466 Historic Events for December 31
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| 1862 |
Death |
Joshua Woodrow Sill, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 31
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| 1862 |
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Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee
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| 1862 |
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Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC
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| 1862 |
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Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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| 1862 |
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Pres Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union
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| 1862 |
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-Jan 20th) Battle of Stone's River, TN (Stone River, Monfreesboro)
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)
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| 1869 |
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Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)
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| 1870 |
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Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
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| 1870 |
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J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)
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| 1872 |
Death |
Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Ernest Austin, composer
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| 1877 |
Death |
Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64
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| 1877 |
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JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58
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| 1878 |
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Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)
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| 1879 |
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Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (NYC)
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| 1879 |
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Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)
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| 1879 |
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Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace
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| 1879 |
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Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
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| 1879 |
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Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in NYC
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| 1880 |
Birth |
George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Jacob Isra‰l de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)
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