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02/02/1881
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Karl Frederick, pistol champ (Olympic-gold-1920)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1881
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Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/02/1882
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James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1882
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James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1882
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Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63
Type: Death
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02/02/1882
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Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn
Type: Event
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02/02/1883
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Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1884
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Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army
Type: Birth
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02/02/1884
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S Z Sakall, Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1885
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Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer (I cavalli bianchi)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1886
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Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1886
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William R Ben‚t, writer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1888
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Candelario Huizar, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1888
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Frank Lloyd, Scotland, actor/director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1890
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Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1891
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Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1891
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Antonio Segni, premier/president (Italy)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1892
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Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England v Aust SCG
Type: Event
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02/02/1892
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Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
Type: Event
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02/02/1892
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Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby
Type: Event
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02/02/1893
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1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ
Type: Event
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02/02/1894
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US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
Type: Event
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02/02/1895
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George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
Type: Birth
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02/02/1896
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Jane Wilde, writer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1898
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Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1899
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Benny Rubin, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1900
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Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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02/02/1900
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Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1901
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Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
Type: Event
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02/02/1901
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Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1901
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Connie Gilchrist, Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1902
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Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42
Type: Death
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02/02/1902
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Tyra Ryman, Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1903
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Frank McGrath, Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1904
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Buzurg Alavi, Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1904
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Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1904
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US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
Type: Event
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02/02/1905
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Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1905
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Ayn Rand, writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1906
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Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
Type: Event
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02/02/1907
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Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/02/1907
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Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
Type: Birth
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02/02/1908
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Anita Garvin, actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1908
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Cal Tinney, Okla, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1908
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Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor
Type: Birth
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02/02/1908
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Pavel Sivic, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1908
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Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1909
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Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1909
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Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
Type: Event
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02/02/1909
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Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
Type: Death
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