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Mary Philbin
1902Jul, 16

Mary Philbin

Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993)
Mary Loretta Philbin (July 16, 1902 – May 7, 1993) was an American film actress of the silent film era, who is best known for playing the roles of Christine Daaé in the 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera opposite Lon Chaney, and as Dea in The Man Who Laughs alongside Conrad Veidt. Both roles cast her as the beauty in Beauty and the Beast-type stories.

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    Andrew Carnegie

    The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
  • 27Feb

    Breaker Morant

    Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
  • 17May

    Antikythera mechanism

    Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
  • 14Jul

    Piazza San Marco

    The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
  • 9Aug

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

    Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.