Births on December 19

Bernard Friedberg

Born on December 19, 1876

Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)

Bernard Friedberg was an Austrian Hebraist, scholar and bibliographer.

Friedberg was born in Kraków on December 19, 1876. He moved to Frankfurt in 1900; initially he worked for publisher Isaac Kauffmann and later set up his own firm. During The Holocaust his library was destroyed and his daughter and son were killed along with her husband and two daughters. Friedberg escaped to Vittel, France and later went to Mandatory Palestine. He died on January 27, 1961. Friedberg published some of his work.

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Events on 1876

2 Feb

Major League Baseball
The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
10 Mar

Alexander Graham Bell
The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
22 Apr

MLB
The first game in the history of the National League was played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia. This game is often pointed to as the beginning of the MLB.
4 Jun

First Transcontinental Railroad
An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
25 Nov

Battle of the Little Bighorn
American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

Births on December 19

Bernard Friedberg

Born on December 19, 1876

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Events on 1876

Major League Baseball

Alexander Graham Bell

MLB

First Transcontinental Railroad

Battle of the Little Bighorn