| 60 | * | The date St Paul is thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1495 | * | King's College was founded under Roman Catholic sponsorship in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1860 it merged with the Protestant Marischal College (established in 1593) to become the University of Aberdeen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1535 | * | 12 nude Anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1549 | | Tomé de Sousa appointed Governor-General of Brazil. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1713 | | Netherlands & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1716 | * | Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1720 | * | Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1746 | * | English Pelham government resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1807 | * | US Coast Survey authorized by Congress. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Simon Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Perú. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | The Virginia General Assembly charters the Petersburg Railroad, the first interstate railroad. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1840 | * | British queen Victoria marries her cousin Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1841 | * | Penny Red stamp issued in Britain when it was discovered that people re-used Penny Blacks. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1846 | * | Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1855 | * | US citizenship laws are amended so that all children of US parents born abroad are granted US citizenship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1862 | * | Dutch 2nd government of Thorbecke forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | (day unspecified) President Johnson vetoes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill (which is later passed over his veto). | Ref: 87 |
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| 1866 | * | Dutch government Frans van der Putte forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | (day unspecified) Congress passes the Tenure of Office Act prohibiting the President from dismissing any officer confirmed by the Senate without Senate approval. The Act is intended primarily to keep Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, in his post. Stanton, a holdover from the Lincoln cabinet is sympathetic to the causes of the Radical Republicans. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1868 | * | Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | The City of Anaheim incorporated (first time) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) is founded (New York NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Around 11 million acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | -39ºF (-39ºC), Milligan OH (state lowest temperature record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | The Church of England first authorized use of the 1885 English Revised (RV or ERV) Version of the Bible in Anglican liturgy and worship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | (Shipp) Skinbone Johnson, Ed's father, visits black attorney Noah Parden and tells him his son does want to appeal. Parden and his law partner, Styles Hutchins, agree to plan an appeal. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1906 | * | Britain's first modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | (Haywood Trial) (day unspecified) Darrow defends Adams against a charge of murder relating to the 1899 violence in northern Idaho. James Hawley prosecutes. The jury is unable to reach a verdict. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1915 | * | President Wilson blasts the British for using the U.S. flag on merchant ships to deceive the Germans. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1917 | * | Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands first female professor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | | SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | President Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | In London, renowned Baptist clergyman and devotional author F. B. Meyer, 81, preached his last sermon. He soon entered a nursing home where his health failed rapidly, and he died March 28. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | | New Delhi becomes capital of India. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | The first singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegram Company in NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | -54ºF (-48ºC), Seneca OR (state record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Hitler proclaims end of Marxism. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | The Byrd souvenir sheet is issued. It is the first imperforated, ungummed sheets of postage stamps were issued by the U.S. Postal Service in New York City. Talk about inconvenience! One had to cut the stamps out of the sheet and then put some glue on the back to get them to stick on an envelope. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1934 | * | First Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | The Pennsylvania Railroad began passenger service with its new ‘streamlined’ electric locomotive. This engine was 79-1/2 feet long and weighed in at a hefty 230 tons. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1936 | * | The German Gestapo is placed above the law. | Ref: 35 |
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| 1936 | * | (day unspecified) The British Admiralty accepts Szilard's offer to turn over his patents. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1938 | * | King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | (day unspecified) Frisch and Rudolf Peierls, living in the UK, consider the possibility of fast fission in U-235. Based on a theoretical estimate of the fast fission cross section they estimate the critical mass of pure U-235 at "a pound or two", and that a large percentage could be fissioned before explosive disassembly. They also estimate the likely effects of the bomb, and possible assembly methods, as well as estimates of the feasibility of isotope separation. After preparing a memorandum on this discovery, they give a copy to Mark Oliphant, who passes it along to Henry T. Tizard, chairman of the Committee on the Scientific Survey of Air Defense. At this point the "Tizard Committee" is the most important scientific committee for defense in Britain. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1941 | * | (day unspecified) Philip Abelson begins working on uranium enrichment at the Naval Research Laboratory. He selects liquid thermal diffusion as the technique to pursue. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1941 | * | First highway post office makes 1st trip, Washington DC-Harrisonburg, VA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | (day unspecified) Compton asks Gregory Breit to coordinate physics research on fast neutron phenomena. At this time available experimental data on all aspects of fast neutron reactions and fission is extremely limited and imprecise. Theoretical techniques are also rudimentary. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1943 | | "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | (day unspecified) With the concrete building to house it complete, construction begins on the first reactor at Hanford, the B pile. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1944 | * | (day unspecified) The Los Alamos Governing Board reevaluates deuterium fusion research and determines that tritium would be necessary to make an explosive reaction. Priority of fusion bomb work is further downgraded. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) The F reactor goes on-line at Hanford, raising theoretical production capacity to 21 kg/month. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Uranium gun design is completed and frozen. Only planning for deployment and combat use once the U-235 is delivered is now required (although studies of an improved gun design, begun on Dec. 7 and later abandoned, are underway). | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Planning for an implosion bomb test begins in earnest. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Initiator tests begin. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Demand for polonium rises to 100 curies/month. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Plutonium begins arriving from Hanford. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Admiral Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, is notified of the nature of the atomic bomb project. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1945 | * | (day unspecified) Tinian Island is selected as the base of operations for atomic attack. | Ref: 91 |
