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Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted color.
His films include A Trip to the Moon (1902) and An Impossible Voyage (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films.
Méliès died of cancer on 21 January 1938 at the age of 76.
In 2016, a Méliès film long thought lost, A Wager Between Two Magicians, or, Jealous of Myself (1904), was discovered in a Czechoslovak film archive.- Henrietta Crosman was born on 2 September 1861 in Wheeling, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Charlie Chan's Secret (1935), The Right to Live (1935) and The Royal Family of Broadway (1930). She was married to Maurice Campbell and Sedley Brown. She died on 31 October 1944 in Pelham Manor, New York, USA.
- The son of a sea captain, Theodore Roberts was a veteran stage actor, making his first appearance in 1880. Often referred to as the "Grand Duke of Hollywood," Roberts was a regular on the Cecil B. DeMille team and appeared in 23 of DeMille's films. He is best remembered for his role as Moses in DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1923). A well-known and well-loved actor, his funeral in Westlake Park (he died from uremic poisoning) was attended by nearly 2,000 people. However, Roberts felt so much bitterness in his heart for his immediate relatives that he bequeathed his estate to a nephew (a commercial illustrator) in New York. The estate was valued at nearly $20,000, including a yacht valued at $10,000. Several of Roberts' personal items were left to his friends William C. de Mille and his brother Cecil. Roberts claimed that during the worst times of his life, no one in his family offered a word of sympathy or any help at all. His only request was that he be laid to rest next to his beloved wife Florence Smythe, who passed away in 1925.
- William Morris was born on 1 January 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Monsieur Lecoq (1915), Romeo and Juliet (1916) and Behind Office Doors (1931). He was married to [Henrietta Luna] Etta Hawkins (actress). He died on 11 January 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Rabindranath Tagore was born on 6 May 1861 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was a writer and composer, known for Song of the Body, Streer Patra (1972) and Natir Puja (1932). He was married to Mrinalini Devi. He died on 7 August 1941 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India].- Florence Roberts was born on 16 March 1861 in Frederick, Maryland, USA. She was an actress, known for March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934), Les Misérables (1935) and Off to the Races (1937). She was married to Walter Gale (actor). She died on 6 June 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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André Calmettes was born on 18 August 1861 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for La dame aux camélias (1912), Tosca (1908) and La Tosca (1909). He died on 14 March 1942 in Paris, France.- Eille Norwood was born on 11 October 1861 in York, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) and The Sign of Four (1923). He was married to Ruth Mackay. He died on 24 December 1948 in London, England, UK.
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Jose Rizal was born on 19 June 1861 in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. He was a writer, known for El filibusterismo (1962), Sisa (1951) and Noli me tangere (1930). He died on 30 December 1896 in Bagumbayan [now Luneta], Manila, Philippines.- Mrs. William Bechtel was born on 12 June 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914), Abe Gets Even with Father (1911) and The Purple Lady (1916). She was married to William Bechtel. She died on 21 October 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Chung Ling Soo was born on 2 April 1861 in New York, USA. He died on 24 March 1918 in Wood Green, London, England, UK.
- Howard Truesdale was born on 3 January 1861 in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Burning Daylight (1928), Go West (1925) and The Whisper Market (1920). He died on 8 December 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Wallace McCutcheon was born on 3 November 1861 in New York City, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea (1905), The Nihilist (1905) and How They Rob Men in Chicago (1900). He was married to Mira West. He died on 3 October 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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- Visual Effects
Dark Cloud was born on 20 September 1861 in St. Francis Indian Village, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for What Am I Bid? (1919), The Dishonored Medal (1914) and The Woman Untamed (1920). He was married to Margaret Camp. He died on 17 October 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alberta Gallatin was born on 5 April 1861 in Cabell County, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Christian (1914), Mr. Barnes of New York (1914) and The Fifth Commandment (1915). She was married to Edwin Ogden Childe and Percy Sage Richardson (aka Percy Sage). She died on 25 August 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Maud Gage Baum was born on 27 March 1861 in Fayetteville, New York, USA. Maud Gage was a producer, known for The Wizard of Oz (1938). Maud Gage was married to L. Frank Baum. Maud Gage died on 6 March 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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William J. Burns was born on 19 October 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Argyle Case (1917) and The Argyle Case (1929). He was married to Annie M. Ressler. He died on 14 April 1932 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.- Getting her show business start in vaudeville, Phyllis Allen's large physique and excellent timing made her a natural for film comedies, and she appeared in many of Mack Sennett's slapstick films. She also appeared in several of Charles Chaplin's movies, and was often paired with equally hefty comedian Mack Swain.
