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1893
Suez Canal builder De Lesseps and others were sentenced to prison for fraud.
1891
Ronald Colman, 1947 Academy Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities), was born in England.
1886
President Cleveland declared a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence.
1885
Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, was born in Vienna, Austria.
1885
The 1st Japanese arrived in Hawaii.
1881
Feodor M. Dostoevsky (59), Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), died.
1880
James Stephens (d.1950), Irish poet and novelist, was born. His work included “The Charwoman's Daughter” and “The Crock of Gold.” "Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself." (AP, 5/21/99)(HN, 2/9/01)
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