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| 1947 | | Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | * | Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | (Rosenberg) (day unspecified) Greenglasses change their story, implicating Ethel Rosenberg in spy activities. | Ref: 87 |
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| 1951 | * | Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden CO. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1961 | * | Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Colonel Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy caught and convicted five years earlier, is released in exchange for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. | Ref: 3 |
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| 1966 | * | Harmel government in Belgium resigns. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, goes into effect. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in New York. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | | Ras al Khaima joins the United Arab Emirates. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Silver futures hit record $4.81½ an ounce in London. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebbe Raid (1976). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1978 | * | Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1983 | * | Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | -61ºF (-52ºC), Maybell CO (state record). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1988 | * | 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Ronald Brown becomes the first black chairman of the Democratic Party National Committee. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2001) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1989 | * | Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's first black sheriff. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Ron Brown was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black to head a major U.S. political party. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1990 | * | Perrier Water pulls product from shelf due to benzene in water. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Lithuania votes for independence from USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | The Senate approves $8.6B in relief for victims of the Los Angeles earthquake. (The House approved the measure on the 11th and President Clinton signs it on the 12th.) (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1995 | * | Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | (OJ Simpson) O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Dr. David Satcher was confirmed by the Senate to be surgeon general. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1998 | * | AOL raised its monthly flat access rate from $19.95 to $21.95, explaining it needed to upgrade its network to handle the onslaught of people taking advantage of its flat price. The increase was set to go into effect in April 1998. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | Olympics figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery | Ref: 5 |
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| 1999 | * | Resigned to losing their case, House prosecutors said public opinion polls made a stronger impression on senators than any evidence that President Clinton committed high crimes and misdemeanors. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2000 | * | The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered inspections of MD-80, MD-90, DC-9 and Boeing 717 series jetliners in the wake of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed off the California coast January 31, killing all 88 people on board. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | France, Germany and Belgium jointly veto a US-backed measure to authorize NATO to make plans to protect Turkey if Iraq attacked it. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 2003 | * | Iraq agreed to allow U-2 surveillance flights over its territory, meeting a key demand by U.N. inspectors searching for banned weapons; President Bush brushed aside Iraqi concessions as too little, too late. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1680 | * | The great comet disappears from view. Most were terrified by it but it aided Newton in the study of parabolic orbits. | Ref: 62 |
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| 1774 | * | Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Ink paste manufactured for first time by Standard Ink Company. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | The first waterless gas storage tank was placed in service -- in Michigan City, Indiana. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Bell Aircraft displays a fixed-wing vertical takeoff plane. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1985 | * | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1098 | * | Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1258 | | Huegu, a Mongol leader, seizes Baghdad, bringing and end to the Abbasid caliphate. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1620 | | Supporters of Marie de Medici, the queen mother, who has been exiled to Blois, are defeated by the king's troops at Ponts de Ce, France. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1763 | * | The Treaty of Paris ends the French-Indian War. France gives up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1776 | * | Washington writes from Charleston, "Without men, without arms, without ammunition, there is little to be done." | Ref: 62 |
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| 1799 | * | Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Cairo, Egypt, for Syria, at the head of 13,000 men. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1814 | * | Napoleon personally directs lightning strikes against enemy columns advancing toward Paris, beginning with a victory over the Russians at Champaubert. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1846 | * | Battle of Sobraon, India;10,000 Sikhs killed by British in last battle of first Sikh War. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | | General Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | | Peace of Zanjón. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | US-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley; US gets Puerto Rico & Guam. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | State of siege proclaimed in Zululand. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | British conscription law goes into effect. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1933 | | Dutch sea-plane bombs Dutch ship. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | The Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Iceland is attacked by German planes. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | London severs diplomatic relations with Romania; Iceland is attacked by German planes. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | Anti-Nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | The former French liner "Normandie" capsized in New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U-S Navy. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1942 | * | World War II halts civilian car production. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Submarine U-564 torpedoes and shells Canadian merchant ship Victolite northwest of Bermuda. All 47 on board die. | |
