400 Historic Events for July 6
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| 1912 |
Event |
Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6)
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| 1912 |
Event |
5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Jens Rohiner, composer
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| 1914 |
Death |
Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Unica Zrn, writer
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| 1916 |
Death |
Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mˆme), dies at 76
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Hugo Cole, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire)
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| 1917 |
Event |
T E Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet (Crossing)
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| 1918 |
Death |
Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Sebastian Cabot, London, actor (Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine)
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| 1919 |
Event |
William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president
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| 1919 |
Event |
British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor (St„dtische Oper Berlin)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer/Alzheimer disease activist
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| 1920 |
Event |
Yankees score 14 in 5th inning and beat Washington Senators, 17-0
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| 1920 |
Birth |
William Worthington, horse trainer
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| 1922 |
Event |
Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Francisco Moncion, dancer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
William Schallert, LA Calif, actor (Patty Duke Show, Get Smart)
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