420 Historic Events for February 3
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| 1927 |
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Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
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| 1928 |
Birth |
C V Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Mr [Fred] Rogers, Latrobe, Pa, kid host (Mr Roger's Neighorhood)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Russell Arms, Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
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| 1929 |
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Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Joan Rice, actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up)
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| 1930 |
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Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
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| 1930 |
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William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
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| 1931 |
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Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
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| 1931 |
Birth |
G”ran J S Palm, Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Bes”k)
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| 1931 |
Death |
Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer (S Afr batsman v England 1960)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Maria Itkina, USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
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| 1933 |
Event |
1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, DC
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Paul S Sarbanes, (Sen-D-MD, 1977- )
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| 1933 |
Event |
Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
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| 1933 |
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German minister G”ring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorw„rts
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Bobby Simpson, cricketer (great Australian batsman/capt/coach/slip)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager
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| 1937 |
Event |
Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England
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| 1938 |
Death |
Armando Palacio Vald‚s, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
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