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This year in history
In the year 1891

	January 24th	German field marshal, Walter Model, was born in Genthin. Model committed suicide rather than be captured by the allies in 1945.
	January 26th	American gangster, Frank Costello, was born in Calabria, Italy. He is considered as having been the most powerful and influential Mafia boss in American history.
	March 17th	The British steamship, SS Utopia, sank off the coast of Gibraltar, resulting in the death of 574 people.
	April 1st	The worlds most famous chewing gum company, Wrigley Company, was founded in Chicago, Illinois.
	April 27th	Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev, was born in Sontsovka, Russia (Now Ukraine). he is considered as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Towards the later part of his life and mostly due to the increased regulation of music by the Soviet state, he turned hi attention to writing music for children, the most famous piece being that of "Peter and the Wolf".
	July 14th	Russian novelist and mathematician, Alexander M. Volkov, was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He wrote several historical novels, but is mostly remembered for a series of children's books based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
	August 24th	The motion picture camera was patented by the famed inventor, Thomas Edison.
	September 20th	The first gasoline powered car made its debut in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
	October 1st	In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University, officially began enrolling students in its educational programmes.
	December 15th	The game of basketball was invented by Canadian James E. Naismith. He was a physical education instructor in the International Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) training school in Massachusetts, USA.
	December 26th	American writer, Henry Miller, was born in New York City. He is considered as on of the most influential writers of the 20th century, having written such classics as the 'Tropic of Cancer' and the 'Tropic of Capricorn'.
	December 29th	American inventor, Thomas Edison, received a patent for the radio.

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