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Born :08/02/1878Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)
Born :12/07/1878Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)
Born :06/17/1878Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
Born :04/21/1878Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
Born :10/29/1878Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general
Born :08/10/1878Alfred D”blin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm
Born :01/04/1878Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)
Born :10/17/1878Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai
Born :02/05/1878Andr‚-Gustave Citro‰n, France, auto maker
Born :01/29/1878Barney Oldfield, Ohio, daredevil
Born :05/25/1878Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)
Born :01/06/1878Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
Born :11/01/1878Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)
Born :02/02/1878Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
Born :03/16/1878Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi
Born :05/11/1878Dhr Reyskens, oldest resident of Netherland
Born :07/29/1878Don Marquis, Ill, journalist/poet (archy & mehitabel)
Born :06/15/1878Eduard R Verkade, actor/director
Born :01/21/1878Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
Born :07/06/1878Eino Leino, Finland, poet/playwright/novelist (El m„n Koreus)
Born :01/20/1878Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers)
Born :01/22/1878Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator
Born :06/04/1878Frank Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)
Born :10/02/1878Fran‡ois C Schlumberger, French physicist
Born :08/28/1878George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
Born :07/04/1878George M Cohan, entertainer, Give my regards to Broadway
Born :05/21/1878Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)
Born :11/17/1878Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)
Born :11/21/1878Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/Minn of Justice
Born :05/10/1878Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
Born :07/09/1878H.V. Kaltenborn, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Who Said That?)
Born :01/18/1878Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician
Born :01/16/1878Henry Dewitt "Harry" Carey II, US actor (Informer)
Born :10/24/1878Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram)
Born :04/15/1878Ina Boudier-Baker, author (Poverty)
Born :12/26/1878Isaiah Bowman, US, geography/co-founder (Geographical Review)
Born :03/31/1878Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)
Born :06/19/1878James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx
Born :06/12/1878James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)
Born :10/18/1878James Truslow Adams, historian (Pul-1921-Founding of New England)
Born :06/27/1878Jean F of Royen, bibliophile/secretary-general of PTT
Born :07/27/1878Jean F van Royen, German secretary (PTT)
Born :06/01/1878John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)
Born :02/03/1878Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
Born :07/05/1878Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
Born :10/26/1878Jos‚ Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alc zar 1936)
Born :04/07/1878Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)
Born :11/28/1878Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)
Born :03/10/1878Karel van de Woest˜ne, Flemish writer (God & Sea)
Born :09/16/1878Karl Albiker, German sculptor (female nude)
Born :10/12/1878Karl Buresch, Austria politician
Born :05/24/1878Lillian M Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
Born :04/28/1878Lionel Barrymore [Blythe], US actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildaire)
Born :11/07/1878Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist
Born :07/24/1878Lord Dunsany, [Edward JMD Plunkett], Irish sci-fi writer (Time & Gods)
Born :05/21/1878Louis L H de Visser, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN)
Born :10/05/1878Louise Dresser, [Kerlin], US actress (Eagle, Maid of Salem)
Born :07/22/1878Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin (Martin Luther)
Born :08/19/1878Manuel Quezon, 1st president of Philippine Commonwealth (1935-42)
Born :11/24/1878Mark N Tod, English classical/historian
Born :11/08/1878Marshall Walter "Mayor" Taylor, famous African
Born :10/01/1878Othmar Spann, Austria economist/sociologist (Geschichtsfilosofie)
Born :01/23/1878Oton Zupancic, Slavic poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom)
Born :08/30/1878Paul Hazard, French literature historian
Born :10/15/1878Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940)
Born :08/15/1878Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general/commanding white legers
Born :08/02/1878Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden
Born :03/16/1878Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
Born :04/12/1878Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
Born :08/13/1878Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist
Born :09/22/1878Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)
Born :03/24/1878Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rh˜n-N], writer
Born :09/20/1878Upton B Sinclair, US writer (Jungle)
Born :01/14/1878Victor A D S‚galen, [Max An‚ly], French writer
Born :06/06/1878Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French criminal (Dieudonn‚, Landru)
Born :12/25/1878W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)
Born :09/02/1878Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr
Born :01/31/1878Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar
Born :07/15/1878Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist
Born :06/05/1878[Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader




Died :07/17/1878Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/Aust poet (Tre Fiumi), dies at 65
Died :02/19/1878Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies
Died :02/08/1878Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies
Died :04/23/1878Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
Died :06/12/1878Hendrik J Jut, murderer [head of Jut], dies
Died :01/19/1878Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies
Died :02/07/1878Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85
Died :04/22/1878Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rh˜n-N], writer, dies
Died :01/09/1878Victor Emanuel II, king of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies
Died :04/12/1878William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
Interest:04/11/1878[Ang] Commemor of George Augustus Selwyn, bishop of NZ & Litchfield




Special :05/24/18781st American bicycle race held (Boston)
Special :09/30/18781st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
Special :02/11/18781st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
Special :12/26/18781st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
Special :12/01/18781st White House telephone
Special :09/01/18781st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
Special :04/02/18781st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
Special :02/21/18781st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn
Special :01/28/18781st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)
Special :02/17/18781st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones
Special :07/20/18781st telephone introduced in Hawaii
Special :05/08/18781st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
Special :02/11/18781st weekly Weather report published
Special :08/21/1878American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
Special :07/09/1878An improved corncob pipe patented by Henry Tibbe, Washington, Mo
Special :05/23/1878Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia
Special :05/19/1878Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield
Special :03/24/1878British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
Special :03/03/1878Bulgaria liberated from Turkey
Special :03/01/1878C H F Peters discovers asteroid #185 Eunike
Special :06/18/1878C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
Special :09/09/1878C H F Peters discovers asteroid #189 Phthia
Special :09/22/1878C H F Peters discovers asteroid #190 Ismene
Special :09/30/1878C H F Peters discovers asteroid #191 Kolga
Special :05/24/1878CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
Special :04/10/1878Calif St Cable Car RR Co starts service
Special :07/09/1878Corncob pipe patented (Henry Tibbe)
Special :02/02/1878Cottenot discovers asteroid #181 Eucharis
Special :06/04/1878Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
Special :10/15/1878Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
Special :10/18/1878Edison makes electricity available for household usage
Special :09/03/1878England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die
Special :07/12/1878Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
Special :02/12/1878Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
Special :01/28/1878George W Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator
Special :02/22/1878Greenback Labor Party forms at Toledo, Ohio
Special :03/26/1878Hastings College of Law founded
Special :04/11/1878J Coggia discovers asteroid #187 Lamberta
Special :02/07/1878J Palisa discovers asteroid #182 Elsa
Special :02/08/1878J Palisa discovers asteroid #183 Istria
Special :02/28/1878J Palisa discovers asteroid #184 Dejopeja
Special :01/29/1878J Perrotin discovers asteroid #180 Garumna
Special :12/09/1878Joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2,500
Special :03/13/1878Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
Special :05/08/1878Paul Hines made baseball's unassisted 1st triple play
Special :05/04/1878Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
Special :12/28/1878Pope Leo XIII encyclical on socialism
Special :04/06/1878Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #186 Celuta
Special :04/21/1878Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
Special :02/19/1878Thomas Alva Edison patents gramophone (phonograph)
Special :07/13/1878Treaty of Berlin amended terms of Treaty of San Stefano
Special :01/10/1878US Senate proposes female sufferage
Special :01/14/1878US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional
Special :02/28/1878US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
Special :05/02/1878US stops minting 20› coin
Special :01/28/1878Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper
Special :03/25/187813øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :05/14/187840øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :05/16/187842øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC

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