388 Historic Events for January 3
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| 1910 |
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British miners strike for 8 hour working day
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Thomas Stuart Willan, historian
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| 1911 |
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US postal savings bank inaugurated
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| 1911 |
Birth |
John Sturges, US, director (Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor (Windom's Way, Young Winston)
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| 1912 |
Death |
Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77
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| 1912 |
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South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
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| 1914 |
Death |
Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
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| 1914 |
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Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in NYC
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
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| 1915 |
Death |
James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Antonio Estevez, composer
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Betty Furness, NYC, actress/consumer activist (Studio 1)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Maxene Andrews, Minn, singer (Andrew Sisters-Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy)
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| 1918 |
Event |
US employment service opens as a unit of Dept of Labor
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Jesse White, Buf NY, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid)
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| 1920 |
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NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000
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| 1920 |
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Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres
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| 1921 |
Birth |
John Russell, LA Calif, actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo)
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| 1921 |
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Turkey makes peace with Armenia
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| 1922 |
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1st living person identified on a US coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End is My Beginning)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Morten Nielsen, Denmark, poet/resistance fighter
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor (Born Free, Gorgo)
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