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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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Italian businessman Giovanni Agnelli founds Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino on July 11, 1899. It’s better known as FIAT.
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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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Richard Felton Outcault was born Jan. 14, 1863. He was an American cartoonist. He created “The Yellow Kid.” The term “yellow journalism” comes from the name of the strip.
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Heinrich von Stephan was born Jan. 7, 1831. He was postal director for the German Empire. He also helped found the International Postal Union.
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James Marion Sims was born Jan. 25, 1813. He was an American surgeon and gynecologist. He established the first hospital for women in NYC. He was forced out of it for wanting to treat cancer patients.
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Johann Christian Bach was born Sept. 5, 1735. He was the 18th child of J.S. Bach. The German composer lived in Italy before going to England. He influenced the concerto and sonata styles.
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Pietro Carnesecchi was born Dec. 24, 1508. He was an Italian Renaissance humanist. He accepted the Luther idea of justification by faith. Under Pope Prius V, he was beheaded and burned.
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Clara Butt was born Feb. 1, 1872. She was a British contralto opera singer. Elgar wrote “Sea Pictures” with her voice in mind.
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James Tissot was born Oct. 15, 1836. He was a French painter. He was also a mentor to Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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Vasil Levski was born July 18, 1837. He was a Bulgarian revolutionary known as the “Apostle of Freedom.”
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Johan Gadolin was born June 5, 1769. He was a Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist. He discovered the chemical element yttirium.
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Franz Berwald was born July 23, 1796. He was a Swedish orthopedist and composer.
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Jean-Gaspard Deburau was born July 31, 1796. He was a Bohemian-French mime. He created the character Pierrot.
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On July 16, 1809, the city of La Paz declares its independence from Spain. The Junta Tuitiva is the first independent government in Spanish America. It’s leader was Pedro Domingo Murillo.
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Giorgio Vasari was born July 30, 1511. He was an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian.
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Hugo Eckner was born on Aug. 10, 1868. He was a German aviator. He commanded the “Graf Zeppelin.”
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Leo Tolstoy was born Sept. 9, 1828. He was a Russian author. He was nominated 6 times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and 4 times for the Nobel Peace Prize. He never won.
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Constantin Lipsius was born Oct. 20, 1832. He was a German architect Wi designed the Lipsius-Bau in Dresden.
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Victor Hugo was born Feb. 26, 1802. He was a French writer and politician. He’s known for “Les Misérables” and “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.”
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Thomas Bulfinch was born July 15, 1796. He was a writer and compiler of myths. He wrote “Bulfinch’s Mythologies.”
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Frank Patrick was born Dec. 21, 1885. He was a Canadian hockey player and coach. His innovations include player numbers, the blue line, and the penalty shot.
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Sigurd Wallén was born Sept. 1, 1884. He was a Swedish actor, director, and singer.
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Franz Berwald was born July 23, 1796. He was a Swedish orthopedist and composer.
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Achille Guenée was born Jan. 1, 1809. He was a French lawyer and entomologist.
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Jess Willard was born Dec. 29, 1881. He was an American heavyweight boxing champion.
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James Wong Howe was born Aug. 28, 1899. He was a. Honest-American cinematographer. He won Oscars for “The Rose Tattoo” and “Hud.”
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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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Austrian novelist and journalist Joseph Roth was born Sept. 2, 1894. He wrote “Radetzky Match.”
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Yakub Holovatsky was born Oct. 17, 1814. He was a Ukrainian historian
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On Oct. 4, 1795, Napoleon Bonaparte first comes into prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
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Albert B. “Happy” Chandler was born July 14, 1898. He had been a U.S. Senator and twice governor of Kentucky. He was also commissioner of Major League Baseball.
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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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On Oct. 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi was born. He was an Indian anti-colonialist and practitioner of non-violence.
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On July 10, 1924, Paavo Nurmi of Finland wins the 1,000 and 5,000 meter races at the Paris Olympics. He had only 1 hour of rest between the races.
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Hiram Bingham III was an American academic, explorer, and politician. On July 24, 1911, he discovers the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu with the help of Melchior Arteaga.
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Juhani Aho was born Sept. 11, 1861. He was a Finnish author and journalist. He received a dozen nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Gotse Delchev was born Feb. 4, 1872. He was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary.
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Edward Smith was born Jan. 27, 1850. He was captain of RMS Titanic.
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Simion Barnutiu was born July 21, 1808. He was a Romanian historian, academic, philosopher, jurist, and liberal politician.
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Kido Takayoshi was born Aug. 11, 1833. He was a Japanese samurai and politician.
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On July 9, 1795, American financier James Swan pays off the nation’s debt of $2,024,899. The nation accrued the debt from the Revolution. In today’s dollars it is more than $47 million.
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Dave Allen was born July 6, 1936. He was an Irish comedian and satirist.
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Manolis Kalomiris was born Dec. 14, 1883. He was a Greek classical composer.
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Edgar Daniel Nixon was born July 12, 1899. He was an American Civil Rights leader who helped the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Amos Alonzo Stagg was born Aug. 16, 1862. He was head football and baseball coach at the collegiate level.
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Manuel Espinosa Batista was born Sept. 12, 1857. He was a Colombian pharmacist and a founder of Panama.
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