Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85

Death

Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test ump)

Birth

Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)

Birth

Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)

Birth

Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake

Event

Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)

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Ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah and Son)

Birth

Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor

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Scheveningse fishing boats destroyed by storm

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Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot

Birth

Soccer team Achilles '94 forms in Axes

Event

Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41

Death

Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam

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Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam

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Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa)

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Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55

Death

German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children

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Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist

Birth

Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire (Hughes Aircraft)/inventor

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Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator

Birth

Franz Waxman, K”nigshtte, Germany, composer (Day at the Races)

Birth

John Walker, museum director

Birth

Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)

Event

Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies

Death

I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, US journalist (IF Stone's Weekly)

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