Births on January 6

Ted McDonald

Born on January 6, 1891

Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (d. 1937)

Edgar Arthur "Ted" McDonald (6 January 1891 – 22 July 1937) was a cricketer who played for Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire and Australia, as well as being an Australian rules footballer who played with Launceston Football Club, Essendon Football Club, and Fitzroy Football Club.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on January 6

Ted McDonald

Born on January 6, 1891

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Events on 1891

Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

Kinetoscope