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02/02/1927
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Richard Vance Maxfield, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1927
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Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1928
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Alan Fluck, musical educationalist
Type: Birth
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02/02/1928
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Howard Caine, Nashville Tn, actor (Californians)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1928
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Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, PM of Italy (1988-89)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1929
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Reiner Bredemeyer, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1929
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Albert Steinrck, German actor (Golem), dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/02/1931
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1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students
Type: Event
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02/02/1931
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1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
Type: Event
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02/02/1931
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Andreas "Andries" van Agt, Dutch premier (CDA, 1977-82)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1931
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Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/02/1932
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Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia)
Type: Event
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02/02/1932
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Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries
Type: Event
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02/02/1932
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Grimmett takes 14 wickets v South Africa (7-116 and 7-83)
Type: Event
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02/02/1932
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Reconstruction Finance Corp organized
Type: Event
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02/02/1932
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Robert Mandan, Clever Mo, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1933
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2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament
Type: Event
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02/02/1933
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Gring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
Type: Event
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02/02/1933
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Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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02/02/1934
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Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism
Type: Event
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02/02/1934
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[Clyde] Skip Batten, LA Calif, rocker (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1934
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Ernesto Nazareth, composer, dies at 70
Type: Death
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02/02/1935
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Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc)
Type: Event
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02/02/1937
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Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1937
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Tom Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1939
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Rachel English, London, author (My 1st 500)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1940
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Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch)
Type: Event
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02/02/1940
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Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1940
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Martina Arroyo, NYC, soprano
Type: Birth
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02/02/1940
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Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1941
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Serge Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
Type: Birth
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02/02/1941
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Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/02/1942
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LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
Type: Event
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02/02/1942
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US auto factories switch from commercial to war production
Type: Event
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02/02/1942
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Barry Diller, founder (Fox-TV)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1942
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Bo Hopkins, Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1942
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Graham Nash, guitarist (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-Southern Cross)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1943
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Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
Type: Event
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02/02/1943
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Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest
Type: Event
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02/02/1943
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German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
Type: Event
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02/02/1943
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Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1944
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4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands
Type: Event
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02/02/1944
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Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory
Type: Event
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02/02/1944
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Baseball meets in NYC to discuss postwar action
Type: Event
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02/02/1944
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Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/02/1944
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Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1944
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Katherine Crawford, LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains and Kings)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1944
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Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1945
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Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp
Type: Event
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02/02/1945
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Ronnie Goodson, rocker
Type: Birth
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