491 Historic Events for February 2
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News)
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| 1923 |
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Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Peter Fowler, physicist
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Bonita Granville, NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger)
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| 1923 |
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US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
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| 1923 |
Birth |
James Dickey, Atlanta, poet/actor (Deliverance)
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| 1924 |
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International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Tine Balder, [Clementine AL Cobbaut], Flemish actress (Antigone)
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| 1925 |
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Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
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| 1925 |
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Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism
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| 1925 |
Birth |
David Abell Wood, priest
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| 1925 |
Death |
Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Michel Paul Philippot, composer
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| 1925 |
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NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began
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| 1926 |
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3 men dance Charleston for 22« hours
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Elaine Stritch, Detroit Mich, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress (Kantika pa Mama Tera)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Val‚ry Giscard d'Estaing, pres of France (1974-81)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Richard Vance Maxfield, composer
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| 1927 |
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Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in NYC
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| 1927 |
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Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St NYC
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist
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