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| Born : | 11/24/1877 | Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53) |
| Born : | 03/17/1877 | Albert P Hahn, political cartoonist |
| Born : | 06/24/1877 | Aleksei M Remizov, Russian writer (Iveren) |
| Born : | 09/26/1877 | Alfred Cortot, French pianist |
| Born : | 08/29/1877 | Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) |
| Born : | 11/09/1877 | Allama Iqbal, Pakistani poet/philosopher |
| Born : | 03/25/1877 | Alphonse de Chƒteaubriant, French writer (Instantan‚s aux Pays-Bas) |
| Born : | 11/18/1877 | Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Wealth & welfare) |
| Born : | 05/04/1877 | Arthur Long, US, boxer/businessman (?-Died 8/8/1992) |
| Born : | 02/18/1877 | Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora E], actress/author |
| Born : | 02/26/1877 | Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism) |
| Born : | 06/19/1877 | Charles Coburn, Macon Ga, actor (Oscar winner-1943, THE MORE THE MERRIER ) |
| Born : | 01/19/1877 | Charles Coburn, Savannah Ga, actor (Devil & Miss Jones) |
| Born : | 08/27/1877 | Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) |
| Born : | 08/01/1877 | Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) |
| Born : | 04/14/1877 | Dani‰l Plooy, new testament scholar |
| Born : | 03/10/1877 | David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡ao, poet |
| Born : | 07/27/1877 | Ernst von Dohnanyi, composer |
| Born : | 07/27/1877 | Ern” [Ernst von] Dohn nyi, Hungary, composer (Msg to Posterity) |
| Born : | 09/11/1877 | Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuania, founder (KGB) |
| Born : | 10/18/1877 | Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society |
| Born : | 09/09/1877 | Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance |
| Born : | 01/10/1877 | Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator) |
| Born : | 03/03/1877 | Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor |
| Born : | 02/07/1877 | Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist |
| Born : | 11/25/1877 | Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic |
| Born : | 06/04/1877 | Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927) |
| Born : | 10/25/1877 | Henry Norris Russell, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) |
| Born : | 07/02/1877 | Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946) |
| Born : | 01/22/1877 | Hjalmar Schacht, president of German R˜ksbank/minister of Economics |
| Born : | 07/10/1877 | H‚lne Dutrieu, com‚dienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot |
| Born : | 05/26/1877 | Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer |
| Born : | 02/21/1877 | Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South Africans poet/theologist) |
| Born : | 09/16/1877 | James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe) |
| Born : | 09/11/1877 | James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer |
| Born : | 06/18/1877 | James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator "I want you" recruiting poster |
| Born : | 08/01/1877 | Jan van den Tempel, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (SDAP) |
| Born : | 05/26/1877 | Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte) |
| Born : | 01/07/1877 | Johannes F Buziau, cabaret performer (1 great dog) |
| Born : | 09/18/1877 | Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow) |
| Born : | 07/13/1877 | Karl Erb, German tenor |
| Born : | 01/26/1877 | Kees van Dongen, Netherland, French painter |
| Born : | 01/15/1877 | Lewis M Terman, Ind, psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test) |
| Born : | 08/27/1877 | Lloyd Cassel Douglas, novelist |
| Born : | 02/19/1877 | Louis [F M] Aubert, French composer (Habanera) |
| Born : | 01/31/1877 | Max Ettlinger, German philospher |
| Born : | 07/06/1877 | Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36) |
| Born : | 09/05/1877 | O W Albert Roelofs, painter/etcher |
| Born : | 04/19/1877 | Ole Evinrude, inventor (outboard marine engine) |
| Born : | 10/04/1877 | Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel (or 6/25) |
| Born : | 09/25/1877 | Plutarco El¡as Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) |
| Born : | 06/03/1877 | Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm) |
| Born : | 11/14/1877 | Ren‚ de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn) |
| Born : | 10/24/1877 | Rika H E Hopper, actress (Anastasia) |
| Born : | 08/10/1877 | Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance |
| Born : | 05/26/1877 | Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34) |
| Born : | 10/22/1877 | Thadd„us Robl, German bicylist (world record) |
| Born : | 06/12/1877 | Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet) |
| Born : | 07/05/1877 | Wanda A Landowska, Warsaw Poland, harpsichordist (Musique Ancienne) |
| Born : | 03/12/1877 | Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia |
| Born : | 09/16/1877 | Willem H Rassers, cultural anthropology (Panji, the culture hero) |
| Born : | 02/22/1877 | Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist |
| Died : | 08/29/1877 | Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies |
| Died : | 09/05/1877 | Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies |
| Died : | 08/12/1877 | James Drummond, historical painter, dies |
| Died : | 05/29/1877 | John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 03/09/1877 | Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 08/15/1877 | Me‹r A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher (Corsaren/And Jíde), dies |
| Died : | 06/06/1877 | Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies |
| Died : | 09/30/1877 | Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perc‚ indians, dies in battle |
| Died : | 09/23/1877 | Urbain JJ Leverrier, codiscoverer of Neptune, dies |
| Died : | 03/24/1877 | Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies |
