :11/04/186790 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
Special :10/16/1867Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses intl date line
Special :11/25/1867Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
Special :07/16/1867Amsterdam (opening Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady"
Special :06/12/1867Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
Special :06/27/1867Bank of Calif opens doors
Special :08/07/1867Battle of Moorefield, WV
Special :05/05/1867Battle of Puebla; M‚xicans defeat Maximilian's forces (Cinco de Mayo)
Special :04/24/1867Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Va streetcars
Special :05/07/1867Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
Special :08/01/1867Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
Special :04/01/1867Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
Special :02/01/1867Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
Special :05/20/1867Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women sufferage
Special :03/29/1867British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passed
Special :07/07/1867C H F Peters discovers asteroid #92 Undina
Special :07/21/1867City Gardens on Folsom opens
Special :03/02/1867Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
Special :07/01/1867Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Qu‚bec)
Special :07/19/1867Dutch Red Cross forms
Special :08/22/1867Fisk University established, 1867
Special :10/27/1867Garibaldi marches on Rome
Special :09/13/1867Gen E R S Canby orders SC courts to impanel blacks jurors
Special :12/04/1867Grange organized to protect farm interests
Special :03/11/1867Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
Special :02/14/1867Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co issues 1st policy
Special :05/01/1867Howard University chartered
Special :03/02/1867Howard University established
Special :03/01/1867Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
Special :04/01/1867International Exhibition opens in Paris
Special :08/24/1867J C Watson discovers asteroid #93 Minerva
Special :09/06/1867J C Watson discovers asteroid #94 Aurora
Special :06/19/1867J Gilpatrick on Ruthless wins 1st Belmont Stakes (Jerome Park NY)
Special :05/23/1867Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
Special :03/02/1867Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead
Special :03/12/1867Last French troops leave Mexico
Special :10/05/1867Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
Special :01/08/1867Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto
Special :09/09/1867Luxembourg gains independence
Special :10/29/1867Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsizes off St Thomas Virgin Islands
Special :03/15/1867Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university
Special :09/30/1867Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
Special :02/14/1867Morehouse College organizes in Augusta, Georgia
Special :03/01/1867Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
Special :02/09/1867Nebraska becomes 37th US state
Special :12/27/1867Ontario & Qu‚bec legislatures hold 1st meeting
Special :04/27/1867Opera "Rom‚o et Juliette" is produced (Paris)
Special :02/06/1867Peabody Fund established to promote Black education in South
Special :06/29/1867Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
Special :08/12/1867Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton
Special :06/20/1867Pres Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska
Special :04/23/1867Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
Special :11/23/1867R Luther discovers asteroid #95 Arethusa
Special :05/01/1867Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
Special :09/01/1867Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School
Special :05/20/1867Royal Albert Hall foundation laid
Special :07/15/1867SF Merchant's Exchange opens
Special :03/11/1867The opera "Don Carlos" is produced (Paris)
Special :04/25/1867Tokyo is opened for foreign trade
Special :09/28/1867Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
Special :03/02/1867US Congress creates the Department of Education
Special :08/28/1867US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
Special :03/30/1867US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (Seward's Folly)
Special :10/18/1867US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
Special :11/25/1867US, Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of Pres Johnson
Special :12/19/1867Victims of "Angola Horror" burned to death (Angola NY)

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