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Born :07/30/1868Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist
Born :08/16/1868Bernard MacFadden, publisher (Physical Culture, True Romances)
Born :10/19/1868Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
Born :01/27/1868Cato Engelen-Sewing, soprano prima donna
Born :05/28/1868Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)
Born :08/02/1868Constantine I, king of Greece
Born :09/15/1868Dirk B Nanninga, painter
Born :04/01/1868Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Born :11/11/1868Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist
Born :12/24/1868Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
Born :11/09/1868Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish author (Wrakken)
Born :03/26/1868Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36)
Born :12/02/1868Francis Jammes, French screenwriter/writer (Jammisme)
Born :10/16/1868Franz X Ritter von Epp, German general (China)
Born :08/12/1868Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
Born :12/09/1868Fritz Haber, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1918)
Born :05/29/1868Fr‚deric baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker
Born :04/10/1868George Arliss, English/US actor (Devil, Green Goddess)
Born :07/28/1868George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
Born :07/14/1868Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & The Sown)
Born :05/12/1868Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
Born :04/26/1868Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere/Newspaper publisher
Born :12/20/1868Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road
Born :06/20/1868Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame
Born :02/22/1868Henri Polak, union leader/politician (soc-dem)
Born :03/22/1868Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics)
Born :02/12/1868Johan HA Schaper, founder SDAP/Member of Dutch 2nd Chamber
Born :11/22/1868John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
Born :03/31/1868Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist
Born :06/14/1868Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)
Born :12/28/1868Marie van Regteren Altena, painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)
Born :09/09/1868Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)
Born :10/08/1868Max Slevogt, German painter
Born :03/16/1868Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) (3/28 NS)
Born :03/28/1868Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) (3/16 OS)
Born :06/18/1868Mikl˘s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian kingdom regent (1920-44)
Born :05/18/1868Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia (1894-1917)
Born :03/20/1868Obe Postma, Fries poet/geography/historian (Friesche kleihoeve)
Born :08/06/1868Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
Born :07/06/1868Petrus A Euwens, paster/director (Friends of Cura‡ao)
Born :03/05/1868Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/legal/minister
Born :10/23/1868Rama V, [Chulalongkorn], leader of Thailand (-1910)
Born :12/04/1868Richard N Roland Holst, artist/painter
Born :03/22/1868Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923)
Born :06/06/1868Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition
Born :04/26/1868Robert Herrick, US writer (Common lot)
Born :11/24/1868Scott Joplin, US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)
Born :01/08/1868Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
Born :07/12/1868Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)
Born :01/31/1868Theodore William Richards, chemist (atomic weights, Nobel-1914)
Born :07/28/1868Thomas P Krag, Norse author/novelist/writer (Jon Graeff/Ulf Ran)
Born :02/10/1868William Allen White, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
Born :02/23/1868William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
Born :07/05/1868William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum, Laren)
Born :05/06/1868Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924)




Died :09/27/1868Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
Died :10/26/1868B F Randolph, SC state senator, assassinated
Died :11/27/1868Black Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, dies
Died :07/24/1868George Cattermole, painter/illustrator, dies
Died :11/13/1868Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
Died :06/01/1868James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77
Died :02/11/1868Jean B L Foucault, French physicist (sway proof), dies
Died :05/22/1868Julius Plcker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies
Died :02/11/1868L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
Died :06/10/1868Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered
Died :09/17/1868Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne indian leader, dies
Died :08/11/1868Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
Died :04/13/1868Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
Died :07/15/1868William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies
Died :02/29/1868[Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bayern (Lola Montez), dies




Special :07/28/186814th Amendment ratified, citizenship to ex-slaves
Special :11/11/18681st American amateur track & field meet (NYC)
Special :12/05/18681st American bicycle college opens (NY)
Special :02/24/18681st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama
Special :03/21/18681st US professional women's club, Sorosis, founded in NYC
Special :11/26/18681st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th & Folsom
Special :07/09/18681st black cabinet member in SC (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state)
Special :11/03/18681st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)
Special :06/09/18681st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
Special :07/20/18681st use of tax stamps on cigarettes
Special :06/10/18682nd Belmont Stakes, General Duke wins
Special :05/28/1868A Borrelly discovers asteroid #99 Dike
Special :11/13/1868American Philological Association organized in NY
Special :04/03/1868An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
Special :02/25/1868Andrew Johnson impeached for violation of Tenure of Office act
Special :01/07/1868Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
Special :06/22/1868Arkansas re-enters US
Special :11/27/1868Battle at Washita-Gen Custer defeats Cheyennes
Special :09/28/1868Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
Special :02/16/1868Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks founded in NY
Special :04/06/1868Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
Special :03/12/1868British create Basutoland in Africa
Special :04/10/1868Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
Special :08/22/1868C H F Peters discovers asteroid #102 Miriam
Special :04/18/1868C H F Peters discovers asteroid #98 Ianthe
Special :03/31/1868Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
Special :06/23/1868Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer"
Special :03/12/1868Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax
Special :02/10/1868Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
Special :10/17/1868Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect
Special :10/07/1868Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens
Special :10/10/1868Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
Special :10/10/1868Declaration of plan of Yara in Cuba
Special :02/17/1868E W Tempel discovers asteroid #97 Klotho
Special :06/25/1868FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
Special :01/20/1868Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
Special :05/22/1868Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash
Special :09/23/1868Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)
Special :04/01/1868Hampton Institute opens
Special :02/24/1868House of Reps vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
Special :07/11/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate
Special :08/15/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #101 Helena
Special :09/07/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #103 Hera
Special :09/13/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #104 Klymene
Special :09/16/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #105 Artemis
Special :10/10/1868J C Watson discovers asteroid #106 Dione
Special :02/17/1868J Coggia discovers asteroid #96 Aegle
Special :03/20/1868Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14.000
Special :12/07/1868Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
Special :12/01/1868John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
Special :11/23/1868Louis Ducos du Hauron patents trichrome color photo process
Special :04/16/1868Louisiana voters approve new constitution
Special :06/19/1868Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC
Special :01/07/1868Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
Special :11/17/1868N R Pogson discovers asteroid #107 Camilla
Special :01/14/1868NC constitiutional convention meets in Raleigh
Special :09/08/1868NY Athletic Club forms
Special :09/28/1868Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
Special :06/13/1868Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana
Special :07/13/1868Oscar J Dunn, former slave, installed as lt governor of Louisiana
Special :08/18/1868Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse
Special :03/17/1868Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
Special :05/26/1868President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
Special :05/16/1868President Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment, by 1 vote
Special :08/08/1868Quake destroyes Arica Chile
Special :08/13/1868Quakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)
Special :09/22/1868Race riots in New Orleans La
Special :05/20/1868Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant
Special :01/14/1868SC constitutional convention, meets with a black majority
Special :04/14/1868SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
Special :04/18/1868San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
Special :03/13/1868Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
Special :10/21/1868Severe earthquake at 7:53 AM, centered in Hayward, Calif
Special :07/14/1868Tape measure enclosed in a circular case patented, AJ Fellows, Ct
Special :06/01/1868Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
Special :03/09/1868The opera "Hamlet" is produced (Paris)
Special :10/11/1868Thomas Edison patents 1st invention: electric voice machine
Special :12/03/1868Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on US trial jury
Special :07/25/1868US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho)
Special :11/03/1868Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
Special :03/02/1868University of Illinois opens
Special :10/26/1868White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La

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