419 Historic Events for February 14
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| 1939 |
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Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer (Donkeys' Years)
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| 1940 |
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British merchant vessel fleet is armed
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Porpoise, 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla)
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| 1941 |
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German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
John Butterfill, MP
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| 1941 |
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Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
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| 1941 |
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Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published
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| 1941 |
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1,000,000th vehicle traverses the NY Midtown Tunnel
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| 1942 |
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Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Margaret Wright, chief commissioner (Guide Assn)
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| 1942 |
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Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Robert J Murphy Jr, Brooklyn NY, PGA golfer (1968 Phila Classic)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Ischa Meijer, journalist/critic/actor (Boezemvriend)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Eric Anderson, Pittsburgh Pa, vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Maceo Parker, US tenor saxophonist (King's One, Mo' Roots)
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| 1943 |
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German offensive through de Faid-pass Tunisia
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| 1943 |
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Soviets recapture Rostov
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| 1943 |
Death |
Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz
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| 1943 |
Death |
David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81
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| 1944 |
Event |
Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial and Sport Fishing
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Alan Parker, English actor (Bugsy Malone, Evita)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Bruce Summerhays, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Carl Bernstein, Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate)
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