469 Historic Events for February 10
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| 1902 |
Death |
J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Stella Adler, NY, actress (My Girl Tisa)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer
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| 1904 |
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Japan and Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
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| 1904 |
Birth |
John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
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| 1905 |
Death |
Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Vilko Ukmar, composer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Max Schubert, winemaker
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| 1905 |
Birth |
John Dierkes, OH, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree)
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| 1906 |
Event |
Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
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| 1906 |
Event |
State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Walraven (Wally) van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
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| 1908 |
Event |
Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Jean Coulthard, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Lord Milne
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Joyce Grenfell, actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
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