- Martha Bernays was born on 26 July 1861 in Hamburg, Germany. She was married to Sigmund Freud. She died on 2 November 1951 in London, England, UK.
- Svevo worked as a bank clerk, and, after marrying Lidia Veneziani, he directed her father's factory, which supplied a special naval paint. He was much more successful as a businessman than as a writer at the time, his scripts being totally neglected. His fame came when he was over sixty, thanks to the interest of his English teacher, a young James Joyce.
- Sam Allen was born on 25 December 1861 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Valley (1927), The Midnight Limited (1926) and The Power God (1925). He died on 13 September 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Adolph Lestina was born on 26 February 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), The Burglar's Dilemma (1912) and A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911). He was married to Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Rice (aka Bessie Lea Lestina, actress). He died on 23 August 1923 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.
- Alice Washburn was born on 12 September 1861 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for John Brown's Heir (1911), Snow White (1916) and Freezing Auntie (1912). She died on 18 November 1929 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
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Robert K. Bonine was born on 14 September 1861 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. Robert K. was a cinematographer and director, known for Eva Tanguay (1902), Panoramic View, King St. Honolulu, H.I. (1906) and A Tough Dance (1902). Robert K. died on 11 September 1923 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Director
- Actor
Lucius Henderson was born on 8 June 1861 in Aledo, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Under Southern Skies (1915), Sapho (1913) and The Huntress of Men (1916). He was married to Helene Studebaker and Gretchen Violet Lyons. He died on 18 February 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.- Marie Wright was born on 18 December 1861 in Woolwich, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Silver Top (1938), A Cup of Kindness (1934) and Quinneys (1919). She was married to Nelson Barry. She died on 1 May 1949 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Wilhelm Diegelmann was born on 28 September 1861 in Ellers, Electorate of Hesse [now Neuhof, Hesse, Germany]. He was an actor, known for The Wildcat (1921), Deception (1920) and Der Schimmelreiter (1934). He died on 1 March 1934 in Berlin, Germany.
- Fridtjof Nansen was born on 10 October 1861 in Store-Frøen, Norway. He was married to Sigrun Munthe and Eva Sars. He died on 13 May 1930 in Lysaker, Norway.
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Nellie Melba was born on 19 May 1861 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. She was married to Charles Frederick Nisbett Armstrong. She died on 23 February 1931 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Douglas Haig was born on 19 June 1861 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The First World War (2003), Remembrance (1927) and Under Four Flags (1918). He died on 29 January 1928 in London, England, UK.
- Juhani Aho was born on 11 September 1861 in Lapinlahti, Finland. He was a writer, known for Juha (1937), Johan (1921) and Juha (1999). He was married to Venny Soldan. He died on 8 August 1921 in Helsinki, Finland.
- He grew up in wealthy circumstances as the son of Meyer Guggenheim. After graduating from high school, he studied in Philadelphia and Switzerland. Solomon Guggenheim became a millionaire as a copper industrialist. With his passion for collecting old master paintings, he joined the tradition of New York's moneyed nobility. His brother, Benjamin Guggenheim, died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. With the acquaintance of the German painter Baroness Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, who introduced him to European artists of the abstract style, Solomon R. Guggenheim collected modern and contemporary art. In the beginning these were particularly works by Wassily Kandinsky and Marc Chagall. Kandinsky's works became the central foundation stone for what later became the Solomon Guggenheim Museum and the largest collection of Kandinsky works in the world. Solomon Guggenheim was not only a collector but also an art patron. With his purchases of contemporary art, he supported artists and disseminated their works.
