424 Historic Events for September 25
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| 1888 |
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Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
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| 1889 |
Birth |
George Douglas Howard Cole, socialist/novelist
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| 1890 |
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Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif)
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| 1890 |
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Roberto Gerhard, composer
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| 1896 |
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Elsa Triolet, writer
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| 1896 |
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Sandro Pertini, president Italy
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| 1897 |
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William Faulkner, Mississippi, author (Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949)
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| 1897 |
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Otto AP Frst von Bismarck-Sch”nhausen, German diplomat/politician
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| 1897 |
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Teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse)
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| 1897 |
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1st British bus service opens
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| 1902 |
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Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche)
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| 1902 |
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Jeno Takacs, composer
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| 1903 |
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Mark Rothko, [Marcus Rothkovich], US, painter (Green on Blue)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
John Everett Allen, US businessman
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| 1904 |
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Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football
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| 1905 |
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Red Smith, Green Bay Wisc, sportscaster/columnist (Fight Talk)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem)
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| 1906 |
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John Galsworthy's "Silver Box," premieres in London
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| 1906 |
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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [NS]
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Jaroslav Jezek, composer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Madeleine Bourdouxhe, writer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Phyllis Pearsall, painter/writer
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Jan Felderhof, composer
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| 1907 |
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Robert Bresson, France, director (Pickpocket, Mouchette)
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