491 Historic Events for February 2
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Benny Rubin, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show)
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| 1900 |
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Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
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| 1900 |
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Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65)
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| 1901 |
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Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso (Carnegie Hall)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Connie Gilchrist, Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
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| 1902 |
Death |
Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Tyra Ryman, Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Frank McGrath, Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Buzurg Alavi, Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha)
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer
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| 1904 |
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US blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Ayn Rand, writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead)
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| 1906 |
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Pope encyclical against separation of church and state
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| 1907 |
Death |
Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
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| 1907 |
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Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Anita Garvin, actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Cal Tinney, Okla, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Calif, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Pavel Sivic, composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Franc Albertson, Fergus Falls MN, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams)
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| 1909 |
Event |
Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
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| 1909 |
Death |
Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
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