461 Historic Events for February 11
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| 1889 |
Birth |
John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
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| 1891 |
Birth |
J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
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| 1892 |
Death |
Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Alfonso Leng, composer
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
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| 1894 |
Death |
Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
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| 1895 |
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-17øF (-27.2øC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
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| 1895 |
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Georgetown became part of Wash DC
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Else Lasker-Schler, writer
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| 1896 |
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Oscar Wildes "Salom‚," premieres in Paris
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Yves de La Casiniere, composer
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| 1897 |
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White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
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| 1898 |
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Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
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| 1899 |
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-61øF, Montana (record low temperature)
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| 1899 |
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-15øF (-26øC), Washington, DC (district record)
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| 1899 |
Death |
George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
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| 1901 |
Death |
Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
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| 1902 |
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Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
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| 1903 |
Death |
Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
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