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| 1942 | * | Submarine U-136 torpedoes and sinks RCN corvette Spikenard south of Iceland and west of Ireland. Spikenard was part of convoy SC-67, the first convoy of the "Newfie-Derry Run", from Newfoundland to Londonderry, Northern Ireland. | |
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| 1943 | * | Soviet forces attack the Spanish Blue Division near Krasny Bor, below Leningrad. The Blue Division is forced to retreat for the first time in the war. | |
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| 1943 | * | 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | B-29s hit the Tokyo area. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1947 | * | WWII peace treaties signed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | | Greek General Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1974 | * | Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | | Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | | Peter Ostlund skates world record 500 meter (45.2 seconds). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Major League owners are now forbidden to own more than one baseball franchise. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1916 | * | After Chief Meyers is waived by the Giants to the Robins, Brooklyn owners Ebbets and Haughton disagree on his status. A coin toss, won by Ebbets, decides the catcher will remain with the team. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1920 | * | The spitball, shineball, emeryball and other doctored pitches are outlawed by the American League and National League Joint Rules Committee. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Bucky Harris, 27, becomes the youngest baseball manager (Washington Senators). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Primo Carnera knocked out Ernie Schaaf in round 13 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was not a happy crowd on hand. The spectators were joined by the press at ringside who shouted, “Fake!” at the knockout. Schaaf died later as a result of that punch. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | | Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400 meter (5:14.2). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | | US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | First black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy of Great Britain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of Great Britain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | | Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy Great Britain. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | The Los Angeles franchise in the American Football League was transferred to San Diego. The previous year, Hollywood resident Gerald Courtney had won an all-expenses-paid trip to Mexico City and Acapulco after submitting the winning name: Chargers. Three reasons for choosing Chargers have been offered: 1) It sounded dynamic, 2) The club’s new stationary featured a horse and 3) Owner Baron Hilton had recently instituted the Carte Blanche card. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Jim Beatty becomes the first sub-four-minute indoor mile runner with a 3:58.9 mark in Los Angeles. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | Cassius Clay KOs Sonny Banks in the 4th round in Madison Square Garden NY. | Ref: 96 |
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| 1963 | * | Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | | US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Peggy Fleming wins the Olympics figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Yankees announce their former star first baseman, Bill White, will join the WPIX broadcast team becoming the first black announcer in Major League Baseball history. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1973 | * | 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Judy Ikenberry wins first US women's marathon (2:55:17). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | 33rd NHL All-Star Game Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at Los Angeles CA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1982 | * | The Mets agree to a five-year deal with George Foster completing the trade with the Reds which sent Jim Kern, Greg Harris and Alex Trevino to Cincinnati. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1982 | | 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont Québec. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | One of the Houston Rockets’ ‘Twin Towers’, seven-foot-four-inch Ralph Sampson (the Rockets star center), scored 24 points to lead the West over the East, 140-129 in the NBA All-Star Game in Indpls, IN. Sampson was named the games’ Most Valuable Player. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1985 | * | The match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in a world championship match in Moscow ends without a winner, annoying both players. Karpov won 5 of the first 27 games, Kasparov won 3 of the last 19 games, all others being tied. | Ref:78 |
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| 1985 | | Andrea Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | 35th NBA All-Star Game West beats East 140-129 at Indiana. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis MO. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Celtic Kansas City Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | Buster Douglas Kos Mike Tyson in a 10 round upset to become heavyweight boxing champion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | 41st NBA All-Star Game East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | | Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics first gold medal for the USA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | After nine hours of deliberation, boxer Mike Tyson is found guilty on one count of rape (Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant) and two counts of deviate sexual conduct. | Ref: 98 |
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| 1993 | | Jani Sievinen swims world record 200 meter backstroke (1:55.59). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12 meters). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | | US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champion Gary Kasparov in game one of their scheduled 6-game match. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sign a working agreement with the Mexico City Tigers of the Mexican League. | Ref: 86 |
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| 2000 | * | In what may be the most significant and influential trade in the history of the organization, the Cincinnati Reds acquire OF Ken Griffey Jr. from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for RHP Brett Tomko, OF Mike Cameron and minor-leaguers Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer. Griffey, a perenial All-Star and future Hall-of-Famer, returns to his childhood home, and joins his father, Ken Sr., as a member of the Reds. | Ref: 86 |
