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01/08/1867
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Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto
Type: Event
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01/08/1867
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Emily Green Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1868
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Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
Type: Birth
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01/08/1870
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US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
Type: Event
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01/08/1870
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Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1873
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Lucien Capet, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1878
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Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley
Type: Event
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01/08/1880
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[Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of M‚xico, dies at 60
Type: Death
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01/08/1883
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Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1884
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Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
Type: Event
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01/08/1885
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John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1886
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Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1888
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Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1888
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Richard Courant, German/US mathematician (What is mathematics?)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1889
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Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine
Type: Event
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01/08/1889
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1st Computer patented
Type: Event
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01/08/1889
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Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1890
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Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst
Type: Birth
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01/08/1891
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Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1891
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Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor‚)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1891
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Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/08/1891
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Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1892
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Werner Wehrli, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1892
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John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
Type: Death
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01/08/1894
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Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
Type: Death
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01/08/1894
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Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
Type: Event
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01/08/1896
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Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1896
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Paul M Verlaine, French poet (El‚gies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51
Type: Death
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01/08/1896
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Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1897
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Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
Type: Event
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01/08/1899
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Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1900
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Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
Type: Birth
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01/08/1900
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Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs and 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
Type: Death
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01/08/1901
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NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
Type: Event
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01/08/1901
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Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1902
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Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1902
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1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
Type: Event
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01/08/1902
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Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1902
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Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1902
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Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1903
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Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1904
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Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1904
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Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
Type: Event
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01/08/1905
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Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
Type: Birth
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01/08/1905
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Giacinto Scelsi, composer
Type: Birth
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01/08/1906
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Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1906
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Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft)
Type: Birth
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01/08/1906
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Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
Type: Birth
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01/08/1906
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Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft), dies at 60
Type: Death
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01/08/1907
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Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
Type: Death
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