408 Historic Events for January 11
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| 1863 |
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Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras
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| 1864 |
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Charing Cross Station opens in London
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Thomas Dixon, US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)
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| 1865 |
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Battle of Beverly, WV
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| 1866 |
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Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220
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| 1870 |
Death |
Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Paul Graener, composer
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| 1873 |
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1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Joaqu¡n Alvarez Quint‚ro, Spanish dramatist/playwright (Los Galeotes)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Reinhold Gliere, composer
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| 1877 |
Death |
Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Antonio Beltramelli, writer
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| 1879 |
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Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Rudolf T Palm, Cura‡ao, pianist/composer
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| 1885 |
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Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden," premieres in Oslo
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Alice Paul, ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
George Zucco, England, actor (Adv of Sherlock Holmes, Capt Fury)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Monte Blue, Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy)
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| 1891 |
Death |
Georges-EugŠne Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81
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| 1892 |
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William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
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| 1892 |
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Hawaiian Historical Society founded
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| 1892 |
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Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
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