395 Historic Events for January 14
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| 1887 |
Death |
Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77
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| 1888 |
Death |
Stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Vincenzo Davico, composer
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| 1890 |
Death |
Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Martin Niem”ller, clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Hal Roach, early film director/producer (1 Million BC)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
George Richard Samways, children's writer
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| 1896 |
Birth |
John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
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| 1897 |
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6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
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| 1898 |
Death |
Lewis Carroll, writer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 65
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Helen Flint, Chicago, actress (Sea Devils, Married Before Breakfast)
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| 1898 |
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Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground)
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| 1899 |
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Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo)
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| 1900 |
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Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress (42nd Street, Lonesome Luke)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Carlos P Romulo, Philippine general/diplomat/jurist
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| 1901 |
Death |
Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78
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| 1901 |
Death |
Mandell Creighton, English bishop/historian, dies at 57
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| 1901 |
Death |
Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76
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| 1902 |
Death |
Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 65
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician
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| 1902 |
Birth |
F C Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch writer (De Turkenoorlog)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress (Promoter)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
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| 1905 |
Death |
Ernst Abbe, German physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company), dies at 64
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