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Lionel Barrymore is born

Lionel Barrymore, American actor, director, screenwriter, known for american actor, director, screenwriter, was born on 1878-04-28.

Lionel Barrymore, American actor, director, screenwriter, known for american actor, director, screenwriter, was born on 1878-04-28. Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr.

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Lionel Barrymore is American actor, director, screenwriter.

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Lionel Barrymore

actor, director, screenwriter

American actor, director, screenwriter

Events Before

  1. American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15

    American Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs after inventing them at age 15

  2. Test cricket debut of feared Australian fast bowler Fred "The Demon" Spofforth; Australia loses the second Test by four

    Test cricket debut of feared Australian fast bowler Fred "The Demon" Spofforth; Australia loses the second Test by four wickets to England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

  3. World's first home telephone is installed in Somerville, Massachusetts at the house of Charles Williams Jr. [1]

    The Charles Williams Jr. House, built in 1858, is a historic house in Somerville, Massachusetts. Charles Williams Jr.

  4. Russo-Turkish War: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire

    Russo-Turkish War: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire

  5. First Wimbledon tennis championship - first official lawn tennis tournament - begins featuring men's singles only

    The 1877 Wimbledon Championship was a men's tennis tournament held at the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club (AEC & LTC) in Wimbledon, London.

Events After

  1. E. M. Forster is born

    E. M. Forster, English novelist and writer, known for english novelist and writer, was born on 1879-01-01. Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author.

  2. Dutch King William II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont

    William III (Dutch: Willem III, French: Guillaume III; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 1890, and was also...

  3. Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa

    Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa

  4. Battle of Rorke's Drift: A British garrison of about 150 holds off 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses

    Battle of Rorke's Drift: A British garrison of about 150 holds off 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and several other decorations are awarded to the defenders.

  5. Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific

    The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra del Pacífico), also known by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884.

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Lionel Barrymore, American actor, director, screenwriter, known for american actor, director, screenwriter, was born on 1878-04-28. Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr.
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Lionel Barrymore is American actor, director, screenwriter.
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