408 Historic Events for January 11
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| 1893 |
Death |
Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
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| 1893 |
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Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Jaroslav Vogel, composer
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Eva Le Gallienne, London England, actress/director (Resurrection)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
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| 1897 |
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M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)
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| 1898 |
Death |
Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86
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| 1901 |
Death |
Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
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| 1902 |
Death |
Johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Alan Paton, South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
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| 1904 |
Event |
Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
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| 1904 |
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Frederick Boland, Irish diplomat/president (UN General Assembly)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Manfred Bonnington Lee, detective writer (« of Ellery Queen)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier (1954-55)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Johannes Paul Thilman, composer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Albert Hofmann, Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Robert Nesbitt, impresario
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Lionel Stander, NYC, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Marguerite Kelsey, English model/painter (Haunting)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Izler Solomon, St Paul, Minn, conductor
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