526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1907 |
Birth |
John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U and non-U)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
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| 1908 |
Death |
Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Edward Staempfli, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
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| 1909 |
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US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
H Stanley Cayzer
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
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| 1910 |
Death |
Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
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| 1910 |
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Dragoumis govt forms in Greece
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| 1910 |
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1st British labour exchange opens
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
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| 1914 |
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NY Giants and Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
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| 1914 |
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Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer
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| 1914 |
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Tanganyika Railway opens
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
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| 1916 |
Death |
Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
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| 1917 |
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Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
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