What Happened on March 12, 1891

Historical Events

Clara Schumann's Last Concert

Clara Schumann plays Johannes Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" for two pianos, with James Kwast in her last public concert (Frankfurt, Germany)

Famous Birthdays

George W. Mason, American industrialist (d. 1954)
Michael Polanyi, Hungarian-English chemist, economist and philosopher (claimed all knowledge relied on personal judgments), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1976)

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