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| 1749 | | 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1794 | * | Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1860 | * | John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | Two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb, (3' 4") and his lovely bride, Lavinia Warren, (2' 8"), exchanged “I do’s” before a small gathering of 2,000 of their closest friends -- most of them standing on the church pews to catch a glimpse of the couple, in NY City. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1878 | * | Peter Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | | 1st electric arc light used (in California Theater) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1881 | * | Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1882 | * | Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka" premieres in St Petersburg. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | The NY Times first puts the slogan "All The News That's Fit To Print" on its front page. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | Edward Sheldons "Romance" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Owen Davis' "Icebound" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Harts premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Thomson/Gertrude Stein's opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | MGM's "Puss Gets the Boot" premiered. It was the first Tom & Jerry cartoon, and the first cartoon directed by the team of Hanna & Barbera. | Ref: 73 |
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| 1940 | * | "In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | First "Gold" Record awarded to Glenn Miller by RCA Victor for his ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo'. (XDG, p 4A, 2/10/2004) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1942 | * | Ted Fio Rito’s orchestra recorded Rio Rita for Decca Records in Los Angeles. Bob Carroll sang on the disc that became the group’s theme song. Ole! | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | "Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1947 | | Netherlands Radio Union forms. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock starred in the classic, Death of a Salesman, which opened at the Morosco Theatre in New York City. The play later became a major motion picture. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | "John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | "My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | | Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | The press reported on this day that “millions of teenage boys are spending extra time in front of the mirror trying to make their hair look like Paul McCartney’s...,” following an appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show the night before. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1965 | * | A quote, often used later by others, was first stated by Hubert H. Humphrey. He said, “The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.” Humphrey was a noted and beloved U.S. Senator from Minnesota and a Vice-President in the Lyndon Johnson administration. He ran for the Presidency but lost to Richard M. Nixon. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1968 | * | "Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | John Guares "House of Blue Leaves" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | "Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | "John Lennon Live in NYC" album is released. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | 5th annual ESPY Awards presented. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1609 | * | Sir John Suckling English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1637 | | Henriëtte Catharina van Nassau Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus], Flemish painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1670 | * | William Congreve England, restoration writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1685 | * | Aaron Hill English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1686 | * | Johann F Gronovius Dutch physician/botany, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1696 | * | Johann Melchior Molter composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1702 | * | Jean-Pierre Guignon composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1717 | * | Pierre de La Garde composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1728 | * | Peter III Feodorovich German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1735 | * | Johann Christoph Kuhnau composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1741 | * | Franz Adam Veichtner composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1741 | * | Andre-Ernest Gretry, French operatic composer, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1750 | * | Stanislao Mattei composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Charles Lamb writer: Oxford in the Vacation, Ibid, Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist, A Chapter on Ears, A Dissertation upon Roast Pig; is born in London England. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1788 | * | Johann Peter Pixis composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1795 | * | Ary Scheffer Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1807 | * | Sarah Lincoln, sister of Abraham Lincoln, is born. (Ref) | |
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| 1807 | * | Abner Clark Harding Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1874, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | Isham Green Harris Governor (Confederacy), died in 1897, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1819 | * | Richard Storrs Willis composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | William Read Scurry (Confederate Army Brigadier General, died in 1864), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | * | Samuel Plimsoll Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1827 | * | Peter J Savelberg Dutch Limburgs monastery founder, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Harrison Gray Otis, American newspaper publisher-Los Angeles Times, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1841 | * | Walter Parratt composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Mildred Childe "Life" Lee daughter of confederate General Robert E Lee, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | Bror Beckman composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1866 | * | Rafael Altamira Crevea Spanish lawyer/historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1869 | * | Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | * | Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1872 | * | Anne Anema Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Franz Carl Bornschein composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Jesse G Vincent Arkansas, engineer designed first V-12 engine, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | [Fran J] Vital Celen Flemish literary/author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | G Ungaretti writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1889 | * | Howard Spring British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Boris L Pasternak Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1890 | * | Cor Ruys Dutch actor (Princess Stage), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Harold first Earl Alexander of Tunis, Governor-General of Canada (1945-52), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Alan Hale [Rufus Alan Mackahan], Washington DC, actor (Little John-Adventures of Robin Hood), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Jimmy Durante New York NY, long-nosed comedian (and