692 Historic Events for January 1
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| 1890 |
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Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence)
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| 1891 |
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Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)
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| 1891 |
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King Pakketvaart sails to Neth Indies
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| 1891 |
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French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
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| 1892 |
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Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
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| 1892 |
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Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
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| 1892 |
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Miklos Radnai, composer
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| 1892 |
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Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
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| 1893 |
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1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
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| 1893 |
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Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
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| 1894 |
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Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
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| 1894 |
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Denmark adopts Mid-European time
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| 1895 |
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Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
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| 1895 |
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Norway adopts Mid-European time
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| 1895 |
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J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
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| 1896 |
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Wilhelm R”ntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
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| 1896 |
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Yitzhak Edel, composer
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| 1896 |
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Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
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| 1896 |
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Maurice Jacobson, composer
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| 1897 |
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Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
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| 1897 |
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1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
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| 1897 |
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Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
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| 1898 |
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d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
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| 1898 |
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Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay
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| 1898 |
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George van Derton, Belgian
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