420 Historic Events for February 3
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Charles [Andy] Correll, Peoria Ill, actor (Calvin and Colonel)
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| 1890 |
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Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Problem des B”sen)
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| 1891 |
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Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Great Neth Stage)
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| 1891 |
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Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
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| 1892 |
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Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Juan Negr¡n, PM of Spanish Republic (1936-39)
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| 1894 |
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1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
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| 1894 |
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Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
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| 1895 |
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Nick Kenny, Astoria NYC, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
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| 1895 |
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Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52)
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| 1895 |
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Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, politician (APRA-Peru) [or Feb 22]
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| 1895 |
Event |
Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
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| 1896 |
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Johannes Urzidil, writer
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| 1898 |
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Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
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| 1898 |
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Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect (Finlandia House)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
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| 1900 |
Event |
Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
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| 1900 |
Death |
Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
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| 1901 |
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Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ili‰ on Sumatra
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| 1902 |
Death |
Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Ram¢n [J] Sender, [Garc‚s], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Priaulx Rainier, composer
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| 1903 |
Event |
Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
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