Guggenheim acquired numerous important works by avant-garde artists from Europe such as Pieter Mondriaan, Pablo Picasso, László Moholy-Nagy and Robert Delaunay. In addition to paintings, the American patron also collected sculptures. In 1937, Guggenheim founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The foundation's fundamental task was to collect, preserve, interpret and present visual art and cultural objects from the 20th century. The collecting focused on so-called "non-objective" art, which differs from abstract art in its definition as a conception based exclusively on artistic intuition. In 1939, the foundation opened the "Museum of Non-Objective Art" in New York, where Solomon R. Guggenheim's collection was made accessible to the public. While the foundation's art objects were initially exhibited in an exhibition hall for old cars on East 54th in New York, plans emerged in 1943 to build the first Guggenheim Museum in New York. The architect Frank Lloyd Wright was hired to provide the design.
However, the museum building itself was only realized as an architectural work of art after controversial discussions between 1956 and 1959. In appearance it resembles a snail shell. It was opened posthumously in 1959. The basis for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was initially Solomon Guggenheim's collection. Other collections or individual works were later added as donations or purchases. Large collections, such as those of the masterpieces of impressionism, post-impressionism, early modernism by Justin and Hilde Thannhauser, German expressionism by Karl Nirendorf, paintings and sculptures of the historical avant-garde by Katherine Dreier, abstract style and surrealism by Peggy Guggenheim or the Minimal and Conceptual Art of Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo made the Guggenheim Museum the world's largest art temple.
Solomon R. Guggenheim died on November 3, 1949 in New York.
The Guggenheim Museum in Berlin opened in 1997. This reveals a special connection, especially since not only the Guggenheim family comes from Germany, but also the first director of the Guggenheim Museum, Hilla Rebauy. The Guggenheim Foundation owns numerous works by German artists. The following locations belong to the Guggenheim Foundation's museum empire: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Guggenheim Museum SoHo in New York, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin and the Hermitage Guggenheim Museum in Las Vegas.
Works of art from the late 19th century and the avant-garde of the 20th century such as Paul Cezanne, Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Klee, Alexander Calder, Edgar Degas, Fernand Léger and Richard Serra are exhibited there. The Guggenheim Museum also maintains the largest collection of its kind in the world with over 200 paintings by Kandinsky. - Joseph Hart was born on 8 June 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Foxy Grandpa Shows Boys He Is a Magician (1902), Foxy Grandpa Shows the Boys a Trick or Two with the Tramp (1902) and Boys Take Grandpa's Cigars with Distressing Results (1902). He was married to Carrie DeMar. He died on 3 October 1921 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Mehmed VI was born on 2 February 1861 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He died on 16 May 1926 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy.
- Blanche Davenport was born on 11 July 1861 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Made Good (1917), The Shine Girl (1916) and The Crimson Dove (1917). She died on 9 April 1937 in Orangetown, New York, USA.
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Oscar Eagle was born on 21 January 1861 in Gallipolis, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Dictator (1915), Our Mutual Girl (1914) and The Little Mademoiselle (1915). He was married to Esther Lyon. He died on 14 March 1930 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Ferdinand Bonn was born on 20 December 1861 in Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Svengali (1914), Salome (1920) and Strauss, the Waltz King (1928). He died on 24 September 1933 in Berlin, Germany.- Robert Disney was born on 7 August 1861 in Canada. He died on 28 July 1953 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Ernst Arndt was born on 3 February 1861 in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia [now Germany]. He was an actor, known for Herbstzauber (1918), Die Tragödie eines verschollenen Fürstensohnes (1922) and Der Umweg zur Ehe (1919). He died in 1942 in Treblinka Concentration Camp, General Governement.
