353 Historic Events for December 5
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
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| 1886 |
Death |
Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
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| 1887 |
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Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Askell Snorrason, composer
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Fritz Lang, Germany, director (M, Metropolis)
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| 1890 |
Event |
Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe
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| 1891 |
Death |
JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
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| 1892 |
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Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Cyril Ring, MA, actor (Body and Soul)
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| 1893 |
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1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
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| 1894 |
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Georges Feydeaus' "L'h“tel du libre ‚change," premieres in Paris
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Henri‰tte H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
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| 1896 |
Birth |
(Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
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| 1896 |
Event |
Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Grace Moore, US, soprano (One Night to Live)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Hanns Jelinek, composer
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Walter Elias Disney, Chicago, animator (Mickey Mouse)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel 32)
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| 1902 |
Death |
Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78
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| 1902 |
Birth |
[Steve James] Strom Thurmond, (Sen-D/R-SC)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer (Laura, Exodus)
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