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02/02/1910
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Charlotte Auerbach, computer Pioneer/Mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/02/1910
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Hendrik H K Beernink, Dutch politician (CHU)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1911
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Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1911
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Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish tenor
Type: Birth
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02/02/1912
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Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
Type: Event
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02/02/1912
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Burton Lane, Broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1912
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Burton Lane, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1912
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Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1913
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NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
Type: Event
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02/02/1913
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NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens
Type: Event
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02/02/1914
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James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/02/1915
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Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1918
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Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author (Cider for Poor People)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1918
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John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/02/1919
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Monarchist riot in Portugal
Type: Event
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02/02/1919
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Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
Type: Birth
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02/02/1919
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Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss vocalist
Type: Birth
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02/02/1919
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Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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02/02/1920
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Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
Type: Event
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02/02/1920
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France occupies (German) Memel territory
Type: Event
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02/02/1920
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Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
Type: Event
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02/02/1920
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An Wang, founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1921
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Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/02/1922
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It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22
Type: Event
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02/02/1922
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James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
Type: Event
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02/02/1923
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Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
Type: Event
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02/02/1923
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US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
Type: Event
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02/02/1923
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Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1923
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Bonita Granville, NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1923
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James Dickey, Atlanta, poet/actor (Deliverance)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1923
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Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1923
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Peter Fowler, physicist
Type: Birth
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02/02/1924
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International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
Type: Event
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02/02/1924
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Tine Balder, [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1925
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Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism
Type: Event
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02/02/1925
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Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
Type: Event
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02/02/1925
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NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began
Type: Event
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02/02/1925
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David Abell Wood, priest
Type: Birth
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02/02/1925
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Michel Paul Philippot, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1925
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Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
Type: Death
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02/02/1926
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3 men dance Charleston for 22« hours
Type: Event
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02/02/1926
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Elaine Stritch, Detroit Mich, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1926
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Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1926
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Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1926
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Val‚ry Giscard d'Estaing, pres of France (1974-81)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1926
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Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1927
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Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/02/1927
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Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St NYC
Type: Event
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02/02/1927
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Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist
Type: Birth
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02/02/1927
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Richard Ray, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- ) [or Jan 2]
Type: Birth
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