420 Historic Events for February 3
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| 1870 |
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15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Ernest B Allo, French theologist
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| 1874 |
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Gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)
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| 1875 |
Death |
Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
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| 1876 |
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Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
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| 1876 |
Death |
Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
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| 1879 |
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Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland)
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| 1882 |
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Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
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| 1882 |
Death |
Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter
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| 1883 |
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Clarence Mulford, Ill, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
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| 1886 |
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Erwin Kroll, composer
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| 1887 |
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To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Carlo Jachino, composer
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Joris Baers, Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'arc)
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Risto Ryti, Finnish premier/president
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| 1889 |
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Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40
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| 1890 |
Death |
Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
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