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02/16/1886
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Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 and 2) Soccer intl)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1886
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Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1887
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1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
Type: Event
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02/16/1887
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Eduard Douwes Dekker writes his last text (Lf8-c5)
Type: Event
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02/16/1890
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Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1892
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Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna
Type: Event
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02/16/1892
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Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1893
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Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
Type: Birth
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02/16/1894
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British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast
Type: Event
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02/16/1896
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Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1896
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Charles A L Panz‚ra, French baritone (L'horizon Chim‚rique)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1898
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Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1899
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Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg)
Type: Event
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02/16/1899
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Fran‡ois F‚lix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
Type: Death
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02/16/1900
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1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF)
Type: Event
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02/16/1900
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1
Type: Event
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02/16/1900
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Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter
Type: Birth
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02/16/1900
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George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
Type: Death
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02/16/1901
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Chester Morris, NYC, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1901
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Wayne King, Savannah Ill, saxophonist/bandleader (Waltz King)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1903
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-59øF (-51øC), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
Type: Event
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02/16/1903
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Edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1904
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Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1904
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George F Kennan, Milwaukee Wisc, US ambassador (to Moscow)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1905
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1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston
Type: Event
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02/16/1905
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Jose Munoz Molleda, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1905
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Lord Franks, British ambassador (to US)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1906
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Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1906
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Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1907
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Angh‚los Terzakis, Greece, writer (Without God)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1907
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Fernando Previtali, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1907
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Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor (Charles V)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1907
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Giosu‚ Carducci, poet (Nobel 1906), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1909
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1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
Type: Event
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02/16/1909
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Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
Type: Event
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02/16/1909
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Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1909
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Jeffrey Lynn, Auburn Mass, actor (My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1910
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Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1910
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Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer
Type: Birth
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02/16/1910
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Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/16/1911
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Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
Type: Event
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02/16/1912
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Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch (female) author
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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Del Sharbutt, Cleburne Tx, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader (created salsa music)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt (Aberdeenshire)
Type: Birth
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02/16/1912
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Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
Type: Death
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02/16/1913
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President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
Type: Event
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02/16/1914
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1st airplane flight (LA to SF)
Type: Event
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