401 Historic Events for January 22
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| 1859 |
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Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Karel Stecker, composer
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| 1862 |
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Confederate govt raises premium for volunteers from $10 to $20
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| 1863 |
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Union Gen Burnside's "Mud March"
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| 1865 |
Birth |
Friedrich Paschen, German physicist
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| 1868 |
Death |
Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61
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| 1870 |
Birth |
Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Leon Jessel, composer
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| 1873 |
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Britains SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness England, 300 die
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
D[avid] W Griffith, movie producer/director (Birth of a Nation)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Thomas W Ross, actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor (Dutch East Indies)
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Hjalmar Schacht, president of German Reichsbank/minister of Economics
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Constance Collier, Windsor England, actress/writer (Kitty, Whirlpool)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator
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| 1879 |
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Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa
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| 1879 |
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James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois and Minnesota
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| 1879 |
Death |
Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle
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| 1879 |
Death |
George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle
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| 1881 |
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Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
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| 1883 |
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England complete 1st innings victory in Tests v Aust MCG
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| 1886 |
Birth |
John Joseph Becker, composer
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Fred M Vinson, Ky, 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53)
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| 1890 |
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Jos‚ Marti forms La Liga (Union of Cuban exiles) in NYC
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