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| | Mhatre carried the plaster cast he had been working on, of a woman on her way to the temple, and carried it into class and placed it so it would stand in the direct path of the lecturer who walked in. | | Mhatre carried the plaster cast he had been working on, of a woman on her way to the temple, and carried it into class and placed it so it would stand in the direct path of the lecturer who walked in. |
| | His 'explaination' astounds the principal, Greenwood, who cannot imagine how Mhatre has so seamlessly absorbed the conventions of Greco Roman sculpture while all the while training as a painter? | | His 'explaination' astounds the principal, Greenwood, who cannot imagine how Mhatre has so seamlessly absorbed the conventions of Greco Roman sculpture while all the while training as a painter? |
| − | Rave Varma declared it to be " The most beautiful production of its kind I have ever seen by a native"
| + | Ravi Varma declared it to be " The most beautiful production of its kind I have ever seen by a native" |
| − | It was a great vindication for art schools who were often threatened with extinction. | + | It was a great vindication for art schools who were often threatened with extinction. |
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| − | ===January - April===
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| − | * [[January 4]] - [[Utah]] is admitted as the 45th [[U.S. state]].
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| − | * [[January 5]] - An [[Austria]]n newspaper reports that [[Wilhelm Röntgen]] discovered a type of [[electromagnetic radiation|radiation]] later known as [[X-ray]]s.
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| − | * [[January 12]] - [[H.L. Smith]] takes the first [[X-ray]] photograph.
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| − | * [[January 18]] - The [[X-ray]] machine is exhibited for the first time.
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| − | * [[February 1]] - The [[opera]] ''[[La bohème]]'' premieres ([[Turin]]).
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| − | * [[February 1]] - [[Walter Arnold]], of [[Kent]], [[England]], is fined for [[speeding]] in excess of the contemporary [[speed limit]] of 2 mph
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| − | * [[February 11]] - [[Oscar Wilde]]'s play ''Salomé'' premieres in [[Paris]].
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| − | * [[March 1]] - With the [[Battle of Adowa]], [[Ethiopia]] defends its independence from [[Italy]].
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| − | * [[April 3]] - First edition of [[Italy|Italian]] sports [[newspaper]] ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'' is published.
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| − | * [[April 6]] - Opening ceremonies of the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], the first modern [[Olympic Games]].
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| − | ===May - August===
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| − | * [[May 8]] - Cricket: Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing [[County Championship]] record when they accumulate an innings total of 887.
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| − | * [[May 18]] - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in [[Plessy v. Ferguson]], introducing the "[[separate but equal]]" doctrine.
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| − | * [[May 26]] - [[Charles Dow]] publishes the first edition of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]].
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| − | * [[May 27]] - The costliest and third deadliest [[St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado|tornado]] in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown [[St. Louis, Missouri]], incurring $2.9 billion (1997 USD) in damages, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
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| − | * [[June 12]] - [[Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne)|J.T. Hearne]] sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by [[Charlie Parker (cricketer)|Charlie Parker]] in [[1931]].
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| − | * [[June 15]] - ? [[Earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] in [[Sanriku]], [[Japan]], kills 27.000
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| − | * [[June 30]] - David Rose dies in the early morning hours from the June 24th poisoning, administered by his daughter Celia. The brother, Walter, would die on July 4th and Rebecca, the mother, would die on July 19th after receiving another lethal dose of 'rough on rats' in her breakfast. The crimes of Celia Rose occurred at present day Malabar Farm State Park in Richland County, Ohio and would become a featured news story during this year. The Rose home still stands today.
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| − | * [[July 9]] - [[William Jennings Bryan]] delivers his [[Cross of gold speech]].
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| − | * [[July 11]] - [[Wilfrid Laurier]] becomes [[Canada]]'s seventh [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]].
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| − | * [[August 16]] - [[Skookum Jim Mason]], [[George Carmack]] and Dawson Charlie discover [[gold]] in the [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]].
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| − | * [[August 27]] - The shortest war in the world - 9.02 - 9.40 between [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and Zanzibar
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| − | ===September - December===
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| − | * [[September 22]] - [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] surpassed her grandfather [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] as the longest reigning [[British monarchy|monarch]] in British history.
