432 Historic Events for January 6
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
T¢mas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet
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| 1902 |
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Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Mark Brunswick, composer
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
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| 1903 |
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Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
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| 1906 |
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Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris
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| 1907 |
Death |
Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
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| 1907 |
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Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Menahem Avidom, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Keith Davis, voice tutor/author
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Wright Morris, US writer
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
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| 1912 |
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New Mexico becomes 47th state
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
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