461 Historic Events for February 11
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Hans Redlich, composer
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Rex Lease, WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
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| 1903 |
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Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
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| 1905 |
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James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299«-last pin breaks but stands
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| 1905 |
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Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
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| 1907 |
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Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
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| 1907 |
Death |
Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
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| 1907 |
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De Master's Dutch govt resigns
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| 1907 |
Birth |
E W Swanton, author and sports commentator
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| 1908 |
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Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
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| 1908 |
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Heemskerk's govt begins in Holland
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Josh White, rocker
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
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| 1911 |
Death |
Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer
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