Julia Margaret Cameron was born June 11, 1815. She was a British portrait photographer in the 19th century. She took soft focus portraits of Victorian people.

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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn was born June 27, 1850. He was a Greek-Japanese writer who also went by Koizumi Yakumo.

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James cash Penney was born Sept. 16, 1875. He founded J.C. Penney stores.

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Dutch painter Willem van Mieris was born June 3, 1662. He was a Fijnschilder, a Dutch Golden Age painter. French art critic Théophile Thoré once called Willem’s work “harsh, cold, piddling, and passably insipid.”

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Ahmed Vefik Pasha was born July 3, 1823. He was a Turkish statesman, scholar, and playwright. He established the first Ottoman theater.

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Johanna Spyri was born June 12, 1827. She was a Swiss novelist who wrote “Heidi.”

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On June 8, 452, Attila the Hun invaded Italy. He devastates the northern provinces but doesn’t take Rome.

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Louis-Napoléon Casault was born July 10, 1823. He was a Québécois lawyer who served in the first Canadian Parliament.

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Julia Margaret Cameron was born June 11, 1815. She was a British portrait photographer in the 19th century. She took soft focus portraits of Victorian people.

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Johanna Spyri was born June 12, 1827. She was a Swiss novelist who wrote “Heidi.”

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E.W. Scripps was born June 18, 1854. He was an American newspaper publisher

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Margaret Travers Symons was the first woman to speak in the British House of Commons. It was Oct. 1908. She broke away from her escort in the debating chamber. She called for the vote for women.

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Émile Lavassor wins the first automobile race on June 13, 1895. The race was from Paris to Bordeaux and back. He finished it under 49 hours at 15 mph.

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Alonzo Church was born June 14, 1903. He was an American mathematician and computer scientist. One of his doctoral students was Alan Turning.

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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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Johannes Kepler’s Supernova became visible Oct. 9, 1604. It was the most current Supernova in the Milky Way observable by the naked eye.

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Richard Gurley Drew was born June 22, 1899. He invented masking tape and transparent cellophane tape.

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American actor Robert Duvall was born Jan 5, 1931. He was Boo Radley in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Maj Frank Burns in “M*A*S*H,” Tom Hagen in “The Godfather,” Lt Col Bill Kilgore in “Apocalypse Now,” and Gus McCrae in “Lonesome Dove.”

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Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang Manuscripts on June 25, 1900. The documents are ancient text of historical and religious importance.

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Ahmed Vefik Pasha was born July 3, 1823. He was a Turkish statesman, scholar, and playwright. He established the first Ottoman theater.

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Eugène Boudin was born July 12, 1824. He was an early French Impressionist. He was the “King of the Skies.”

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Joseph Bonaparte was born Jan. 7, 1768. The older brother of Napoleon was also King of Naples and King of Spain. In 1815, he emigrated to the United States.

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watercolor: Daniel Smith

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“Jaws” opens on June 20, 1975. It became the highest grossing film at the time. It started the summer blockbuster.

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Bob O’Farrell was born Oct. 19, 1896. He was a Major League Baseball catcher.

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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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Frederick Wellington “Cyclone” Taylor was born June 23, 1884. He was a Canadian hockey player and civil servant.

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French sociologist and Christian Anarchist Jacques Ellul was born Jan. 6, 1912. He coined “think globally act locally.” He’s a Righteous Among the Nations for saving French Jews in World War II.

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watercolor: Daniel Smith

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José E. Díaz was born Oct. 17, 1833. He was a Paraguayan general.

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

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Harry Frazee was born June 28, 1880. He was a theatrical agent, producer, and director. He once owned the Boston Red Sox.

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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn was born June 27, 1850. He was a Greek-Japanese writer who also went by Koizumi Yakumo.

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Sir Edwin Arnold was born June 10, 1832. He was an English poet and journalist. He wrote the narrative poem “The Light of Asia,” a book about Buddha.

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Helena Rubinstein was born Dec. 25, 1872. She was a Polish-American businesswoman who created her namesake cosmetic company.

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Fred A. Busse was born March 3, 1866. He was the 39th mayor of Chicago, 1907-1911.

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watercolor: Daniel Smith

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“Uncle Dave Macon” was born Oct. 7, 1870. He was a banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. He was one of the fist stars of the Grand Ole Opry.

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“Uncle Dave Macon” was born Oct. 7, 1870. He was a banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. He was one of the fist stars of the Grand Ole Opry.

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Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah was born Dec. 27, 1872. He was an educator and Islamic theologian in pre-partition India.

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George Borrow was born July 5, 1803. He was an English travel writer of his trips to Europe. He also wrote about the Romani.

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James Weddell was born Aug. 24, 1787. He was a British Arctic explorer

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Jón Sigurdsson was born June 17, 1811. He was a leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement

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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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Abbas II of Egypt was born July 14, 1874. He was the last Khedive, Ottoman viceroy, of Egypt and Sudan.

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Heitor Villa-Lobos was born March 5, 1887. He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical pianist.

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watercolor: Daniel Smith

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On Jan. 2, 1942, Boer-German Fritz Joubert Duquesne and 33 members of his Nazi spy ring were convicted of espionage. The Duquesne Spy Ring was the largest espionage case in the United States.

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Johannes Linnankoski was born Oct. 18, 1869. He was a Finnish writer and playwright. His most famous work was “The Song of the Blood-Red Flower.”

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Gregory Geshev was born Oct. 8, 1903. He was a Bulgarian chess master.

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Kamini Roy was born Oct. 11, 1864. She was a Bengali poet, social worker, and feminist. She was the first woman honors graduate in British India.

(I got birthdate wrong in sketch.)

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Samuel Barber was born March 9, 1910. He was an American composer known for “Adagio for Strings.”

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On Oct. 14, 1888, Frenchman Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture. It was titles “Roundhay Garden Scene.”

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On Jan. 3, 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts becomes the first president of Liberia.

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