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Elmer Rice is born

Elmer Rice, American playwright, known for american playwright, was born on 1892-09-28. Elmer Rice was an American playwright.

Elmer Rice, American playwright, known for american playwright, was born on 1892-09-28. Elmer Rice was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929)..

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Elmer Rice is American playwright.

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Elmer Rice

playwright

American playwright

Events Before

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    French troops occupy Nioro, West Sudan, and 3,000 people are killed

  2. A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 ye

    A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years

  3. 56th UK Prime Minister Bonar Law (32) weds Annie Robley at West Free Church in Helensburgh, Scotland

    56th UK Prime Minister Bonar Law (32) weds Annie Robley at West Free Church in Helensburgh, Scotland

  4. 1st World Weightlifting Championship is won by Edward Lawrence in London

    1st World Weightlifting Championship is won by Edward Lawrence in London

  5. Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York

    Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York Music Society Orchestra

Events After

  1. First U.S. college extension courses for credit are offered at the University of Chicago

    The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, UChi, or U of C) is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The university is composed of an...

  2. British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, En

    British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, England; writer. Henry James gave away the bride

  3. Thomas Edison completes the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey

    Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.

  4. Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange

    Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange

  5. Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour

    Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour

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Elmer Rice, American playwright, known for american playwright, was born on 1892-09-28. Elmer Rice was an American playwright. He is best known for his plays The Adding Machine (1923) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of New York tenement life, Street Scene (1929)..
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Elmer Rice is American playwright.
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