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03/12/1884
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Mississippi establishes 1st US state college for women
Type: Event
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03/12/1885
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Rapha‰l HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1888
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2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE US (400 die)
Type: Event
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03/12/1888
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Hall Johnson, composer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1888
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Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
Type: Death
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03/12/1889
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Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated
Type: Event
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03/12/1889
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Start of South Africa's 1st Test, v England, Port Elizabeth
Type: Event
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03/12/1889
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Philip Guedalla, historian
Type: Birth
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03/12/1889
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Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
Type: Death
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03/12/1890
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A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour
Type: Birth
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03/12/1890
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Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28]
Type: Birth
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03/12/1891
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Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist
Type: Birth
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03/12/1894
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Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
Type: Event
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03/12/1896
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1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
Type: Event
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03/12/1896
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Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
Type: Birth
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03/12/1897
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Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel
Type: Event
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03/12/1898
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Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1900
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President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein
Type: Event
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03/12/1900
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David Croll, QC senator
Type: Birth
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03/12/1900
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Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1901
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Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds)
Type: Event
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03/12/1902
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John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
Type: Death
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03/12/1903
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NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
Type: Event
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03/12/1904
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1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport)
Type: Event
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03/12/1904
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Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
Type: Event
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03/12/1904
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Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1905
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Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
Type: Death
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03/12/1906
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Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast
Type: Event
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03/12/1907
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(Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician
Type: Birth
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03/12/1908
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Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games
Type: Event
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03/12/1908
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David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician
Type: Birth
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03/12/1908
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Inez Courtney, NYC, actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1908
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Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
Type: Death
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03/12/1909
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Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34
Type: Death
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03/12/1910
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3
Type: Event
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03/12/1910
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Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1910
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Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, Orange NJ, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1910
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Wilhelmus L Reijers, sculptor
Type: Birth
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03/12/1911
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Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
Type: Birth
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03/12/1912
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Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane
Type: Event
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03/12/1912
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Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low
Type: Event
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03/12/1912
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Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St NYC
Type: Event
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03/12/1912
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James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh
Type: Birth
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03/12/1912
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Kylie Tennant, novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1912
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Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orch leader (Jim Nabors Hour)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1913
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Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid
Type: Event
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03/12/1913
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Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's)
Type: Birth
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03/12/1913
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Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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03/12/1914
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Jan Kapr, composer
Type: Birth
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03/12/1914
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George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
Type: Death
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