526 Historic Events for February 1
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| 1918 |
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Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse's musical premieres in NYC
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| 1918 |
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Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)
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| 1918 |
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Franz Leh rs opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
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| 1919 |
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Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Pierre Jonqu‚res d'Oriola, France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64)
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| 1920 |
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
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| 1920 |
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Soccer team Quick Boys forms
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
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| 1920 |
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1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Clifford McWatt, cricketer (WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
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| 1922 |
Death |
William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
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| 1923 |
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Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
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| 1923 |
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No‰l Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London
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| 1923 |
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Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
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| 1924 |
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Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens
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| 1924 |
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New British MacDonald govt recognizes USSR
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| 1924 |
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Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
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| 1924 |
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Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain
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| 1925 |
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1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontk„mpferbund in Berlin
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Douglas Johnson, historian
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
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