420 Historic Events for February 16
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| 1905 |
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Lord Franks, British ambassador (to US)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Jose Munoz Molleda, composer
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| 1906 |
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Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Angh‚los Terzakis, Greece, writer (Without God)
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| 1907 |
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Giosu‚ Carducci, poet (Nobel 1906), dies
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| 1907 |
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Fernando Previtali, composer
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor (Charles V)
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| 1909 |
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Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
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| 1909 |
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1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Jeffrey Lynn, Auburn Mass, actor (My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer
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| 1910 |
Death |
Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)
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| 1912 |
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VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
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| 1912 |
Death |
Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt (Aberdeenshire)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader (created salsa music)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Del Sharbutt, Cleburne Tx, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch (female) author
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement)
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| 1913 |
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President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
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| 1914 |
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1st airplane flight (LA to SF)
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