404 Historic Events for January 7
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| 1907 |
Event |
Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC
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| 1907 |
Death |
Anton Urspruch, composer, dies at 56
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
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| 1908 |
Event |
England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
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| 1910 |
Event |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
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| 1911 |
Event |
1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF
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| 1911 |
Event |
Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Merv Waite, cricketer (S Australian all-rounder)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Charles Addams, cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Shirley Ross, Omaha NE, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
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| 1913 |
Event |
William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
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| 1914 |
Event |
1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
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| 1916 |
Event |
German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Gerrit Schulte, [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Paul Keres, USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Colin Snedden, cricketer (Test NZ v England 1947, 0-46, did not bat)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Albert Meltzer, anarchist
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