Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies

Death

Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections

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Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)

Birth

William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77

Death

Origin of Modified Julian Period

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Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer

Birth

Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63

Death

Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns

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Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address

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-Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN

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John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins)

Birth

Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)

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Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean and Red seas

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Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)

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Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, NZ

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Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies

Death

Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott

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Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)

Birth

Gilbert/Sullivans operette "Sorcerer," premieres in London

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Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)

Birth

Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar

Birth

Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP

Birth

Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1913)

Birth

Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"

Event

Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)

Birth