In the year 1885, the first successful appendectomy is performed (Jan 4), roller coaster is patented (Jan 20), the first Japanese arrive in Hawaii (Feb 9), the Washington Monument is dedicated (Feb 21), AT&T is incorporated in New York (Mar 3), Good Housekeeping goes on sale for the first time (May 2), the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor (Jun 17), the rabies vaccine is successfully tested (Jul 6), Daimler Reitwagen - regarded as the first motorcycle - is granted patent in Germany (Aug 29) - and all these fine people were born:
1885-xxxx Raoul Jarry* politician/City Councillor in Montreal - Montreal, Canada (1930/c.44)
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1885-0108 Mór Kóczán* athlete (javelin/OB)/pastor - Kocs, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (1972/87)
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1885-0113 Art Ross* hockey player/ executive - Naughton, ON Canada (1964/79)
1885-0116 Mandi Terho* (b Vilenius) actress - Lapinjärvi, GD of Finland (1971/86)
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1885-0126 Hjalmar Palmgren* infantry major/fought with the Whites in the Finnish Civil War - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1921/36) Find a Grave
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1885-0207 Sinclair Lewis* novelist/ playwright/N - Sauk Centre, MN USA (1951/65)
1885-0208 Aarne Michaël Tallgren* archaeologist - Ruovesi, GD of Finland (1945/60)
1885-0225 Princess Alice of Battenberg* mother of Prince Philip - Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England (1969/84)
1885-0316 Sydney Chaplin* (b Hill) actor/business manager/elder half-brother of Charlie Chaplin - London, England (1965/80)
1885-0330 Kalle Korhonen* missionary (China)/ author/translator - Vesanto, GD of Finland (1963/78)
1885-0401 Wallace Beery* actor - Clay County, MO USA (1949/64)
1885-0417 Karen Blixen* author - Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark (1962/77)
1885-0503 Max Volmer* physical chemistry - Hilden, Germany (1965/80)
1885-0522 Giacomo Matteotti* socialist politician - Fratta Polesine, Italy (1924/39)
1885-0530 Karl Behr* tennis player/banker/ survivor of the Titanic - New York, NY USA (1949/64)
1885-0613 Jaan Lintrop* journalist/author - Alliku Vald, Estonia (1962/76)
1885-0621 Heino Kaski* pianist/composer - Pielisjärvi, GD of Finland (1957/72)
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1885-0704 Antti Väänänen* violinist/painter - Kuopio, GD of Finland (1929/44)
1885-0706 Doyle E. Carlton* lawyer/ politician/Governor of Florida - Wauchula, FL USA (1972/87)
1885-0708 Hugo Boss* fashion designer/businessman (Hugo Boss) - Metzingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (1948/63)
1885-0708 Veikko Antero Koskenniemi* poet/lyrics for _Finlandia _- Oulu, GD of Finland (1962/77)
1885-0708 Paul Leni* avant-garde painter/filmmaker - Stuttgart, German Empire (1929/44)
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1885-0821 James Armstrong Richardson Sr.* businessman/pioneer of Canadian commercial aviation - Kingston, ON Canada (1939/53)
1885-0823 Henry Tizard* chemist/radar expert/UFO reseacher - Gillingham, Kent, England (1959/74)
1885-0909 Hans Meulengracht-Madsen* sailor/OS - Vejle, Denmark (1966/81)
1885-0912 Heinrich Hoffmann* Nazi photographer - Regensburg, Germany (1957/72)
1885-0918 Viktor Smeds* gymnast (OG)/boxer/sportsleader - Petolahti, GD of Finland (1957/71)
1885-0928 Emil Väre* wrestler/OG - Kärkölä, GD of Finland (1974/88)
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1885-1003 Sophie Treadwell* playwright/journalist - Stockton, CA USA (1970/84)
1885-1007 Niels Bohr* physicist/N - Copenhagen, Denmark (1962/77)
1885-1030 Ezra Pound* poet/critic/ expatriate - Hailey, ID USA (1972/87)
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1885-1108 Tomoyuki Yamashita* 山下 奉文 military leader/“The Tiger of Malaya” - Ōtoyo, Kōchi, Japan (1946/60)
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1885-1116 Ida Salmi* (b Salminen) actress - Tampere, GD of Finland (1974/88)
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1885-1124 Anna Louise Strong* journalist/activist - Friend, NE USA (1970/84)
1885-1126 Debendra Mohan Bose* physicist - Calcutta, Bengal, British India (1975/89)
1885-1130 Albert Kesselring* Luftwaffe officer/convicted war criminal - Marktsteft, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (1960/74)
1885-1205 Louise Bryant* feminist/activist/ journalist - San Francisco, CA USA (1936/50)
1885-1225 Albert Betz* physicist/pioneer of wind turbine technology - Schweinfurt, German Empire (1968/82)
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