449 Historic Events for February 28
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)
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| 1886 |
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Jos‚ Guti‚rrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)
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| 1887 |
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William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)
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| 1888 |
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Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres
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| 1888 |
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Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
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| 1891 |
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Oscar Grund‚n skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)
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| 1893 |
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Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
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| 1895 |
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Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)
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| 1896 |
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France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
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| 1898 |
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Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Laura Z Hobson, writer
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| 1900 |
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General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen)
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| 1902 |
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Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo
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| 1903 |
Death |
Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
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| 1903 |
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Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000
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| 1904 |
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Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Glyn Jones, writer
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