491 Historic Events for February 2
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| 1852 |
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Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Cam‚lias," premieres in Paris
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| 1852 |
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Fran‡ois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
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| 1852 |
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1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)
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| 1852 |
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Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)
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| 1854 |
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Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians"
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| 1856 |
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Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer
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| 1857 |
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Jan Six, Dutch art historian/art collector
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| 1859 |
Birth |
Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex)
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC)
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22)
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| 1863 |
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Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time
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| 1864 |
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-Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida
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| 1869 |
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James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
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| 1870 |
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Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY
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| 1870 |
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Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum
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| 1873 |
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Johan P earl van Limburg Stirum, Dutch diplomat
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German secretary of State (1932-38)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Leopold Fall, Austria, operetta composer (Dollar Princess)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Annette Kolb, German/French author (Small Fanfare)
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| 1875 |
Birth |
Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer
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| 1876 |
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Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis
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| 1878 |
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Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake)
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| 1878 |
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Greece declares war on Turkey
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| 1880 |
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SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton
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