419 Historic Events for February 14
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| 1912 |
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1st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Ct
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Oliver Wendell Harrington, cartoonist
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Edmund George Love, US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)=
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Juan Pujol Garcia, [Garbo/Arabel], Spanish British/German double agent
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)
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| 1913 |
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Ab [Albert] Visser, Dutch poet/writer (Man Without a Head)
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| 1913 |
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James Pike, Okla City, bishop (Beyond Anxiety)
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| 1914 |
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High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Irving Gordon, songwriter
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| 1915 |
Birth |
A W H Stewart-Moore, CEO (Gallaher)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Wawrzyniec Jerzy Zulawski, composer
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director (Joi-uchi)
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Edward Platt, Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart)
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| 1916 |
Death |
Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Herbert A Hauptman, NYC, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985)
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| 1918 |
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H Atteridge and S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC
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| 1918 |
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USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1)
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| 1919 |
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United Parcel Service forms
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| 1920 |
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League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Arnold Elton, consultant surgeon
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Jeanne Demessieux, composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Hugh Downs, Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Albert Sloman, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep
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