good-night Mrs Calabash), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Bill Tilden, US tennis player, first American to win a Wimbleton singles title, (US Open 1920-25, 29), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1894 | * | [Maurice] Harold MacMillan London, (C) British PM (1957-63), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1894 | * | Roy D'Arcy San Francisco CA, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | Olin Howlin Denver CO, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1897 | * | John Franklin Enders Connecticut, micro-biologist (polio-Nobel 1954), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Dame Judith (Frances Margaret) Anderson, Adelaide Australia, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Bertolt Brecht Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Joseph Kessel French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1898 | * | Robert Keith, Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Rebecca Negrin, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Stella Adler, actress and teacher, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1902 | * | Armand Bernier Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Stella Adler New York, actress (My Girl Tisa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Walter H Brattain Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1903 | * | Matvey Isaakovich Blanter composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | John Farrow Sydney Australia, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Lon Chaney Jr actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), is born in Oklahoma City OK. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1905 | * | John Dierkes Ohio, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Max Schubert winemaker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Vilko Ukmar composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Walter Brown sports organizer (NBA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | John "Cat" Thompson basketball hall of famer (elected 1962), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | Walraven (Wally) van Hall Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Grace Hamilton first black member of Georgia state legislature, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Jean Coulthard composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Lord Milne, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Dominique Georges Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WWII refugees (Nobel 1958), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Douglas Spencer actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | Joyce Grenfell actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Lord Orr-Ewing, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Philippa Bevans actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Larry Adler Baltimore MD, harmonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians Allie (Pierce) Reynolds "Superchief", is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1915 | * | Prussians defeated by Germans in Battle of Masurian Lakes. | Ref: 38 |
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| 1916 | * | Edward R Roybal (Representative-D-CA, 1963- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Gordon Pirie England, Group Captain, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Idwal Pugh British ombudsman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Alexander Comfort English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | J Heslop-Harrison botanist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Adrian Cruft composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Harold Hughes (Governor-D-NJ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Neva Patterson Nevada, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Allie Sherman football: Brooklyn College; head coach: NY Giants; author: Allie Sherman’s Book of Football, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1923 | * | Cesare Siepi Milan Italy, basso (New York Metropolitan Opera), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Bud (Norman) Poile hockey: NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, NY Rangers, Boston Bruins; GM: Philadelphia Flyers, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1924 | * | Randy Van Horne El Paso TX, singer (Nat King Cole Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Danny Blanchflower British soccer player, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Jakov Lind German/British author (Counting My Footsteps), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel MS, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1927 | * | Nigel Bagnall British field marshal, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Viscount Cowdray British financier/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1928 | * | Gene Taylor (Representative-D-St Louis, 1973- ), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Hallgeir Brenden Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Olympics-gold-1952, 56), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | | Henk Heidweiler Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Jerry Goldsmith pianist/composer (Twilight Zone), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Jim Whittacker mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Clayton K Yeutter Nebraska, US trade representative/Republican National chairman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | John Gilpin English ballet dancer (Études, Alice in Wonderland), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Robert Wagner Detroit MI, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Peter Phillips composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Gerhard Rosenfeld composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Makoto Shinohara composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Thomas Bernhard writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Donald Hilton Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Rockin Dopsie Sr [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Conrad Klapheck German painter (typewriters), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Salvator Pueyo composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Theodore Antoniou composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Olwyn Bowey painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | | Sylvia Williams museum director/curator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Don Wilson rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | Yuriy Poyarkov USSR, volleyball player (Olympics-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | | Lord Justice Rose, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Barbara Kolb Hartford CT, composer (Trobar Jus), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Roberta Flack Black Mountain (Asheville) NC, vocalist (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1940 | * | Jimmy Merchant rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Hamish Imlach folk singer/comic, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey England, long jumper (Olympics-gold-1964), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | | Peter Middleton CEO (Lloyd's), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Michael Apted director/researcher (Granada TV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | | Michael Bishop CEO (British Midland Airways), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Ral Donner singer: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got, She’s Everything; narrator and Presley’s voice in film: This is Elvis; is born in Black Mountain NC. