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A moving picture projector was patented.
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In Brazil peace talks between Pres. Peixoto and navy rebels broke down completely when Admiral Saldanha da Gama led a landing party that stormed a republican fort at Nictheroy on the Guanabara Bay opposite from Rio de Janeiro. The rebels were driven back.
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Grant Wood, painter (American Gothic), was born. Wood studied at the University of Iowa, taught there and made Iowa the focus of his paintings.His is considered one of America's first 'regionalist' painters. His most famous work 'American Gothic', often spoofed, is a painting of the puritanical farmer and his wife or daughter.
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David Dixon Porter (77), US rear admiral (Union), died.
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Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos, minister, premier, was born.
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Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I, was born.
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Painter Thomas Eakins resigned from the Philadelphia Academy of Art over controversial use of male nudes in a coed art class.
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MAY, 22
- Current / Future Events
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1992 –
Kaya Scodelario, British actress
1990 –
Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer
1990 –
Qoigyijabu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet
1989 –
Carly McKillip, Canadian actress
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Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer
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Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer
1988 –
Aston Merrygold, British Singer
1986 –
Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
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Luke Moore, English footballer
1985 –
Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
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February, 13
- Births
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2008,
Roger Voisin, Trumpet player, Boston Symphony (b. 1918)
2007,
Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2007,
Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
2007,
Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
2007,
Richard Gordon Wakeford, Air Marshal, Royal Air Force (b. 1922)
2006,
Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (b. 1946)
2006,
Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
2005,
Nelson Briles, baseball player (b. 1943)
2005,
Lúcia Santos, Carmelite nun and Fatima visionary (b. 1907)
2005,
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917)
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February, 13
- Deaths
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