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| Born : | 01/20/1884 | A[braham P] Merritt, US, sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!) |
| Born : | 02/22/1884 | Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer |
| Born : | 07/24/1884 | Abraham Rutgers, governor (Suriname, 1928-33) |
| Born : | 08/16/1884 | Adrian S Oppenheim, lawyer/adviser (British Pretroleum/Shell) |
| Born : | 07/23/1884 | Albert Warner, US producer (Warner Bros) |
| Born : | 07/04/1884 | Alexander Byvanck, art historian/archaeologist |
| Born : | 07/12/1884 | Amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude) |
| Born : | 07/06/1884 | Andr‚ Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist |
| Born : | 12/09/1884 | Antonin Zapotocky, Czechoslovak president (Ceskoslovensky Spisouatel) |
| Born : | 12/19/1884 | Anton¡n Z potocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia |
| Born : | 11/03/1884 | Apie [Adrian P] Prince, author (My Own Job) |
| Born : | 01/28/1884 | Auguste Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist) |
| Born : | 09/17/1884 | Bastian the Gay Fortman, historian/Justice of Cura‡ao |
| Born : | 10/29/1884 | Bela Lugosi, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher) |
| Born : | 02/18/1884 | Burt Mustin, Pitts Pa, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show) |
| Born : | 04/07/1884 | Charles Dodd, English new testament authority |
| Born : | 07/14/1884 | Charles Meldrum Daniels, Dayton Oh, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1904, 08) |
| Born : | 09/17/1884 | Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira NY, composer (White Peacock) |
| Born : | 05/26/1884 | Charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show) |
| Born : | 07/25/1884 | Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man) |
| Born : | 08/26/1884 | Earl Biggers, author ("Charlie Chan" detective series) |
| Born : | 06/18/1884 | Edouard Daladier, premier France |
| Born : | 10/25/1884 | Eduardo Barrios, Chile, novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy) |
| Born : | 05/28/1884 | Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48) |
| Born : | 01/26/1884 | Edward Sapir, US, linguist/antropologist (indians) |
| Born : | 10/11/1884 | Eleanor Roosevelt, [Anna], 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931) |
| Born : | 01/03/1884 | Eli S Jones, US, evangelist (Christ of Indian road) |
| Born : | 11/30/1884 | Else JT Rangstrím, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic |
| Born : | 12/05/1884 | Evert Cornelis, conductor/pianist |
| Born : | 10/10/1884 | Ferdinand Bordew˜k, lawyer/writer (Bint) |
| Born : | 07/13/1884 | Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies) |
| Born : | 08/12/1884 | Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary) |
| Born : | 09/02/1884 | Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, educator, taught reading through phonetics |
| Born : | 05/02/1884 | Fran‡ois de Vries, economist |
| Born : | 02/09/1884 | Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], poet/politician) |
| Born : | 10/11/1884 | Friedrich CR Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal) |
| Born : | 07/06/1884 | Harold Vanderbilt, NY, America Cup (1930,34,37)/inv contract bridge |
| Born : | 06/15/1884 | Harry Langdon, US, comic/director (Strong Man) |
| Born : | 05/08/1884 | Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1949) |
| Born : | 04/26/1884 | Harry Sothern, actor (Dr Huer-Buck Rogers) |
| Born : | 10/05/1884 | Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/Dutch politcian (CHU 1939-63) |
| Born : | 02/26/1884 | Hildo Krop, modernistic sculptor |
| Born : | 09/21/1884 | Hugh (Shorty) Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member |
| Born : | 03/13/1884 | Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/critic/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40 |
| Born : | 08/16/1884 | Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo) |
| Born : | 09/24/1884 | Ismet In”n, [Moestafa Ismet], Turkish gen/premier/president |
| Born : | 06/05/1884 | Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist |
| Born : | 01/02/1884 | Jacques Chardonne, [Boutelleau], French writer (l'Epithalame) |
| Born : | 11/05/1884 | James Elroy Flecker, English poet/dramatist (Hassan) |
| Born : | 03/11/1884 | Jan Lemaire, writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) |
| Born : | 11/10/1884 | Jan van Nylen, Flemish screenwriter/author (Bird Phoenix) |
| Born : | 01/28/1884 | Jean Felix Piccard, Switzerland, scientist/explorer (balloonist) |
| Born : | 06/14/1884 | John Mccormack, Irish/US singer (Irish People's Leader) |
| Born : | 04/22/1884 | John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Dies Sept 3, 1992) |
| Born : | 12/28/1884 | Joseph Pholien, Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter |
| Born : | 02/02/1884 | Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army |
| Born : | 02/04/1884 | Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children |
| Born : | 06/07/1884 | Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last News) |
| Born : | 07/31/1884 | Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig), "July 20th Plot" |
| Born : | 12/01/1884 | Karl Schmidt[-Rottluff], German painter/sculptor (Brcke) |
| Born : | 01/21/1884 | Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter |
| Born : | 04/01/1884 | Laurette Taylor, [Heal LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway) |
| Born : | 07/07/1884 | Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher/writer (Jud Sss) |
| Born : | 10/06/1884 | Lloyd Spooner, US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920) |
| Born : | 08/03/1884 | Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer (Daniel Jazz) |
| Born : | 01/28/1884 | Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer (chromosome of sun) |
| Born : | 10/09/1884 | Martin Elmer Johnson, explorer/photographer |
| Born : | 02/12/1884 | Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist |
| Born : | 11/24/1884 | Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School) |
| Born : | 01/31/1884 | Nicholas Joy, Paris France, actor (Boss Lady) |
| Born : | 01/17/1884 | Noah Beery, US actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) |
| Born : | 11/20/1884 | Norman Thomas, Marion Ohio, socialist (Pres Candidate 1928-48) |
| Born : | 07/02/1884 | Otto B”hm, Prussia, scientist (helped create England Radar) |
| Born : | 04/12/1884 | Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922) |
| Born : | 04/22/1884 | Otto Rank [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis (Knstler) |