| Died : | 12/29/1877 | Willem Sassen, "papachi S", procureur-gen on Cura‡ao (Affair-S), dies |
| Died : | 09/17/1877 | William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, dies at 77 |
| Interest: | 04/08/1877 | [Ang] Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg, priest |
| Special : | 12/22/1877 | "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Mass) |
| Special : | 07/21/1877 | -27) US army breaks railroad strike |
| Special : | 04/02/1877 | 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn |
| Special : | 09/30/1877 | 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club) |
| Special : | 07/23/1877 | 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations |
| Special : | 07/19/1877 | 1st Wimbledon tennis championships held |
| Special : | 02/20/1877 | 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
| Special : | 02/12/1877 | 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass |
| Special : | 07/23/1877 | 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed |
| Special : | 04/15/1877 | 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Mass |
| Special : | 07/24/1877 | 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers |
| Special : | 10/15/1877 | 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes |
| Special : | 01/13/1877 | A Borrelly discovers asteroid #171 Ophelia |
| Special : | 02/05/1877 | A Borrelly discovers asteroid #172 Baucis |
| Special : | 08/01/1877 | A Borrelly discovers asteroid #173 Ino |
| Special : | 11/09/1877 | American Chemical Society chartered in NY |
| Special : | 10/09/1877 | American Humane Association organized in Cleveland |
| Special : | 08/17/1877 | Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos |
| Special : | 08/11/1877 | Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos |
| Special : | 05/22/1877 | Baden-Baden wins Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 08/10/1877 | Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perc‚ indians |
| Special : | 04/12/1877 | British annex Transvaal, in South Africa |
| Special : | 03/12/1877 | British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa |
| Special : | 11/27/1877 | Burkina adopts its constitution |
| Special : | 10/14/1877 | C H F Peters discovers asteroid #176 Iduna |
| Special : | 04/12/1877 | Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game |
| Special : | 09/20/1877 | Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan) |
| Special : | 10/05/1877 | Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perc‚ War |
| Special : | 05/07/1877 | Cin Enquirer, 1st uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory |
| Special : | 01/16/1877 | Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop |
| Special : | 01/25/1877 | Congress determimes presidential election between Hayes-Tilden |
| Special : | 01/01/1877 | England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India |
| Special : | 04/10/1877 | Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC |
| Special : | 02/26/1877 | Geheim compromise Dem-Rep over pres election result |
| Special : | 07/14/1877 | General strike brings US railroad to a stand still |
| Special : | 06/15/1877 | Henry O Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point |
| Special : | 09/23/1877 | Hurricane strikes Cura‡ao & Bonaire kills 200 |
| Special : | 02/20/1877 | International Association (minor baseball league) organized |
| Special : | 09/02/1877 | J C Watson discovers asteroid #174 Phaedra |
| Special : | 10/01/1877 | J C Watson discovers asteroid #175 Andromache |
| Special : | 11/11/1877 | J C Watson discovers asteroid #179 Klytaemnestra |
| Special : | 11/06/1877 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #178 Belisana |
| Special : | 01/10/1877 | J Perrotin discovers asteroid #170 Maria |
| Special : | 09/27/1877 | John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti |
| Special : | 12/28/1877 | John Stevens, Wisc, applies for patent on flour rolling mill |
| Special : | 04/24/1877 | Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south (New Orleans) |
| Special : | 07/20/1877 | Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 |
| Special : | 08/22/1877 | Nez Perc‚-indians flees to Yellowstone National Park |
| Special : | 04/27/1877 | Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) |
| Special : | 04/19/1877 | Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) |
| Special : | 12/02/1877 | Opera "Samson et Dalila" is produced (Rouen) |
| Special : | 11/05/1877 | Paul Henry discovers asteroid #177 Irma |
| Special : | 08/10/1877 | Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM |
| Special : | 03/18/1877 | President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC |
| Special : | 04/27/1877 | President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends |
| Special : | 03/05/1877 | Rutherford Hayes inaugurated as US, president |
| Special : | 08/02/1877 | SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes |
| Special : | 12/26/1877 | Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st natl convention |
| Special : | 09/05/1877 | Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas |
| Special : | 11/29/1877 | Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph |
| Special : | 08/12/1877 | Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device |
| Special : | 12/15/1877 | Thomas Edison patents phonograph |
| Special : | 11/21/1877 | Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention |
| Special : | 01/15/1877 | US Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens |
| Special : | 02/27/1877 | US Electorial College declares R Hayes winner presidential election |
| Special : | 02/12/1877 | US railroad builders strike against wage reduction |
| Special : | 06/01/1877 | US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico |
| Special : | 02/09/1877 | US weather service established |
| Special : | 12/06/1877 | Washington Post publishes 1st edition |
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