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| − | * [[October 3]] - [[Dalton brothers]] try to rob two banks but only Emmet Dalton survives the shootout
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| − | * [[October 5]] - After a long siege, [[Brazil]]ian government troops take [[Canudos]] in north Brazil, crushing [[Antonio Conselheiro]] and his followers
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| − | * [[October 12]] - In Richland county, Ohio, the trial of Celia Rose for the triple murder of her family begins.
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| − | * [[October 20]] - In Richland county, Ohio, Celia Rose was acquitted on grounds of insanity.
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| − | * [[October 30]] [[Augusta, KY]] Augusta High School corner stone laid marking the end of the [[Augusta Methodist College]]
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| − | * [[November]] - [[William McKinley]] defeats [[William Jennings Bryan]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1896|U.S. presidential election]].
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| − | * [[November 6]] - [[Hale Johnson]] runs as vice-presidential candidate for [[Prohibition Party]].
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| − | * [[November 16]] - [[Cherry Sisters]] perform in [[Olympia Music Hall]] in [[New York City]]. At first audience is stunned but then begins to answer with catcalls...
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| − | * [[December 30]] - [[Jose Rizal]], Filipino scholar and poet, executed in the [[Philippines]]
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| − | * [[Nepalese]] [[archaeologist]]s rediscover the great stone pillar of [[Ashoka]] at [[Lumbini]], using [[Fa Xian]]'s records.
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| − | * [[Pontifical University of Maynooth]] is established by decree of the [[Holy See|Vatican]]
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| − | * [[France]] establishes an administrative post in [[Abengourou]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]].
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| − | * Formation of the [[New York Telephone]] Company
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| − | * The great [[Realignment]] of the Republican Party of the United States of America
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| − | * [[Clarkson University]] is founded in [[Potsdam]], [[New York]]
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| − | * [[January 2]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]])
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| − | * [[January 4]] - [[Everett Dirksen]], American politician (d. [[1969]])
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| − | * [[January 4]] - [[André Masson]], French artist (d. [[1987]])
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| − | * [[January 12]] - [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish director and actor (d. [[1950]])
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| − | * [[January 14]] - [[Martin Niemöller]], German theologian and pacifist (d. [[1984]])
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| − | * [[January 14]] - [[John Dos Passos]], American author (d. [[1970]])
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| − | * [[January 20]] - [[George Burns]], American comedian (d. [[1996]])
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| − | * [[January 23]] - [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (d. [[1985]])
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| − | * [[February 18]] - [[André Breton]], French writer (d. [[1966]])
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| − | * [[February 28]] - [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1965]])
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| − | * [[February 29]] - [[Morarji Desai]], Indian politician (d. [[1995]])
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| − | * [[March 1]] - [[Dimitris Mitropoulos|Dimitri Mitropoulos]], Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. [[1960]])
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| − | * [[March 20]] - [[Wop May|Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May]], Canadian World War I pilot (d. [[1952]])
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| − | * [[March 29]] - [[Wilhelm Ackermann]], German mathematician (d. [[1962]])
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| − | * [[April 15]] - [[Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov]], Russian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]])
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| − | * [[April 30]] - [[Gary Davis]], American musician (d. [[1972]])
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| − | * [[May 30]] - [[Howard Hawks]], American director (d. [[1977]])
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| − | * [[June 7]] - [[Robert S. Mulliken]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]])
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| − | * [[June 7]] - [[Douglas Campbell (aviator)|Douglas Campbell]], American World War I flying ace (d. [[1990]])
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| − | * [[June 19]] - [[Wallis Simpson]], Duchess of Windsor (d. [[1986]])
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| − | * [[July 2]] - [[Quirino Cristiani]], Argentine animated film director (d. [[1984]])
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| − | * [[July 16]] - [[Trygve Lie]], first [[United Nations Secretary General]] (d. [[1968]])
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| − | * [[August 9]] - [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist (d. [[1980]])
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| − | *[[August 15]] - [[Gerty Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1957]])
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| − | * [[August 18]] - [[Jack Pickford]], American actor (d. [[1933]])
