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02/12/1882
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Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher
Type: Birth
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02/12/1882
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Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/12/1883
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Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1884
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Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist
Type: Birth
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02/12/1885
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Julius Streicher, German district leader (Strmer)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1885
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Licinio Refice, composer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1885
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Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society
Type: Event
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02/12/1886
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Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1886
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Michel Brusselmans, composer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1886
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P J Edvard Backstrm, Swedish writer, dies at 44
Type: Death
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02/12/1886
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2nd British govt of Salisbury forms
Type: Event
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02/12/1889
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Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
Type: Death
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02/12/1889
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Csar Francks Symphony in D, premieres
Type: Event
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02/12/1889
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Henrik Ibsens "Fruen fra Haven," premieres in Oslo
Type: Event
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02/12/1891
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Max Terhune, actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1891
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Maurice Yvain, composer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1891
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Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1893
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Marcel G J Minnaert, Dutch astronomer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1893
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Omar Bradley, General of Army WW II (GI General)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1894
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Hans Guido von Blow, German conductor
Type: Birth
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02/12/1896
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Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
Type: Death
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02/12/1896
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Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/12/1898
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Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (Deputy)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1898
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[Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1899
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-47øF (-44øC), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
Type: Event
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02/12/1899
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1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
Type: Event
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02/12/1899
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Albert Huybrechts, composer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1900
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Ferenc Krmendy, Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1900
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Fred Emney, London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1901
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Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed
Type: Event
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02/12/1901
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Ram¢n de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Col¢n), dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/12/1902
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William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
Type: Birth
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02/12/1904
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Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1905
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Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
Type: Death
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02/12/1905
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Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1906
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George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/12/1908
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NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
Type: Event
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02/12/1908
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Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female
Type: Event
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02/12/1909
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National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
Type: Event
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02/12/1909
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Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter and Wijnkoop)
Type: Event
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02/12/1909
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Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1909
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Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
Type: Event
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02/12/1910
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Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1910
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Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1911
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Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez, president (Dominican Republic)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1911
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Frank Hercules, writer
Type: Birth
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02/12/1911
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Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/12/1912
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Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
Type: Event
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02/12/1912
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China adopts Gregorian calendar
Type: Event
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02/12/1912
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Eddie J Bush, golf professional
Type: Birth
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