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1890 - Birth of Adolf Schärf President of Austria (1957-65).

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1893 - Birth of Edna Parker; died at age 115 in USA, world's oldest living person.

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1893 - Birth of Harold Lloyd Burchard Nebraska, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last).

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1893 - Birth of Hermann Ungar writer.

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1893 - Birth of Joan Miró Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon).

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1894 - 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase.

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1894 - Birth of Martinus Nijhoff poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling).

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1896 - First public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitán", premieres in New York City.

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1897 - Birth of Bernard Verhoeven poet/literature (About the Laugh).

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1897 - Birth of Gregory Ratoff Petrograd Russia; actor/director (Corsican Brothers).

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