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02/14/1820
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Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42
Type: Death
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02/14/1824
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Winfield Scott Hancock, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
Type: Birth
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02/14/1829
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Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
Type: Birth
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02/14/1831
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Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
Type: Death
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02/14/1835
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Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1838
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Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
Type: Birth
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02/14/1841
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Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/14/1845
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Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1846
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Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76
Type: Death
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02/14/1847
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Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette
Type: Birth
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02/14/1848
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James K Polk became 1st pres photographed in office (Matthew Brady)
Type: Event
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02/14/1853
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Jan van Rijswijck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1856
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Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life and Loves)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1857
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Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/14/1857
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John B van Bree, violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/14/1858
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Charles Beach Hawley, composer
Type: Birth
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02/14/1858
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Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1859
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George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1859
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Oregon admitted as 33rd state
Type: Event
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02/14/1862
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Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn
Type: Event
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02/14/1864
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Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1864
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Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1867
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Morehouse College organizes (Augusta Georgia)
Type: Event
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02/14/1867
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Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co issues 1st policy
Type: Event
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02/14/1868
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Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman
Type: Birth
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02/14/1869
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Charles Wilson, English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1872
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1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt CA)
Type: Event
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02/14/1873
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Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52
Type: Death
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02/14/1876
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A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor
Type: Event
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02/14/1879
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Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
Type: Event
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02/14/1880
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Aida Overton Walker, US dancer/singer (In Dahomey, Salome)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1880
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Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer
Type: Birth
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02/14/1881
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Otto Selz, German psychologist
Type: Birth
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02/14/1881
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William John Gruffydd, Welsh poet/scholar (Ynys yr Hud)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1882
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Ignaz Friedman, composer
Type: Birth
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02/14/1882
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George Jean Nathan, US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1883
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1st state labor union legislation; NJ legalizes unions
Type: Event
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02/14/1886
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Theodor Werner, German painter
Type: Birth
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02/14/1887
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Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000
Type: Event
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02/14/1889
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1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves LA for east
Type: Event
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02/14/1890
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1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game
Type: Event
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02/14/1891
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/14/1892
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Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1893
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Kay Fisker, Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1894
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Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"
Type: Birth
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02/14/1894
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Venus is both a morning star and evening star
Type: Event
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02/14/1895
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Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London
Type: Event
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02/14/1895
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Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1895
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Nigel Bruce, Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
Type: Birth
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02/14/1896
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South Africa all out for 30 v England - their lowest ever
Type: Event
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