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| − | * [[August 30]] - [[Raymond Massey]], Canadian-born actor (d. [[1983]])
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| − | * [[September 1]] - [[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Founder of [[Hare Krishna]] movement (d. [[1977]])
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| − | * [[September 24]] - [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], American writer (d. [[1940]])
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| − | * [[October 1]] - [[Liaquat Ali Khan]], first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (d. [[1951]])
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| − | * [[October 12]] - [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1981]])
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| − | * [[October 28]] - [[Howard Hanson]], American composer (d. [[1981]])
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| − | * [[October 31]] - [[Ethel Waters]], American singer and actress (d. [[1977]])
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| − | * [[November 4]] - [[Carlos P. Garcia]], [[president of the Philippines]] (d. [[1971]])
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| − | * [[November 8]] - [[Bucky Harris]], baseball player (d. [[1977]])
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| − | * [[November 10]] - [[Jimmy Dykes]], baseball player and manager (d. [[1976]])
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| − | * [[November 13]] - [[Nobusuke Kishi]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[1987]])
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| − | * [[November 14]] - [[Mamie Eisenhower]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1979]])
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| − | * [[November 16]] - [[Oswald Mosley]], leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. [[1980]])
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| − | * [[November 17]] - [[Lev Vygotsky]], Russian psychologist (d. [[1934]])
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| − | *[[December 5]] - [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1984]])
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| − | * [[December 6]] - [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist (d. [[1983]])
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| − | * [[December 14]] - [[Jimmy Doolittle]], American World War II general (d. [[1993]])
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| − | * [[December 21]] - [[Leroy Robertson]], American composer (d. [[1971]])
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| − | * [[January 4]] - [[Joseph Hubert Reinkens]], German [[Old Catholic Church|Old Catholic]] bishop (b. [[1821]])
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| − | * [[January 8]] - [[Paul Verlaine]], French lyric poet (b. [[1844]])
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| − | * [[April 30]] - [[Hamilton Disston]], Floridan developer (b. [[1844]])
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| − | * [[May 20]] - [[Clara Schumann]], German composer (b. [[1819]])
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| − | *[[July 1]] - [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], American author (b. [[1811]])
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| − | * [[August 10]] - [[Otto Lilienthal]], German aviation pioneer (b. [[1848]])
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| − | * [[August 17]] - [[Bridget Driscoll]], world's first [[automobile]] fatality
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| − | * [[October 11]] - [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer (b. [[1824]])
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| − | * [[October 11]] - [[Edward White Benson]], Archbishop of Canterbury (b. [[1829]])
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| − | * [[October 21]] - [[James Henry Greathead]], Famous engineer and inventor (b. [[1884]])
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| − | * [[October 23]] - ? [[Columbus Delano]], American statesman (b. [[1809]])
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| − | * [[December 10]] - [[Alfred Nobel]], Swedish inventor of dynamite and creator of the [[Nobel Prize]] (b. [[1833]])
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| − | * [[December 30]] - [[José Rizal]], national hero of the Philippines (b. [[1861]])
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| − | * [[February 20]] - [[W.W. Denslow]] & [[Ann Waters Holden]]
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| − | * [[April 6]] - [[Benjamin Harrison]] & [[Mary Dimmick Harrison|Mary Scott Lord Dimmick]]
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| − | * [[April 8]] - [[Jeanne Calment]] & [[Fernand Calment]]
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| − | * [[June 5]] - [[Valborg Borchsenius]] & [[Johannes Norden Guldbrandsen]]
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| − | * [[June 26]] - [[Jennette Lee]] & [[Gerald Stanley Lee]]
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| − | * [[July 22]] - [[Maud of the United Kingdom|Queen Maud]] & [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII]]
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| − | * [[September 1]] - [[W.S. Weatherwax]] & [[Anna L. Wallis]]
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| − | * [[October 15]] - [[Lewis J. Selznick]] & [[Florence Flossie Sachs]]
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| − | * [[October 24]] - [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|King Victor Emmanuel III]] & [[Helen Petrovic-Njegos]]
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| − | * [[October 26]] - [[Charles Fort]] & [[Anna Filing]]
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| − | * [[November 4]] - [[Roberto Vittiglio]] & [[Wilhelmine Westphal]]
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| − | * [[December 1]] - [[Neel Doff]] & [[Fernand Brouez]]
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