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12/05/1842
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MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82
Type: Death
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12/05/1844
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John Frederick Bridge, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1846
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C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
Type: Event
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12/05/1848
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Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms Calif gold discovery
Type: Event
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12/05/1852
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Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1853
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Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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12/05/1854
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Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
Type: Event
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12/05/1859
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Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/05/1859
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Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
Type: Death
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12/05/1861
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Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1861
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Gatling gun patented
Type: Event
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12/05/1862
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Battle of Coffeeville, MS
Type: Event
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12/05/1863
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Paul P Painlev‚, French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician [OS]
Type: Birth
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12/05/1867
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Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist (Verzeichnis is der M„rchentypen)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1868
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1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
Type: Event
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12/05/1870
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Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Nov k, Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1870
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A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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12/05/1872
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Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player
Type: Birth
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12/05/1876
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Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
Type: Event
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12/05/1876
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Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
Type: Event
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12/05/1878
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Arrigo Pedrollo, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1879
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1st automatic telephone switching system patented
Type: Event
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12/05/1880
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Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor
Type: Birth
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12/05/1881
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47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
Type: Event
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12/05/1884
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Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist
Type: Birth
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12/05/1885
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Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1886
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Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1886
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Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
Type: Death
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12/05/1887
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Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
Type: Event
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12/05/1888
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Askell Snorrason, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1890
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Fritz Lang, Germany, director (M, Metropolis)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1890
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Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe
Type: Event
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12/05/1891
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JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
Type: Death
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12/05/1892
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Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
Type: Event
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12/05/1892
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Cyril Ring, MA, actor (Body and Soul)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1893
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1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
Type: Event
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12/05/1894
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Georges Feydeaus' "L'h“tel du libre ‚change," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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12/05/1895
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Henri‰tte H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1896
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(Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
Type: Birth
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12/05/1896
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Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
Type: Birth
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12/05/1896
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Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig
Type: Event
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12/05/1899
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Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player
Type: Birth
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12/05/1901
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Grace Moore, US, soprano (One Night to Live)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1901
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Hanns Jelinek, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1901
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Walter Elias Disney, Chicago, animator (Mickey Mouse)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1901
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Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel 32)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1902
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Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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12/05/1902
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[Steve James] Strom Thurmond, (Sen-D/R-SC)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1903
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Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1905
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Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer (Laura, Exodus)
Type: Birth
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