413 Historic Events for December 12
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| 1848 |
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William Vanderbilt, yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup)
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| 1858 |
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1st Canadian coins circulated (1›, 5›, 10› and 20›)
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| 1859 |
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Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers)
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| 1859 |
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Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Dumfries, VA
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| 1862 |
Birth |
Daniel Hal‚vy, French historian/writer (La fin des notables)
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| 1862 |
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Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed)
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| 1863 |
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Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream)
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| 1866 |
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Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913)
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| 1870 |
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Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
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| 1871 |
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Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
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| 1872 |
Death |
Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72
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| 1874 |
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Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)
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| 1875 |
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Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian
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| 1875 |
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Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)
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| 1877 |
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Jos‚ M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48
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| 1878 |
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Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Percy Fletcher, composer
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| 1879 |
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Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)
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| 1880 |
Death |
Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83
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| 1882 |
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Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)
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| 1884 |
Event |
1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
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| 1886 |
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Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong)
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| 1887 |
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer
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