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German saboteurs executed in Washington D C
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Conrad Lycosthenes French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
John Ward English composer born in Canterbury England (d. 1638)
Cecilius Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
Adriaan W Joris van Geel Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)
Godfrey Kneller German-born painter (d. 1723)
Francis Hutcheson Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
Gustaaf Imhoff gov of Ceylon (1736-40)gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)
Carl Fredrik Pechlin Swedish politician (d. 1796)
Hieronymus van Alphen Dutch attorneypoet (church songs)
Charles Bulfinch 1st US pro architect (Mass State House) born in Boston Massachusetts
Emilie Flygare-Carln Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
John Rodgers II Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1882)
Esther Morris [Esther Hobart McQuigg] American suffragist anti-slavery activist and 1st female justice of the peace in the US born in Tioga County New York (d. 1902)
Charles Anderson Dana Asst Secy War (Union) (d. 1897)
Winfield Scott Old Swet Featherston Army Brigadier General (Confederate)
Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) Tsarina of Russia (d. 1880)
James William Forsyth American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Maumee Ohio (d. 1906)
Nelson Appleton Miles American Major General (Union Army) born in Westminster Massachusetts (d. 1925)
Barend Barendse Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1935)
Henry Osborn Conn paleontologistauthor (52 Years of Research)
William Bateson English biologist (originator of term genetics)
Henri de Vries [Hendricus Van Walterop] Dutch actor (Cleopatra White Cargo) born in Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands (d. 1949)
Matthew A Henson 1st African American to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
Artur da Silva Bernardes President of Brazil (d. 1955)
Emiliano Zapata Mexican revolutionary peasant leader
Dr. Bob Smith American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous born in St. Johnsbury Vermont (d. 1950)
Paul L E von Kleist German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)
Sara Teasdale American poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-Love Songs)
Esme Percy British actor (Murder Pygmalion Old Spanish Custom) born in London England (d. 1957)
Malcolm Keen British actor ( The Lodger The Manxman The Murder Party) born in Bristol England (d. 1970)
Ullrich Haupt Prussian actor (Morocco Du Barry-Woman of Passion) born in Falkenburg Pomerania Germany (d. 1931)
Jack Ryder Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests 1394 runs 51.62) born in Collingwood Victoria (d. 1977)
Rafael Moreno Aranzadi Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
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