American avant-garde composer George Antheil was born July 8, 1900. He was also a pianist, author, and inventor.

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Paul Féval was born Sept. 28, 1816. He was a French novelist. He wrote adventure and vampire fiction. He also wrote “Jean Diable,” the first modern detective fiction.

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Janusz Kusociński was born Jan. 15, 1901. He was a Polish runner who took gold on 10,000 meters in 1932 Olympics. He joined the Polish army to fight the Germans. He was wounded twice. He later joined the Polish Resistance and was executed by the Gestapo.

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James Joyce was born Feb. 2, 1882. He was an Irish novelist and poet. He wrote “Dubliners,” “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mann,” and “Ulysses.”

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Ernst von Bergmann was born Dec. 16, 1836. He was a German surgeon who introduced heat sterilization

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John Thomson was born Jan. 28, 1909. He was a goalie for the Scottish football team Celtics. During a match against rivals Rangers, he was struck in the head by a knee. He died later that night.

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Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan was born Dec. 17, 1556. He was a Mughal court poet and minister.

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Alphonse Kirchhoffer was born Dec. 19, 1873. He was a French fencer who won silver at the 1900 Olympics.

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Dave Allen was born July 6, 1936. He was an Irish comedian and satirist.

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was born Dec. 10, 1804. He was a German mathematician and the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor in a German university

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson was born Aug. 1809. He was British Poet Laureate

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was born Oct. 18 1870. He was a Japanese Zen scholar.

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Eduard Mörike was born Sept. 8, 1894. He was a German Lutheran pastor who wrote novels and poems. Many became the basis of symphonic works by Hugo Wolf and Ignaz Lachner.

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Gustavo R. Vincenti was born Aug. 26, 1888. He was a Maltese architect.

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Henry Wood was born March 3, 1869. He was an English conductor who created The Proms.

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Alphonse Kirchhoffer was born Dec. 19, 1873. He was a French fencer who won silver at the 1900 Olympics.

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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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King Duncan I of Scotland was killed Aug. 14, 1040, by his cousin MacBeth. It was while Duncan led a punitive expedition into MacBeth’s province of Moray

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Georges Vézina was born Jan. 21, 1887. He was a Canadian hockey goalie who played for the Montreal Canadiens. The NHL’s Vézina Trophy goes to the best goalie each season.

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Lou Criger was born Feb. 3, 1872. He was a baseball catcher from 1896 to 1912.

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was born Dec. 10, 1804. He was a German mathematician and the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor in a German university

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David Dunbar Buick was born Sapt. 17, 1854. He was a Scottish-born American inventor. He founded Buick Motor Company.

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Frank Morgan was born June 1, 1890. The actor had several roles in “The Wizard of Oz;” one was the Wizard.

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Norwegian painter Edgar’s Munch was born Dec. 12, 1863. He’s best known for “The Scream.” 😱

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Elmer Flick was born Jan. 11, 1876. He was a baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Athletics, and Cleveland Bronchos/Naps. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1963.

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German cartographer Martin Behaim was born Oct. 6, 1459. He created “Erdapfel,” the oldest surviving globe.

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Mendele Mocher Sforim was born Jan. 2, 1836. He was a Belorussian-Ukrainian author. He was one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.

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Hieronymus Łaski was born Sept. 27, 1496. He was a Polish diplomat. He was also palatine of Inowrocław and Sieradz.

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Heo Mok was born Jan. 10, 1596. He was a Korean calligrapher, painter, poet, and politician. His pen name was Misu.

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Tom Wills was born Aug. 19, 1835. He was an Australian cricketer and founder of Australian Rules Football.

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James Gillray was born Aug. 13, 1756. He was a British caricaturist.

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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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Tom Wills was born Aug. 19, 1835. He was an Australian cricketer and founder of Australian Rules Football.

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Thomas Jaggar was born Jan. 24, 1871. He was an American volcanologist who founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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Manolis Kalomiris was born Dec. 14, 1883. He was a Greek classical composer.

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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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On Aug. 20, 1905, jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden was born. He also sang

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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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Will Carleton was born Oct. 21, 1845. He was a poet who wrote about rural Michigan.

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Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová was born Jan. 31, 1785. She wrote a best-selling Czech cookbook.

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Abe Vigoda was born Feb. 24, 1921. He played Det. Phil Fish in “Barney Miller” and was Salvatore Tessio in “The Godfather.”

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Emilio Salgari was born Aug. 21, 1862. He was an Italian writer of action adventure.

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Lou Boudreau was born July 17, 1917. He was a baseball player and manager. For 10 seasons he was a player-manager. He led Cleveland to a World Series title in 1948. He later became an announcer for the Chicago Cubs.

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Stanisław Konarski was born Sept. 30, 1700. He was a Polish pedague, educational reformer, poet, dramatist, priest and Enlightenment leader.

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Bruno Walter was born Sept. 15, 1876. He was a German-born conductor, pianist, and composer

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John Dalton was born Sept. 6, 1766. He was a British chemist and physicist. He introduced the atomic theory. He also studied color blindness. The only color he could see was yellow.

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On Sept. 14, 1741, George Frideric Handel completes “Messiah.”

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On Sept. 14, 1741, George Frideric Handel completes “Messiah.”

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John Dalton was born Sept. 6, 1766. He was a British chemist and physicist. He introduced the atomic theory. He also studied color blindness. The only color he could see was yellow.

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Jacob Christian Fabricius was born Sept. 3, 1840. He was a Danish musician and composer. He created musical societies that promoted Danish music.

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