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1871 - Birth of Marcel Proust in France; novelist (Remembrance of Things Past).

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1875 - Birth of Mary McLeod Bethune South Carolina, slave/educator (Bethune-Cookman College).

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1875 - L Schulhof discovers asteroid #147 Protogeneia.

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1879 - Birth of Dr Harry Nicholls Holmes Pennsylvania, crystallized vitamin A.

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1882 - Birth of Ima Hogg Texas art patron/founder of the Houston Symphony.

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1884 - Paul Morphy US chess wizard, dies.

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1886 - Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white.

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1888 - Birth of Giorgio De Chirico Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer).

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1888 - Birth of Graham McNamee sportscaster (first Rose Bowl).

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1888 - Birth of Toyohiko Kagawa Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer.

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