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Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875).
Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
Oscar Leopold von Gebhardt was a German Lutheran theologian, born in the Baltic German settlement of Wesenberg in the Russian Empire.
Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (born 1844)
John Knowles Paine was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston…
John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (born 1839)
Carl Christian Schurz was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848…
Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 182
Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Métis political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West R…
Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (born 1837)
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama".…
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
John Riley Maxwell was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
John Maxwell, American golfer (born 1871)
George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was a British writer. He was active mainly in the science fiction genre—or as it was known at the time, scientific romance—in particular writing many…
George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's …
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (born 1842)
Richard John Seddon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 15th premier of New Zealand from 1893 until his death in 1906. In office for thirteen years, he is to date New Ze…
Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)
John Clayton Adams or J. Clayton Adams was an English landscape artist.
John Clayton Adams, English painter (born 1840)
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the s…
Vauxhall Bridge in London opened, crossing the River Thames between Vauxhall and Westminster
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the…
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins
Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in …
Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005)
Louis Jean Heydt was an American character actor in film, television, and theatre, most frequently seen in hapless, ineffectual, or fall-guy roles.
Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor (died 1960)
Arthur William Lake was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio, and television.
Arthur Lake, American actor (died 1987)
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich
Gerald Sydney Halter, was a Canadian sports executive and lawyer. He served as the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1966, and was president of the Am…
Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 1990)
George Herbert Hitchings was an American medical doctor who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir James Black and Gertrude Elion "for their discoveries of …
George H
Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. His first elected office was as district attorney f…
Pat Brown, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (died 1996)
Robert Guy Choquette was a Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat.
Robert Choquette, American-Canadian author, poet, and diplomat (died 1991)
Alfred Edward Stratton (1882-1905) and his brother Albert Ernest Stratton (1884-1905) were the first men to be convicted in Britain for murder based on fingerprint evidence. They w…
The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is
Las Vegas, colloquially shortened to Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County. It is the 24th-most populous city in the United Stat…
The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States