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December 1899

Month in 1899

The following events occurred in December 1899:

  • Philippe Waked was granted a British patent for the first working Arabic-alphabet typewriter. Waked's patent came three months after Selim Shibli Haddad, a…
  • Anderson Dawson of the new Australian Labor Party (ALP) formed a government as the Premier of Queensland, a self-governing colony that would join other…
  • Born: Tommy Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese), Italian-American gangster, boss of the Lucchese crime family; in Palermo, Sicily (d. 1967)
  • Died: Ed Gastfield, 34, American professional baseball player

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    Another article's title uses the same letters in another order (4+ letters). · Anagram of 24 Decembre
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