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02/03/1890
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Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Problem des B”sen)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1890
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Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/03/1891
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Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1891
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Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Great Neth Stage)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1892
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Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
Type: Event
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02/03/1894
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1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
Type: Event
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02/03/1894
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Juan Negr¡n, PM of Spanish Republic (1936-39)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1894
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Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1895
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Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
Type: Event
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02/03/1895
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Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1895
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Nick Kenny, Astoria NYC, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1895
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Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, politician (APRA-Peru) [or Feb 22]
Type: Birth
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02/03/1896
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Johannes Urzidil, writer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1898
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Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect (Finlandia House)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1898
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Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/03/1899
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Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1899
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Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1900
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Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
Type: Event
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02/03/1900
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Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1900
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Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
Type: Death
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02/03/1901
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Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ili‰ on Sumatra
Type: Event
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02/03/1902
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Ram¢n [J] Sender, [Garc‚s], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1902
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Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies
Type: Death
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02/03/1903
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Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
Type: Event
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02/03/1903
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Priaulx Rainier, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1903
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Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/03/1903
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Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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02/03/1904
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Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal
Type: Birth
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02/03/1904
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Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1904
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Roger Makins, diplomat
Type: Birth
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02/03/1906
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Ludvig Nielsen, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1907
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James A Michner, NYC, writer (South Pacific, Hawaii, Space)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1908
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Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
Type: Event
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02/03/1908
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Oddbj”rn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1909
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M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans], poet (Phoenix)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1909
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Simone Weil, Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WW II)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1909
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Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86
Type: Death
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02/03/1910
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Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel M‚xico, composer (A la Patria)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1910
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Nelson Case, Long Beach Calif, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1911
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Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1911
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Jesse Thomas, blues singer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1912
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Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information
Type: Birth
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02/03/1913
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16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
Type: Event
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02/03/1913
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Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/03/1914
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Cornelis "Kees" Andr‚a, Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1914
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Felix Kelly, artist
Type: Birth
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02/03/1915
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Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal
Type: Event
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02/03/1915
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Jann Willem Holsbergen, author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold)
Type: Birth
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02/03/1915
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Richard Bales, composer
Type: Birth
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02/03/1916
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Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down
Type: Event
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