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Born :04/08/1875Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)
Born :01/14/1875Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1952)
Born :08/09/1875Albert William Ketlbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)
Born :12/03/1875Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist
Born :01/22/1875Bonifacius C de Younger, governor (Netherland Indies)
Born :07/26/1875Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, Dr (founded analytic psychology)
Born :06/23/1875Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor (Wedding of Rivers)
Born :12/19/1875Carter G Woodson, Virginia, African American
Born :01/01/1875Charles Rist, French economist
Born :01/22/1875D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation)
Born :07/17/1875Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist
Born :09/01/1875Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga)
Born :04/01/1875Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)
Born :09/26/1875Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor (Miracle on 34th Street)
Born :03/04/1875Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro)
Born :09/03/1875Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor {Porsche}
Born :07/15/1875Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
Born :02/02/1875Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
Born :11/22/1875Georges Rency, Belgian poet
Born :07/04/1875Giovanni & Giacomo Tocci, Italy, siamese twins
Born :09/27/1875Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist (Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926)
Born :03/14/1875Isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)
Born :09/16/1875James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)
Born :10/18/1875James EK Aggrey, Ghana, theologian
Born :07/15/1875Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter
Born :08/26/1875John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme)
Born :02/23/1875Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SDAP)
Born :12/12/1875Karl RG von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Normandy
Born :03/29/1875Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)
Born :02/04/1875Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist (father of aerodynamics)
Born :03/13/1875Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, house painter (Caught Sultane)
Born :10/29/1875Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
Born :07/10/1875Mary McLeod Bethune, SC, slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College)
Born :03/07/1875Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bol‚ro)
Born :08/21/1875Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
Born :11/19/1875Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state
Born :09/05/1875Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901)
Born :06/20/1875Othenio Able, Austria, paleontologist
Born :01/21/1875Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies
Born :06/17/1875Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World)
Born :04/04/1875Pierre Monteux, Paris France, conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24)
Born :12/04/1875Rainer Maria Rilke, Germany, poet (Duino Elegies)
Born :05/04/1875Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)
Born :01/11/1875Reinhold M Glire, Kiev Ukraine, composer (Zapowit)
Born :10/09/1875Reynaldo Hahn, composer
Born :08/15/1875Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)
Born :10/31/1875Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Dutch Coasts)
Born :10/11/1875Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet (Beautiful Irine)
Born :03/04/1875Suze [Suzanna] Groeneweg, 1st female paliament member (SDAP, 1918-37)
Born :04/26/1875Syngman Rhee, South Korea, statesman (1957 Freedom Award)
Born :03/26/1875Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea
Born :12/20/1875T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)
Born :12/25/1875Theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna
Born :08/06/1875Thomas Mann, German writer (Die Buddenbrooks, Nobel)
Born :06/06/1875Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)
Born :04/02/1875Walter Chrysler, founded car company
Born :06/06/1875Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp (1925)
Born :05/06/1875William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star adimiral/chief of staff (1949)
Born :11/27/1875Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)




Died :05/20/1875Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
Died :07/31/1875Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66
Died :02/22/1875Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
Died :03/27/1875Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasv‚rus), dies
Died :09/27/1875Edouard Corbire, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82
Died :06/04/1875Eduard M”rike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies
Died :02/03/1875Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies
Died :06/29/1875Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82
Died :07/09/1875Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
Died :01/03/1875George Bizet, composer, dies
Died :06/03/1875Georges [Alexandre-C‚sar-L‰opold] Bizet, French composer, dies
Died :04/11/1875Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies
Died :11/17/1875Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
Died :07/23/1875Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63
Died :02/19/1875Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76
Died :12/20/1875Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies
Died :08/31/1875Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies




Special :11/04/1875"Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies
Special :04/17/1875"Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
Special :03/15/18751st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
Special :09/11/18751st newspaper cartoon strip
Special :03/03/18751st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
Special :05/12/18751st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
Special :05/16/18751st running of Kentucky Derby
Special :05/01/1875238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities
Special :12/06/187544th Congress (1875-77) convenes
Special :06/08/1875A Borrelly discovers asteroid #146 Lucina
Special :12/01/1875A Borrelly discovers asteroid #157 Dejanira
Special :11/17/1875Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
Special :12/30/1875Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
Special :01/25/1875Anti-slavery society formed in NY
Special :06/03/1875C H F Peters discovers asteroid #144 Vibilia & #145 Adeona
Special :03/03/1875Congress authorizes 20› coin, lasts only 3 years
Special :03/01/1875Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
Special :07/19/1875Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC
Special :06/19/1875Formal opening of US Marine Hospital at Presidio
Special :06/22/1875Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000
Special :03/03/1875Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)
Special :11/13/1875Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
Special :05/20/1875Intl Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty
Special :10/18/1875J C Watson discovers asteroid #150 Nuwa
Special :01/28/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #142 Polana
Special :02/23/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #143 Adria
Special :11/01/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #151 Abundantia
Special :11/02/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #153 Hilda
Special :11/08/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #155 Scylla
Special :11/22/1875J Palisa discovers asteroid #156 Xanthippe
Special :09/21/1875J Perrotin discovers asteroid #149 Medusa
Special :06/02/1875James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
Special :07/07/1875Jesse James robs train in Otterville Missouri
Special :02/25/1875Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) turn self in at Ft Sill
Special :07/10/1875L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia
Special :12/25/1875Lambs Club in NY forms
Special :09/09/1875Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated
Special :08/25/1875Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)
Special :11/13/1875National Bowling Association organized in NYC
Special :12/07/1875Natives Sons of the West organized
Special :05/17/1875Oliver Lewis on Aristides wins 1st Kentucky Derby, Churchill Down
Special :06/05/1875Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
Special :10/05/1875Palace Hotel on Market Street, SF opens
Special :01/13/1875Paul Henry discovers asteroid #141 Lumen
Special :11/02/1875Paul Henry discovers asteroid #152 Atala
Special :01/05/1875President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss
Special :08/07/1875Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #148 Gallia
Special :11/04/1875Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #154 Bertha
Special :05/16/1875Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000
Special :10/22/1875Sons of American Revolution organizes
Special :11/04/1875Tonga adopts constitution
Special :07/01/1875Universal Postal Union established
Special :11/07/1875Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
Special :11/28/1875Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
Special :12/17/1875Violent bread riots in Montr‚al
Special :07/04/1875White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg
Special :12/04/1875William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
Special :12/02/187511øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
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Special :11/30/18755øF lowest temperature for November in NYC

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