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01/01/1890
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Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1891
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Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1891
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King Pakketvaart sails to Neth Indies
Type: Event
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01/01/1891
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French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
Type: Event
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01/01/1892
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Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1892
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Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
Type: Birth
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01/01/1892
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Miklos Radnai, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1892
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Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
Type: Event
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01/01/1893
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1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
Type: Event
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01/01/1893
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Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
Type: Event
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01/01/1894
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Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
Type: Event
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01/01/1894
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Denmark adopts Mid-European time
Type: Event
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01/01/1895
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Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
Type: Birth
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01/01/1895
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Norway adopts Mid-European time
Type: Event
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01/01/1895
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J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
Type: Birth
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01/01/1896
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Wilhelm R”ntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
Type: Event
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01/01/1896
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Yitzhak Edel, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1896
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Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1896
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Maurice Jacobson, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1897
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Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
Type: Event
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01/01/1897
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1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
Type: Event
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01/01/1897
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Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1898
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d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
Type: Event
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01/01/1898
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Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay
Type: Event
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01/01/1898
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George van Derton, Belgian
Type: Birth
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01/01/1898
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George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1898
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Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1899
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1899
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Raymond Loucheur, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1899
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Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1899
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Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
Type: Event
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01/01/1900
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1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
Type: Event
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01/01/1900
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Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
Type: Event
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01/01/1900
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British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
Type: Event
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01/01/1900
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Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1900
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William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1900
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Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1901
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Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP (CDD)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1901
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Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies
Type: Event
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01/01/1901
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Ignatius Donnelly, US attorney/lt-governor (Minnesota), dies at 69
Type: Death
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01/01/1902
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Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
Type: Event
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01/01/1902
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Dimiter Nenov, composer
Type: Birth
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01/01/1902
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Buster Nupen, cricketer (1-eyed South African quick, great on matting)
Type: Birth
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01/01/1902
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1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
Type: Event
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01/01/1904
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Neth Indies colony begins opium production
Type: Event
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01/01/1905
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9 hour work day for diamond miners
Type: Event
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01/01/1905
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Melvin Price, (Rep-D-IL, 1945- )
Type: Birth
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01/01/1906
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Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
Type: Event
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01/01/1906
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Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51
Type: Death
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01/01/1906
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Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)
Type: Birth
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