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01/05/1888
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Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
Type: Death
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01/05/1888
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Dutch Heidemaatschappij established
Type: Event
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01/05/1889
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Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
Type: Birth
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01/05/1890
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Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
Type: Birth
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01/05/1891
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Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
Type: Death
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01/05/1891
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Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch and Perlemoer) [or 1893]
Type: Birth
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01/05/1892
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1st successful auroral photograph made
Type: Event
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01/05/1892
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Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1893
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Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1895
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Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
Type: Birth
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01/05/1895
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French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
Type: Event
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01/05/1895
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Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
Type: Event
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01/05/1895
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Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
Type: Event
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01/05/1896
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Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1896
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Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona
Type: Event
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01/05/1896
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German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
Type: Event
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01/05/1897
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Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1897
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Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1899
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton (BG)
Type: Event
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01/05/1900
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Paula Ludwig, writer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1900
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Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
Type: Birth
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01/05/1900
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Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
Type: Birth
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01/05/1901
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Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1901
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H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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01/05/1902
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Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1902
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Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
Type: Birth
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01/05/1902
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Hubert Beuve-M‚ry, French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
Type: Birth
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01/05/1903
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Leighton Lucas, composer
Type: Birth
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01/05/1903
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Tel‚sforo A Palm, Cura‡ao, composer/pianist
Type: Birth
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01/05/1903
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SF-Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use
Type: Event
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01/05/1904
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-34øF (-36.7øC), River Vale, New Jersey (state record)
Type: Event
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01/05/1904
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-42øF (-41.1øC), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record)
Type: Event
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01/05/1904
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England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68
Type: Event
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01/05/1904
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Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
Type: Death
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01/05/1905
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L szl¢ Papp, Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1905
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Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara
Type: Event
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01/05/1905
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National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
Type: Event
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01/05/1906
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Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
Type: Birth
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01/05/1907
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Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1907
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Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
Type: Birth
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01/05/1907
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Willi Soukop, sculptor
Type: Birth
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01/05/1908
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George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1909
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Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile
Type: Birth
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01/05/1909
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Colombia recognizes Panama's independence
Type: Event
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01/05/1909
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Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat and Mouse, Happy Hooker)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1909
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Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions)
Type: Birth
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01/05/1910
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Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist
Type: Birth
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01/05/1911
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SF has it's 1st air meet
Type: Event
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01/05/1911
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Portuguese expel Jesuits
Type: Event
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01/05/1912
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Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
Type: Birth
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