469 Historic Events for February 10
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Lord Orr-Ewing
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| 1912 |
Event |
Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
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| 1912 |
Death |
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
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| 1913 |
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Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in NYC
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Ragnhild Marie Hatton, historian
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Philippa Bevans, actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
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| 1915 |
Death |
Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
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| 1916 |
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Conscription begins in Britain
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Edward R Roybal, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
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| 1917 |
Death |
Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
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| 1917 |
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Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
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| 1918 |
Death |
Abdl-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain
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| 1920 |
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Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Adrian Cruft, composer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor and JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)
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| 1923 |
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SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
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| 1923 |
Death |
Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
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