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02/02/1958
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Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1958
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WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/02/1958
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Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic
Type: Event
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02/02/1959
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Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers
Type: Event
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02/02/1959
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Buddy Holly's last performance
Type: Event
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02/02/1959
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Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
Type: Death
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02/02/1960
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Lee Chill, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1977 Ohio Jr)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1960
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Eric Shea, actor (Castaway Cowboy)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1960
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Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/02/1960
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Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss
Type: Event
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02/02/1961
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Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam
Type: Event
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02/02/1961
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Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/02/1961
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Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56
Type: Death
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02/02/1961
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Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1962
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Ben Testerman, Knoxville Tenn, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/02/1962
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Type: Event
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02/02/1962
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1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16¬', Melrose Games)
Type: Event
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02/02/1962
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Michael T Weiss, Chicago, actor (Jarod-Pretender, Days of our Lives)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1962
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8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
Type: Event
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02/02/1963
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Pebbles Flintstone, fictional character on "The Flintstones"
Type: Birth
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02/02/1963
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Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/02/1963
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Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard)
Type: Event
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02/02/1963
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Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor (Catherine the Great)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1964
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Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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02/02/1964
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GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy
Type: Event
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02/02/1964
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Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
Type: Event
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02/02/1965
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Harry Swayne, NFL tackle (SD Chargers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1965
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Richard P Blackmur, US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
Type: Death
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02/02/1965
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Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton
Type: Event
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02/02/1965
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Richard Wurz, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/02/1966
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Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/02/1966
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Bob Alan Estes, Graham TX, PGA golfer (1994 Texas Open)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1966
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Tony Plourde, Chibougamau Quebec, sabre (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1966
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Victor Muhammad, WLAF running back (London Monarchs)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1967
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Bolivia adopts its constitution
Type: Event
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02/02/1967
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Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
Type: Event
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02/02/1968
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Scott Erickson, Long Beach CA, pitcher (Minnesota Twins, Balt Orioles)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1968
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Paul McKenzie, Australian Finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1968
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Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
Type: Event
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02/02/1968
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Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1968
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Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1968
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Ventson Donelson, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1968
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Steve Henson, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1969
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KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/02/1969
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Ijaz Ahmed Jr, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka 1995)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1969
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Jeff Christy, corner (Minnesota Vikings)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1969
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Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/02/1969
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Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
Type: Birth
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02/02/1969
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Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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02/02/1969
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Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83
Type: Death
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