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Born :03/14/1879Albert Einstein, Ulm Germany, physicist E=mc (Nobel 1921)
Born :12/29/1879Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I)
Born :02/03/1879Charles Follis, 1st black US football player (Shelby, Ohio)
Born :11/19/1879Charles van de Banks, Flemish author/poet (geuzenstad)
Born :06/10/1879Dezs Szab, Hungarian writer (Weggevagde Village)
Born :02/17/1879Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
Born :07/05/1879Dwight Filley Davis, donated tennis' Davis Cup
Born :04/28/1879Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
Born :01/01/1879Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
Born :03/27/1879Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
Born :08/08/1879Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
Born :01/01/1879Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
Born :08/15/1879Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)
Born :11/07/1879Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher
Born :09/12/1879Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter
Born :04/12/1879Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children book week
Born :12/12/1879Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland
Born :06/16/1879Fritz Schulz, German historic rights (Classical Novel Law)
Born :04/09/1879Gerald Festus Kelly, artist
Born :03/15/1879Gerrit J Heering, Roman theologist (Fall of Christianity)
Born :01/03/1879Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)
Born :09/12/1879H de Bie, lawyer (children's rights)
Born :07/10/1879Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)
Born :01/18/1879Henri-Honor Giraud, French general/parliament leader
Born :02/24/1879Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun)
Born :12/15/1879Hugo WC Bordewk, Dutch lawyer
Born :09/20/1879Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curaaos composer
Born :02/09/1879Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
Born :04/14/1879James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
Born :10/15/1879Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], actress (Huckleberry Finn)
Born :11/02/1879Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer (Prince Regent)
Born :10/07/1879Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr
Born :05/06/1879Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
Born :02/22/1879Johannes Brnsted, Danish physical chemist (acid-base reactions)
Born :01/09/1879John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist
Born :10/05/1879John Erskine, US, poet/pianist (Private Life of Helen of Troy)
Born :01/02/1879John L Walch, literary (Grimaces)
Born :08/13/1879John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Thin)
Born :12/21/1879Joseph Stalin, [Dzoegashvili], Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000
Born :08/06/1879Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
Born :08/31/1879Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)
Born :06/07/1879Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
Born :12/12/1879Laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)
Born :04/11/1879Leendert Round, sculptor (Entrance diergaarde happy village)
Born :11/07/1879Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, [Leib Bronstein], Russ revolutionary
Born :10/26/1879Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet)
Born :10/07/1879Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary leader/writer (Diary in Exile)
Born :11/15/1879Lewis Stone, Worcester Mass, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
Born :07/01/1879Lon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951)
Born :09/14/1879Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent
Born :05/28/1879Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meterologist
Born :05/19/1879Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor
Born :11/10/1879Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, US, poet (Gen William Booth enters Heaven)
Born :03/08/1879Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium)
Born :07/09/1879Ottorino Respighi, Bologna, Italy, composer (Pines of Rome)
Born :04/26/1879Owen Williams Richardson, England, physicist (Nobel 1928)
Born :11/01/1879Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41)
Born :12/08/1879Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus)
Born :12/18/1879Paul Klee, Switzerland, abstract painter (Twittering Machine)
Born :10/13/1879Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie)
Born :09/26/1879Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Samodiva [Fee])
Born :01/02/1879Pieter Tesch, gelogist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
Born :04/20/1879Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)
Born :12/07/1879Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)
Born :12/15/1879Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer (modern dance)
Born :12/30/1879Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst)
Born :12/27/1879Sydney Greenstreet, Sandwich England, actor (Maltese Falcon)
Born :05/05/1879Symon Petljoera, leader Ukraine (pogroms)
Born :06/16/1879Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, writer (Kees the boy)
Born :04/29/1879Thomas Beecham, England, composer, found London Philharmonic
Born :11/10/1879Vachel Lindsay, Springfield Ill, poet (Johnny Appleseed)
Born :11/03/1879Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist
Born :04/09/1879W C Fields, [William Claude Dukinfield], Phila (or 01291880)
Born :05/25/1879W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
Born :05/19/1879Waldorf Astor, US/English Lower/Upper house member/owner Observer
Born :10/02/1879Wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)
Born :11/04/1879Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory (Okla), humorist
Born :01/01/1879William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)
Born :06/29/1879Zsigmond Mricz, Hungarian writer (Srarany [Mud gold])




