What Happened In December 1876 In History

Historical Events for December, 1876

• 5th » The Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, New York.
• 23rd » First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
• 29th » The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1876

• 6th » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg or Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
• 9th » Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
• 9th » Pauline Whittier, American golfer (d. 1946)
• 12th » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and runner (d. 1928)
• 19th » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)
• 21st » Jack Lang (Australian politician) called Jack Lang, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975)
• 22nd » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
• 25th » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (d. 1948)
• 25th » Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
• 29th » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)

Famous Deaths for December 1876

• 31st » Catherine Labouré, French saint (b. 1806)

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