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Frances Moore Lappé author: Diet for a Small Planet, Rediscovering America’s Values, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Peter Allen Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | John Hayes Secretary-General (British Law Society), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | | Klas Tuinstra Dutch MP (CDA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Donovan [P Leech] Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Keith Mans MP, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Conrad Cummings composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1949 | * | Joe Lavender football: Washington Redskins cornerback: Super Bowl XVII, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Nigel Olsson musician: drums: backup for Elton John, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Gail Rebuck CEO (Random House), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Mark Spitz Modesto CA, swimmer (Olympics-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Mike Rutherford rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Roxanne Pulitzer Glendale CA, author (The Prize Pulitzer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Zeudi Araya Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1952 | * | Mike Varty football: Baltimore Colts LB, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1953 | * | Carl Joseph Stone composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | John Shirley US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Greg[ory John] Norman Queensland Australia, PGA golfer "The White Shark" (1984 Kemper), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Lusia Mae Harris Minter City MS, basketball player (Olympics-silver-76), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Debbie Brinkley Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | WBC heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas is born. | Ref: 97 |
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| 1958 | * | Sharon Stone Meadville PA, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Tonga [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Lionel Cartwright Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Presidential advisor George Stephanopoulos is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Eva Pfaff West Germany, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Cliff Burton rocker (Metallica), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Jean-Marie Banos Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Olympics-9/10-88, 92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Bennie Thompson NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Harris Huizingh soccer player (FC Groningen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Joakim Nystrom Sweden, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Lenny (Leonard Kyle) Dykstra baseball: NY Mets [World Series: 1986], Philadelphia Phillies [all-star: 1990, 1994, 1995/World Series: 1993/led league in hits: 192-1990, 194-1993], is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1964 | * | Francesca Neri Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Mir Aimal Kansi Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Roger Reijners soccer player (MVV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Sam Graddy Gaffney SC, 4x100 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1984), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Eugen Sanger, German rocket propulsion engineer, dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1965 | * | Lenny Webster New Orleans LA, catcher (Montréal Expos), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Marjolein Macrander Dutch actress (Drowned), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Daryl Johnston NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Laura Dern, Los Angeles CA, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Small Talk), daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Bradley Hughes Mordialloc Victoria Australia, Australasia golfer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Dwayne "Road Grader" White NFLer (New York Jets, St Louis), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Peter Popovic Koping Sweden, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Ryan Bowen US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Jayhawk Owens Cincinnati OH, catcher (Colorado Rockies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Tim Clark US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Alberto Castillo Dominican/US baseball catcher (New York Mets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Bobby Jones Fresno CA, pitcher (New York Mets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Brendan Eppert St Louis MO, speed skater (Olympics-1994), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Kevin Sefcik Oaklawn IL, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Marty Nothstein Allentown PA, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Wayne Gandy tackle (St Louis Rams), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Nancy Christian Scottsdale AZ, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Sara Simmons Belmont MA, rower (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Torey Hunter NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Andrew English CFL receiver (British Columbia Lions), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Ty Law NFL cornerback (New England Patriots), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Tina Thompson WNBA forward (Houston Comets), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Stephanie Ann Foisy Concord NH, Miss New Hampshire-America (1995), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1134 | * | Robert III/II Curthouse Duke of Normandy, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1162 | * | Boudouin III son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1164 | * | Hugo van Fosses/Prémontré abbott of Prémontré, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1482 | * | Luca della Robbia Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1495 | * | Sir William Stanley English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1543 | * | Johann Albert Eck, German theologian, dies at age 56. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1567 | * | Lord Darnley Stuart husband of English queen Mary, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1588 | | Joost Sybrantsz Buyck Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1598 | * | Anna van Bull first wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1657 | * | Sebastian Stosskopf Elizabethian painter, dies at 59. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1660 | * | Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1676 | * | Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster MA. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1678 | | Philip Vingboons Amsterdam's master builder, buried. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1686 | * | William Dugdale Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1711 | * | Lukas Fencer Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1772 | * | Jozef Wenceslas monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1772 | * | Louis Tocqué French painter, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1774 | * | Florian Leopold Gassmann composer, dies at 44. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1783 | * | James Nares composer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1816 | * | Johann Paul Aegidius Martini composer, dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1822 | * | Albert-Kasimir duke of Saxon-Teschen/Governor of Hungary, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Paul van Hemert Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | * | Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1832 | * | Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini composer, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (Boris Godunov, The Queen of Spades), dies at age 37 (or January 29th on the Julian (old) calendar). | Ref: 68 |
