Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker “ premieres in St. Petersburg Dec. 18, 1892.

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René Cassin was born Oct. 5, 1887. He was a French lawyer and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He co-authored the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

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George Sargon was born Aug. 31, 1884. He was a Belgian-American chemist and historian. He founded the discipline of the history of science.

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William Ernest Henley was born Aug. 23, 1849. He was an English poet who wrote “Invictus.”

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Ōzutsu Man’emon was born Dec. 30, 1869. The Japanese sumo wrestler was the 18th Yokozuna.

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Cécilw Chaminade was born Aug. 8, 1857. She was a French composer and pianist. She received the Légion d’Honneur in 1914.

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Carl Ludvig Engel was born July 3, 1778. He was a German architect who designed many buildings in Finland: Capital Monument Square, Senate Square, Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki Town Hall, and the main building of Helsinki University.

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Kate Douglas Wiggin was born Sept. 28, 1856. She wrote “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” and started a free kindergarten in San Francisco.

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker “ premieres in St. Petersburg Dec. 18, 1892.

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Bertha Lutz was born Aug. 2, 1894. She was a Brazilian scientist at the National Museum of Brazil. She was also a leader in the Pan American feminist movement.

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Yves Tanguy was born Jan. 5, 1900. He was a French surrealist painter.

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Vincenzo Galeotto was born March 5, 1733. He was an Italian-born Danish dancer. He was director of the Royal Danish Ballet.

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Bobby Byrne was born Dec. 31, 1884. He was a baseball 3rd baseman who played for the Cardinals, Pirates, Phillies, and White Sox.

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Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp was born Jan. 26, 1905. She was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.

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Vincenzo Galeotto was born March 5, 1733. He was an Italian-born Danish dancer. He was director of the Royal Danish Ballet.

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Carl Spitzweg was born Feb. 5, 1808. He was a German painter of the Biedermeier era. One of his notable works was “The Bookworm.”

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Charles Piazzi Smyth was born Jan. 3, 1819. The Italian-British astronomer was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

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Bridget Driscoll was the first British person who was a victim of an automobile. She was struck Aug. 17, 1896, on the grounds of Crystal Palace. The car, driven by Arthur James Edsall, was doing 4 mph.

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Roald Dahl was born Sept. 13, 1916. He was a British author and fighter pilot ace. One of his works is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

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James Alfred “Alf” Wight was born Oct. 3, 1916. He’s best known as veterinarian-writer James Herriot. The show “All Creatures Great and Small” are based on his books.

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Alexandre Falguière was born Sept. 7, 1831. He was a French sculptor and painter.

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Frank Simmons Leavitt was born June 30, 1891. He was known as “Man Mountain Dean” in professional wrestling. He also served in WWI and WWII.

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Frida Kahlo was born July 6, 1907. She was a Mexican painter.

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Elisabetta Sirani was born Jan. 8, 1638. She was an Italian Baroque painter.

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René Lacoste was born July 2, 1904. He was a French tennis player whose nickname was “The Crocodile.” In 1933, he created the tennis shirt, now known as a polo shirt.

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Hilda Doolittle was born Sept. 10, 1886. She was an American Imagist poet and novelist. She went by H.D.

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Shneur Zalman of Liadi was born Sept. 4, 1745. He was a Lithuanian Jewish rabbi and first Rabbe of Chabad. That is a branch of Hasidic Judaism.

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On Oct. 13, 1853, British socialite, actress, and theatrical producer Lillie Langtry was born. She was known as the “Jersey Lily.”

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A.J. Cronin was born July 19, 1896. He was a Scottish physician and novelist who worked in a Welsh mining village and in London. His novels showed the poor care patients received. He inspired the National Health Service.

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Louis Le Prince was a French inventor and father of cinematography. On Oct. 14, 1888, he begins filming the first motion picture, “Roundhay Garden Scene.”

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Ivan Franko was born Aug. 27, 1856. He was a Ukrainian poet and writer.

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Miguel María Grau Seminario was born July 27, 1834. He was a Peruvian naval officer who is the hero of the Battle of Augamos.

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James Reavis once claimed to be the baron of Arizona. On June 28, 1895, the U.S. Court of Private Land Claims ruled the Barony of Arizona was a fraud.

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A.J. Cronin was born July 19, 1896. He was a Scottish physician and novelist who worked in a Welsh mining village and in London. His novels showed the poor care patients received. He inspired the National Health Service.

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Eleanor Norcross was born June 24, 1854. She was an American painter who did Impressionistic portraits.

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Max Lieberman was born July 20, 1847. He was a German painter and collector of French Impressionism. As a Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis who looted his collection from his widow.

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James Alfred “Alf” Wight was born Oct. 3, 1916. He’s best known as veterinarian-writer James Herriot. The show “All Creatures Great and Small” are based on his books.

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Agoston Haraszthy was born Aug. 30, 1812. He was a Hungarian-American winemaker. His Buena Vista is the second oldest in California

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Kiku Amino was born Jan. 16, 1900. She was a Japanese writer and translator of English and Russian literature. She won the Yomiuri Prize in 1967.

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Aimé Bonpland was born possibly Aug. 29, 1773. He was a French botanist and explorer of Latin America.

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Jaap Eden was born Oct. 19, 1873. He was a Dutch speed skater and cyclist.

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Sophie Menter was born July 29, 1846. She was a German pianist who studied with Franz Liszt.

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Rued Langgaard was born July 28, 1893. He was a Danish Romantic composer and organist.

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Johan Nieuhof was born July 22, 1618. He was a Dutch traveler who visited and wrote about Brazil, China, and India.

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Hiram Walker was born July 4, 1816. He was an American businessman. He founded a distillery in Canada to make “Canadian Club” whiskey.

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On June 7, 1940, King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav, and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return 5 years later.

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Italian businessman Giovanni Agnelli founds Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino on July 11, 1899. It’s better known as FIAT.

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Samuel David Luzzatto was born Aug, 22, 1800. He was an Italian Orthodox rabbi, linguist, and poet.

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French nobleman François-Jean de La Barre was tortured, beheaded, and burnt on a pyre July 1, 1766. Voltaire’s “Philosophical Dictionary “ was nailed to his body. Why? He refused to salute a Catholic religious procession in Abbeville.

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