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12/11/1843
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Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1844
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1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct
Type: Event
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12/11/1847
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Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25
Type: Death
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12/11/1849
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Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1855
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Julian Edwards, composer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1856
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Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist
Type: Birth
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12/11/1856
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Plechanow, writer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1857
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Fran‡ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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12/11/1863
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Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1866
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1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean
Type: Event
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12/11/1868
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Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1872
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1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
Type: Event
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12/11/1874
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Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1876
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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1882
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Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1882
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Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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12/11/1882
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Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
Type: Event
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12/11/1882
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Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1888
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French Panama Canal company fails
Type: Event
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12/11/1889
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Paul Kornfeld, writer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1891
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Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies
Type: Death
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12/11/1892
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Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1893
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11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
Type: Event
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12/11/1896
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Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2]
Type: Birth
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12/11/1898
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Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1899
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Andrew "Andy" Wauchope, British general-major, dies in battle
Type: Death
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12/11/1899
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Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst
Type: Birth
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12/11/1899
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Lord Winchester, British marquis/major, dies in battle
Type: Death
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12/11/1899
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Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronj‚ vs Gen Methuen
Type: Event
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12/11/1901
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Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld
Type: Event
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12/11/1902
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Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68
Type: Death
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12/11/1903
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British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet
Type: Event
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12/11/1903
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Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies
Type: Death
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12/11/1904
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Joe Coral, bookmaker
Type: Birth
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12/11/1905
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120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
Type: Event
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12/11/1905
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British govt of Campbell-Bannerman forms
Type: Event
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12/11/1905
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Eugen Fink, German philosopher
Type: Birth
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12/11/1905
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Gilbert Roland, [Luis Alonso], Juarez Mex, actor (Juarez, Barbarosa)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1905
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Koos van de Griend, composer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1906
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US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
Type: Event
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12/11/1906
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Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1907
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Norbert Rosseau, composer
Type: Birth
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12/11/1908
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Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres
Type: Event
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12/11/1908
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Elliott Cook Carter Jr, NYC, composer (Tom and Lily)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1909
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Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
Type: Event
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12/11/1909
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Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Type: Event
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12/11/1910
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Robert Grieve, civil servant
Type: Birth
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12/11/1911
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Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92
Type: Death
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12/11/1911
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Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer (Nobel 1988)
Type: Birth
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12/11/1911
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Vincent Henry Kemp, poet
Type: Birth
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