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| 1843 | * | Richard Carlile, English journalist, dies at age 52. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1857 | * | David Thompson, English explorer and fur trader in western Canada and the United States dies at age 87. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1861 | * | Francis Danby Exmouth, painter, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist, dies at age 86. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1876 | * | Johan August Soderman composer, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Honoré V Daumier French painter/lithographer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1879 | * | Wolter R baron van Hoëvell Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1880 | * | Isaäc M "Isaac A" Crémieux French minister of Justice, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee WI, kills 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Ellen Wood English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Pieter van der Aa Dutch geographer, dies at 54. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | | J N Krieger German Selenographer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | Ignacy Krzyzanowski composer, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | | Stella Adler dies. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1912 | * | Joseph Lister, British surgeon, pioneer of antiseptic, inventor: Listerine mouthwash; President of the Royal Society [1895 to 1900]; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1913 | * | The bodies of Captain Scott and his companions are found after their tragic attempt to return from the South Pole | Ref: 18 |
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| 1915 | * | Albert J-BJ Thijs Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Emile Pessard composer, dies at 73. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Abdül-Hamid II 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | R H Edgar Wallace British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 56. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | | Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Pius XI [Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti] Italy, 259th Roman Catholic Pope (1922-39), dies at age 81. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1942 | * | Alice H. Rice, American novelist, dies at age 72, | Ref: 70 |
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| 1943 | | Wa'er shot dead by Defiance. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | I.J. Singer, Polish-born American author, dies at age 50. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1945 | * | Juan de Hernandez composer, dies at 63. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Sergei Eisenstein Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Armen Tigran Tigranyan composer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Joseph Bovet composer, dies at 71. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist and Roman Catholic priest, dies at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1957 | * | Laura Ingalls Wilder writer: Little House series including Little House on the Prairie and Little House in the Big Woods; dies at age 90. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Billy Vine actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Willem Paerels Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Eugen Sanger, German rocket propulsion engineer, dies at age 58. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1964 | * | Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne, killing 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Billy Rose (Rosenberg), US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1968 | * | Three college students are killed in a confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg, SC, during a civil rights protest against a whites-only bowling alley. (XDG, p 4A, 2/08/2003) | Ref: 83 |
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| 1968 | | Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | 83 meter wide gas tank on Staten Island NY explodes, crushing 40. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | * | Grace Mary Williams composer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1981 | * | Eight people are killed, 198 injured, when fire breaks out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino. (TWA, 1997) | Ref: 95 |
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| 1983 | * | Eduard Franz actor (Zorro), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1986 | * | Brian Aherne actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1987 | * | Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Dan Kelly NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Alex Haley Pulitzer Prize-winning author: Roots [1977]; The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Queen; dies at age 70. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1992 | * | Mau Kopuit Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Meade Roberts screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Thomas Graftdijk Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Wim Ramaker Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Florence Tarlow dies of cancer at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | John Grossman Czechoslovakian director (Process, Revisor), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Joy Garrett actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Maurice Bourges-Maunoury PM of France (1957), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1993 | * | Rip (Eldon John) Repulski baseball: SL Cardinals [all-star: 1956], Philadelphia Phillies, LA Dodgers [World Series: 1959], Boston Red Sox; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1995 | * | Kenton Kilmer poet/translator, dies at 85. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Louis Sen A Kaw Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Paul Monette writer, dies at 49. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | S van der Linde church historian, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | | Hugh Francis Lamprey ecologist, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Milton Cato PM of San Vincent & Grenadines (1979-84), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Brian Connolly singer: group: The Sweet: Little Willy, Funny Funny, Co-Co, Wig Wam Bam, Blockbuster, Jell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage, Fox on the Run; dies at age 47. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | Buddy the Wonder Dog dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1998 | * | Maurice Schumann French foreign minister (1969-73), dies | Ref: 5 |
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| 2000 | * | Actor Jim Varney (The Beverly Hillbillies, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Saves Christmas) dies in his home from lung cancer at age 50. | Ref: 68 |
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| 2002 | * | Retired Lt Gen Vernon A Walters, aid to seven presidents, who also served as ambassador to the United Nations and to Germany, dies in West Palm Beach, FL at age 85. | Ref: 70 |
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| 2003 | * | Ronald L. Ziegler journalist, Press Secretary for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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