Karl L Hoschna, composer

Birth

Ethel Barrymore, classic film and stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)

Birth

Franz MT de Liage B”hl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator

Birth

British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria

Event

Pierre H Ritter Jr, Dutch literary/head (Utrecht Newspaper)

Birth

Hugo Gernsback, sci-fi writer (1960 Hugo)

Birth

Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser (British Petroleum/Shell)

Birth

Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)

Birth

Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50

Death

Nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony)

Birth

Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia

Event

Harold Foster, cartoonist (created "Prince Valiant")

Birth

Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70

Death

Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith

Event

George Meany, NYC, labor leader (headed AFL-CIO)

Birth

Jacinto Guerrero, composer

Birth

Lucien Littlefield, San Antonia Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie)

Birth

Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala

Event

Robert Ringling, circus master

Birth

Vicente Ascone, composer

Birth

Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster

Event

Glenn Strange, Weed NM, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke)

Birth

Jos‚ de Queir¢s, Portuguese writer (Bullock Maias), dies at 54

Death

E‡a de Queiroz, writer, dies

Death

Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer

Birth