Died :03/13/1879Adolf Anderssen, Chess author (Aufgabe fr Schachspeiler), dies at 60
Died :04/18/1879Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
Died :10/31/1879Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies
Died :03/30/1879David Van de Kellen, coin engraver, dies at 74
Died :01/09/1879Don Joaquin BF Espartero, duke of Vitoria, dies
Died :06/01/1879E Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Fr/English prince. dies in battle at 22
Died :09/17/1879Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies
Died :02/10/1879Honor V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
Died :08/30/1879John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
Died :09/28/1879Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
Died :08/27/1879Sir Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
Died :04/16/1879St Bernadette, (saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France
Died :01/13/1879WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies
Died :02/11/1879Willem J Van Zeggelen, author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
Died :08/31/1879William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
Died :05/04/1879William Froude, British civil engineer/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies
Died :05/24/1879William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
Interest:03/22/1879[Ang] Commemoration of James De Koven, priest
Interest:04/16/1879[RC] Commemoration of St Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes




Special :02/28/1879"Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
Special :02/22/18791st 5 & 10 store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY
Special :08/12/18791st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
Special :02/12/18791st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC)
Special :12/05/18791st automatic telephone switching system patented
Special :02/10/18791st electric arc light used (California Theater)
Special :05/31/18791st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
Special :12/13/18791st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware)
Special :03/03/18791st female lawyer heard by the Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett)
Special :04/20/18791st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
Special :07/17/18791st railroad opens in Hawaii
Special :06/13/1879A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella
Special :07/04/1879Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony
Special :09/23/1879Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia
Special :05/21/1879Battle of Iquiquw
Special :03/03/1879Belva Lockwood is 1st woman admitted to practice before Supreme Ct
Special :01/01/1879Brahms' violin concerto in D major premiers
Special :01/12/1879British Zulu war begins
Special :03/21/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #194 Prokne
Special :05/14/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #196 Philomela
Special :07/09/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis
Special :07/27/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene
Special :09/11/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #202 Chryseis
Special :09/25/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #203 Pompeja
Special :10/13/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #206 Hersilia
Special :10/22/1879C H F Peters discovers asteroid #209 Dido
Special :01/09/1879Cheyennes prisioners revolt at Dull Knife Ft Robinson
Special :10/01/1879Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause
Special :02/15/1879Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
Special :12/31/1879Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
Special :01/29/1879Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
Special :01/02/1879Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
Special :12/31/1879Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
Special :11/04/1879Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus
Special :06/21/1879F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)
Special :06/16/1879Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC
Special :11/02/1879In a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km
Special :02/28/1879J Coggia discovers asteroid #193 Ambrosia
Special :02/17/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #192 Nausikaa
Special :04/19/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #195 Eurykleia
Special :05/21/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #197 Arete
Special :08/07/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #201 Penelope
Special :10/08/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #204 Kallisto
Special :10/13/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #205 Martha
Special :10/17/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #207 Hedda
Special :10/21/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #208 Lacrimosa
Special :11/12/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #210 Isabella & #253 Mathilde
Special :12/10/1879J Palisa discovers asteroid #211 Isolda
Special :01/22/1879James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously
Special :01/07/1879King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
Special :03/01/1879Library of Hawaii founded
Special :03/27/1879Longest championship fight (136 rounds)
Special :05/31/1879Madison Square Garden opens its doors
Special :05/10/1879Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa
Special :02/17/1879Murder attempt on tsar Alexander in St Petersburg, fails
Special :01/23/1879National Archery Association formed, Crawfordsville, Ind
Special :11/19/1879Natl Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
Special :12/28/1879North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)
Special :01/02/1879Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
Special :12/31/1879Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC)
Special :10/02/1879Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG)
Special :09/28/1879Sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route
Special :10/21/1879Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
Special :12/20/1879Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
Special :05/16/1879Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia & English
Special :04/18/1879Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins
Special :09/20/1879US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit
Special :03/03/1879US geological survey director authorized in Dept of the Interior
Special :01/11/1879Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
Special :01/22/1879serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota
Special :01/03/1879-4F lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :11/21/187916F lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :11/05/187923F lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :11/04/187925F lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :10/26/187930F lowest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :12/11/187964F highest temperature for this date in NYC
Special :11/12/187976F highest temperature for this date in NYC

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