Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)

Birth

William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51

Death

Gen Sherman conquers Savannah

Event

Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre

Event

John Winter Thompson, composer

Birth

Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)

Birth

Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)

Birth

Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)

Birth

Joseph Stalin, [Dzoegashvili], Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000

Birth

George Norman Peterkin, composer

Birth

Hermann A J Kees, German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology)

Birth

Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61

Death

Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73

Death

Pim Mulier 1st and only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"

Event

Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)

Birth

John W McCormack, (D) Speaker of House (1962-70)

Birth

18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College)

Event

Rebecca West, [Cicily I F Andrews], Engl author (Meaning of Treason)

Birth

Walter Hagen, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19)

Birth

Paul Hoffer, composer

Birth

Leroy Robertson, composer

Birth

Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland

Birth

Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-min Socialist Business

Birth

Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovers radium

Event

Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)

Birth