Page 6: Historical Events In 1899

May 31   -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

May 31   Leonid Leonow, writer on this day in history.   

Jun 01   In the year 1899 cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last   

Jun 01   Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings   

Jun 02   Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   In the year 1899 georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)   

Jun 03   In the year 1899 johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73   

Jun 03   W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1899 leo Spies, composer   

Jun 05   Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted in the year 1899.   

Jun 07   Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters) in the year 1899.   

Jun 09   On this day in history james J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title   

Jun 10   On this day in history ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44   

Jun 10   Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Improved Benevolent &Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati in the year 1899.   

Jun 10   Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS) in the year 1899.   

Jun 11   George Frederick McKay, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 12   On this day in history new Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200.   

Jun 13   On this day in history carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)   

Jun 14   Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's in the year 1899.   

Jun 18   James Ralph Darling, teacher on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history the CP line from Lethbridge through Crows Nest Pass to Kootenay Landing is opened for traffic. This was built with subsidies afforded by the Crows Nest Pass Agreement of 1897 which also set fixed rates on grain traffic.   

Jun 19   In the year 1899 george Calinescu, Romania, literature (Enigma Otilei)   

Jun 20   Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Pavel Haas, composer in the year 1899.   

Jun 22   Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil) on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1899 alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer   

Jun 24   Bruce Marshall, writer in the year 1899.   

Jun 29   Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer   

Jan 01   Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1899 birth of raymond Loucheur, composer   

Jan 02   Alexander Tcherepnin, St Petersburg Russia, composer was born in the year 1899.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO (1957-61)   

Jan 06   Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)   

Jan 10   Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69 in the year 1899.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

Jan 25   Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies in the year 1899.   

Jan 29   Alfred Sisley, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67   

Feb 11   In the year 1899 george Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies   

Feb 16   In the year 1899 francois Félix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57   

Feb 18   M Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician, dies at 56 in the year 1899.