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Born :10/14/1871Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Der Schneeman)
Born :10/02/1871Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)
Born :08/30/1871Ernest Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908)
Born :03/24/1871Ernest Rutherford, nuclear scientist
Born :02/09/1871Franc S Finzgar, Slavic clergyman/writer (Our blood)
Born :09/23/1871Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer
Born :01/05/1871Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
Born :05/27/1871Georges Rouault, French painter/graphic artist (Miserere et Guerre)
Born :05/27/1871Georges-Henri Rouault, expressionist painter
Born :07/18/1871Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog a/d dials)
Born :03/27/1871Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas
Born :12/24/1871Henri Stroethoff, actor (A Chique Knulletje)
Born :02/09/1871Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
Born :04/12/1871Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
Born :06/17/1871James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
Born :04/05/1871Jeanne Bougeois, [La Mistinguette], artist (French revue)
Born :04/16/1871John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet (Riders to the Sea)
Born :03/19/1871Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)
Born :02/05/1871Jovan Ducic, Swedish poet (Blauwe Legend)
Born :07/08/1871Kornelis ter Lan, 1st socialist mayor (Zandam)
Born :08/21/1871Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)
Born :10/18/1871Louis de Vries, actor (Ghetto)
Born :07/17/1871Lyonel C A Feininger, US cartoonist/painter
Born :07/10/1871Marcel Proust, France, novelist (Remembrance of Things Past)
Born :10/29/1871Narziss Oh, German psychologist
Born :06/17/1871Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania
Born :02/25/1871Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US singles 1890)
Born :08/19/1871Orville Wright, aviator (Wright Brothers)
Born :01/12/1871Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
Born :10/30/1871Paul Val‚ry, France, poet/essayist/critic (La Jeune)
Born :10/20/1871Paul Val‚ry, French poet (La Jeune Parque)
Born :09/12/1871Prince Friedrich, of Liechtenstein, Romania
Born :12/13/1871Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)
Born :11/01/1871Stephen Crane, US, novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage)
Born :07/11/1871Stjepan Radic, founder/leader Croatian Boer party
Born :10/03/1871St˜n Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (De Vlaschard)
Born :08/27/1871Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy)
Born :08/03/1871Vernon Louis Parrington, author (Romantic Revolution, Pulitzer 1928)
Born :01/26/1871Warner Fabian, [Samuel H Adams], US journalist/writer (Average Jones)
Born :03/28/1871Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
Born :04/20/1871William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)
Born :05/08/1871[Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
Born :07/29/1871[Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk




Died :09/25/1871Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies
Died :02/26/1871Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
Died :07/05/1871Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess, dies
Died :03/26/1871Fran‡ois-Joseph F‚tis, Belgian composer, dies
Died :05/12/1871John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
Died :05/11/1871John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
Died :05/07/1871Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
Died :09/07/1871Mehmed E Ali Pasja, Turkish statesman, dies
Died :04/18/1871Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
Died :11/22/1871Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned
Died :01/10/1871Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies
Died :06/08/1871Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
Died :04/07/1871Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies
Interest:09/20/1871[Ang] St John Coleridge Patteson, Bishop of Melanesia/companions




Special :05/21/1871-July 28) French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die
Special :10/07/187116-hour fire injures 30 of Chicago's 185 firefighters
Special :01/19/18711st Negro lodge of US Masons approved, New Jersey
Special :10/21/18711st US amateur outdoor athletic games (NY)
Special :01/17/18711st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
Special :03/27/18711st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0
Special :02/28/18712nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
Special :04/20/18713rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)
Special :09/12/1871A Borrelly discovers asteroid #117 Lomia
Special :03/29/1871Albert Hall opens in London
Special :12/19/1871Albert Jones, NYC, patents corrugated paper
Special :06/16/1871Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
Special :04/30/1871Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
Special :04/23/1871Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
Special :10/02/1871Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy
Special :07/20/1871British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province
Special :07/23/1871C H F Peters discovers asteroid #114 Kassandra
Special :09/08/1871C H F Peters discovers asteroid #116 Sirona
Special :07/25/1871Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
Special :10/23/1871Columbia & Sappho (US) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup
Special :03/18/1871Communards revolt in Paris
Special :03/03/1871Congress establishes the civil service system
Special :02/09/1871Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
Special :10/31/1871Founding of Netherland Protestant Union in Dokkum
Special :10/08/1871Gas explosion destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Special :04/16/1871German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions
Special :01/18/1871German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I
Special :05/10/1871German-French peace treaty signed: France loses Elzas
Special :12/24/1871Giusseppi Verdi's "Aida" premieres in Cairo, at Suez canal opening
Special :06/30/1871Guatemala revolts for agarian reforms
Special :11/03/1871Henry M Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
Special :06/13/1871Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
Special :05/17/1871Indians fighter Gen Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches
Special :08/06/1871J C Watson discovers asteroid #115 Thyra
Special :03/01/1871J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia
Special :01/16/1871Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
Special :07/03/1871Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
Special :12/12/1871Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
Special :11/28/1871Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC
Special :06/20/1871Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss
Special :02/27/1871Meeting of Alabama claims commission
Special :01/31/1871Millions of birds fly over western SF, darken the sky
Special :10/24/1871Mob in LA hangs 18 Chinese
Special :09/17/1871Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens
Special :11/21/1871Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
Special :03/17/1871National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
Special :11/24/1871National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
Special :01/03/1871Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY
Special :04/24/1871Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo)
Special :03/26/1871Paris Commune founded
Special :05/28/1871Paris communards revolt put down
Special :01/28/1871Paris surrenders to Prussians
Special :05/10/1871Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France & Germany
Special :10/30/1871Phila Athletics beat Chicago for 1st Natl Assn baseball pennent
Special :06/15/1871Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a US collegiate law school
Special :10/12/1871Pres Grant claims to be against Ku Klux Klan
Special :10/17/1871President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus
Special :03/12/1871R Luther discovers asteroid #113 Amalthea
Special :03/28/1871SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
Special :05/12/1871Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
Special :11/10/1871Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Uj˜i, Central Africa
Special :11/05/1871Susan B Anthony arrested trying to vote in Rochester NY
Special :07/05/1871Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) & Big Tree, begins
Special :01/26/1871US income tax repealed
Special :11/06/1871US, pres Grant re-elected
Special :04/10/1871William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
Special :03/22/1871Wm Holden of NC is 1st governor removed from office by impeachment
Special :12/27/1871World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
Special :01/26/18711øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :10/21/187131øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :09/20/187144øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :07/23/187155øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :07/22/187157øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC

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