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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink was born on 15 June 1861 in Lieben/Liben, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Here's to Romance (1935), Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1927) and Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915). She was married to William Rapp Jr., Paul Schumann and Ernest Heink. She died on 17 November 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- William C. Durant was born on 8 December 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 18 March 1947 in New York City, New York, United States.
- Hal Wilson was born on 2 October 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Sundown (1924), Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912) and Rob Roy (1913). He was married to Ethel Harbord. He died on 22 May 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Concordia Selander was born on 2 June 1861 in Arboga, Västmanlands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Phantom Carriage (1921), Mästerman (1920) and The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917). She was married to Hjalmar Selander. She died on 31 March 1935 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Maxime Desjardins was born on 17 September 1861 in Auxerre, Yonne, France. He was an actor, known for Les mystères de Paris (1922), The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) and L'agonie des aigles (1922). He died on 2 October 1936 in Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Anne Harriman-Vanderbilt was born on 17 February 1861 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to William Kissam Vanderbilt, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. and Samuel Stevens Sands Jr.. She died on 20 April 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Edmund Allenby was born in 1861 at Brackenhurst Hall, Nottinghamshire county, England, one of six children and the son of a country gentleman. His military service began when he entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1881 where he was commissioned into the Royal Cavalry and sent to South Africa a year later where, as a 2nd Lieutenant, he participated in Bechuanaland and Zululand military expeditions from 1884 to 1888. Allenby attended Staff College in 1896 and was given command of the Royal 3rd Cavalry Squadron which fought in the Boer War in South Africa from 1899 to 1902. He worked his way up the military ladder to Brigadier-General commanding the BEF calvary at the start of World War I in 1914. In May 1915 Allenby was promoted to full General and took over the 5th Corps, and later the 3rd Army in France. He led the British Cavalry at the Battle of Arras (April 9-May 3, 1917) until he was removed to Egypt to take over the British-Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine in June 1917, which saw the high point of his military career with the Battle of Beersheba (October 31-November 7) where he defeated the Turkish army in Palestine which led to the capture of Jerusalem on December 9. In 1918, Allenby led the Jordan Valley operations and launched the final offensive against the Turks at the Battle of Megiddo (September 19-30) which destroyed the last Turkish armies in Palestine and secured an armistice in October ending World War I in the Middle East. After the end of the war, Allenby was made Special High Commissioner for Egypt in March 1919, was promoted to Field Marshall in July, and created a Viscount in October, positions he held until he retired from the British army in 1925 and lived the rest of his life in London until his death in 1936.
- American short story writer and novelist, was born the son of Andrew Robertson, a ship captain on the Great Lakes, and Amelia (Glassford) Robertson. Morgan went to sea as a cabin boy and was in the merchant service from 1866 to 1877, rising to first mate. Tiring of life at sea, he studied jewelry making at Cooper Union in New York City and worked for 10 years as a diamond setter. When that work began to impair his vision, he turned to writing sea stories, placing his work in such popular magazines as McClure's and the Saturday Evening Post. Robertson never made much money from his writing, a circumstance that greatly embittered him. Nevertheless, from the early 1890s until his death in 1915 he supported himself as a writer and enjoyed the company of artists and writers in a small circle of New York's bohemia. Robertson was found dead of heart disease in an Atlantic City hotel room.
- William Wrigley Jr. was born on 30 September 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Catalina, Here I Come (1927). He died on 26 January 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Tonka Savic-Flieder-Macuka was born on 9 October 1861 in Zagreb, Croatia, Austrian Empire [now Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Brisem i sudim (1919), Vragoljanka (1919) and Brcko u Zagrebu (1917). She died on 9 January 1932 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia].
- Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp was born on 19 March 1861 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Josephine Sarah was a writer, known for I Married Wyatt Earp (1983). Josephine Sarah died on 19 December 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.