526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
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| 1898 |
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1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
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| 1902 |
Death |
Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
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| 1902 |
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China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Carlo Borbolla, composer
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues)
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| 1902 |
Event |
Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
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| 1903 |
Death |
George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
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| 1904 |
Birth |
S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
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| 1904 |
Death |
Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Emilio Segre
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
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| 1905 |
Death |
Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
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| 1905 |
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Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
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| 1905 |
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Hague soccer team ADO froms
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| 1906 |
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1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
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| 1906 |
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English min of Frgn affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
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| 1907 |
Birth |
GĀnter Eich, German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo)
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