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Lillian Leitzel
1893Jan, 2

Lillian Leitzel

Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
Lillian Leitzel (born Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan; 2 January 1892 – 15 February 1931) was a Polish acrobat who specialized in performing on the Roman Rings, for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The inaugural (posthumous) inductee to the International Circus Hall of Fame, Leitzel died in hospital two days after a fall during a live performance.

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    Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii

    Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
  • 22Jul

    America the Beautiful

    Katharine Lee Bates writes America the Beautiful after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • 15Aug

    Lagos Colony

    Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • 28Oct

    Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)

    Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
  • 28Nov

    New Zealand general election, 1893

    Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the New Zealand general election, 1893.