| Born : | 03/24/1884 | Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist (Nobel 1936) |
| Born : | 12/18/1884 | Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister |
| Born : | 02/16/1884 | Robert Flaherty, father of documentary film (Nanook of the North) |
| Born : | 01/21/1884 | Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (American Civil Liberties Union) |
| Born : | 01/26/1884 | Roy Chapman Andrews, US, scientist/explorer |
| Born : | 12/02/1884 | Ruth Draper, US, lecture artist [or 1989] |
| Born : | 08/02/1884 | R¢mulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist (Do¤a B rbara)/pres (1948) |
| Born : | 02/02/1884 | S Z Sakall, Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca) |
| Born : | 08/08/1884 | Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-"Love Songs") |
| Born : | 01/13/1884 | Sophie Tucker, singer/last of red hot mammas |
| Born : | 05/28/1884 | Theo(by) Van Re˜n, sculptor/lithographer |
| Born : | 08/30/1884 | Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926) |
| Born : | 12/30/1884 | Tojo Hideki, Japanese PM during WW II |
| Born : | 04/06/1884 | Walter Huston, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre) |
| Born : | 05/05/1884 | Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35) |
| Born : | 07/06/1884 | Willem Dudok, architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam) |
| Born : | 02/01/1884 | Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We) |
| Died : | 06/21/1884 | Alexander, prince/last male descendant of Johan W Friso, dies |
| Died : | 05/12/1884 | Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies |
| Died : | 05/13/1884 | Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies |
| Died : | 12/28/1884 | Gerben Colmjon, Fries language/publisher, dies |
| Died : | 01/06/1884 | Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk & heredity pioneer, dies |
| Died : | 05/18/1884 | Heinrich R G”ppert, German paleo-botanist, dies |
| Died : | 03/31/1884 | John T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 |
| Died : | 05/07/1884 | Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies |
| Died : | 07/10/1884 | Paul Charles Morphy, US lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 |
| Special : | 05/22/1884 | 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters |
| Special : | 07/04/1884 | 1st US bullfight held (Dodge City Ks) |
| Special : | 08/28/1884 | 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD |
| Special : | 03/27/1884 | 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-NY |
| Special : | 06/16/1884 | 1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY) |
| Special : | 05/29/1884 | 1st steam cable trams start in highgate |
| Special : | 10/25/1884 | 1st world series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps NY Mets (AA) in 3 |
| Special : | 10/23/1884 | 1st world series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0 |
| Special : | 09/20/1884 | 6.2 mile Arlberg railroad tunnel completed in Austria |
| Special : | 08/27/1884 | A Borrelly discovers asteroid #240 Vanadis |
| Special : | 12/06/1884 | Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC |
| Special : | 05/24/1884 | Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in US |
| Special : | 05/14/1884 | Anti-Monopoly party forms in US |
| Special : | 01/08/1884 | Augustus Schultz, NYC, patents chrome tanning process for leather |
| Special : | 11/06/1884 | British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea |
| Special : | 01/08/1884 | Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz |
| Special : | 11/15/1884 | Colonization of Africa orgainized at intl conference in Berlin |
| Special : | 09/10/1884 | Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention |
| Special : | 05/01/1884 | Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) |
| Special : | 11/17/1884 | Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel" |
| Special : | 08/05/1884 | Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (NYC) |
| Special : | 09/20/1884 | Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres & VP |
| Special : | 10/14/1884 | George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film |
| Special : | 11/04/1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st pres term |
| Special : | 05/13/1884 | Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded |
| Special : | 04/26/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #236 Honoria |
| Special : | 06/27/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #237 Coelestina |
| Special : | 08/18/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #239 Adrastea |
| Special : | 09/22/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #242 Kriemhild |
| Special : | 09/29/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #243 Ida |
| Special : | 10/14/1884 | J Palisa discovers asteroid #244 Sita |
| Special : | 11/25/1884 | John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk |
| Special : | 03/17/1884 | John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif |
| Special : | 05/31/1884 | John Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" |
| Special : | 06/03/1884 | John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party natl convention chair |
| Special : | 06/24/1884 | John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention |
| Special : | 12/09/1884 | Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate |
| Special : | 08/28/1884 | Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces |
| Special : | 03/12/1884 | Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women |
| Special : | 05/01/1884 | Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league |
| Special : | 04/24/1884 | National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes (Atlanta) |
| Special : | 10/06/1884 | Naval War College established in Newport RI |
| Special : | 02/18/1884 | Police seize all copies of Tolstoy's "What I Believe In" |
| Special : | 04/20/1884 | Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Freemasonry" |
| Special : | 09/12/1884 | R Luther discovers asteroid #241 Germania |
| Special : | 03/13/1884 | Seige of Khartoum Sudan begins |
| Special : | 03/13/1884 | Siege of Khartoum Sudan, begins |
| Special : | 03/13/1884 | Standard Time adopted in US |
| Special : | 07/04/1884 | Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris |
| Special : | 11/22/1884 | T Thomas Fortune starts NY Freeman (NY Age) newspaper |
| Special : | 01/19/1884 | The opera "Manon" is produced (Paris) |
| Special : | 04/22/1884 | Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos) |
| Special : | 07/01/1884 | V Knorre discovers asteroid #238 Hypatia |
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