351 Historic Events for December 11
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| 1843 |
Birth |
Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)
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| 1844 |
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1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct
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| 1847 |
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Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25
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| 1849 |
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Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)
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| 1855 |
Birth |
Julian Edwards, composer
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| 1856 |
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Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Plechanow, writer
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| 1857 |
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Fran‡ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73
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| 1863 |
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Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)
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| 1866 |
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1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean
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| 1868 |
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Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer
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| 1872 |
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1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La)
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| 1874 |
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Paul Wegener, German actor/director (Student of Prag)
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| 1876 |
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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954)
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| 1882 |
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Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
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| 1882 |
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Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe"
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| 1882 |
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Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45)
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| 1888 |
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French Panama Canal company fails
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Paul Kornfeld, writer
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| 1891 |
Death |
Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer (Bio in Sonata Form)
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| 1893 |
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11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed
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| 1896 |
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Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2]
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)
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