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02/10/1943
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Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
Type: Event
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02/10/1943
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"Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination
Type: Event
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02/10/1943
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Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance
Type: Death
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02/10/1943
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Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1944
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Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1944
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U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
Type: Event
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02/10/1944
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Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
Type: Event
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02/10/1945
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"Rum and Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
Type: Event
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02/10/1945
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Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP (CDA)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1945
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Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/10/1945
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John Hayes, secretary-general (British Law Society)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1946
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Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1946
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1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
Type: Event
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02/10/1946
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Keith Mans, MP
Type: Birth
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02/10/1947
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Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
Type: Event
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02/10/1947
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WW II peace treaties signed
Type: Event
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02/10/1947
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Netherlands Radio Union forms
Type: Event
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02/10/1947
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Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
Type: Event
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02/10/1948
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Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
Type: Event
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02/10/1948
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Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
Type: Death
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02/10/1948
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Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/10/1948
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Conrad Cummings, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1949
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Joe Lavender, NFLer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1949
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Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
Type: Event
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02/10/1950
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Gail Rebuck, CEO (Random House)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1950
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Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1950
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Mike Rutherford, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike and Mechanics)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1950
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Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/10/1951
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Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/10/1951
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"John and Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
Type: Event
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02/10/1951
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Roxanne Pulitzer, Glendale Calif, author (Prize Pulitzer)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1951
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Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
Type: Event
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02/10/1951
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Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1952
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Mike Varty, NFLer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1953
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John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1953
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Carl Joseph Stone, composer
Type: Birth
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02/10/1953
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Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
Type: Event
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02/10/1953
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
Type: Event
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02/10/1953
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Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer and John Nicks of GRB
Type: Event
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02/10/1953
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Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB
Type: Event
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02/10/1954
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
Type: Event
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02/10/1954
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Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
Type: Event
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02/10/1954
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Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
Type: Event
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02/10/1954
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Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
Type: Event
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02/10/1954
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
Type: Event
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02/10/1955
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Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1955
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Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
Type: Birth
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02/10/1956
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Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
Type: Event
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02/10/1956
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"My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
Type: Event
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02/10/1957
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
Type: Event
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