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02/04/1894
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Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79
Type: Death
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02/04/1895
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Hanns [Johann] Rauter, German SS-lt-general/SS police chief in Neth
Type: Birth
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02/04/1895
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Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1895
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1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
Type: Event
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02/04/1895
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Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/04/1896
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Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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02/04/1896
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Friedrich Glauser, writer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1897
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Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1899
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Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
Type: Event
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02/04/1900
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Jacques Pr‚vert, France, poet/screenwriter (Paroles)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1902
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Charles A Lindbergh, Detroit, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1903
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Siro Cisilino, composer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1903
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Frank Howley, Hampton NY, Brig General (Answers for Americans)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1903
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Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1903
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Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], actor (Beatrice)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1903
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Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias, 2 games to 1 and 1 tie
Type: Event
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02/04/1903
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Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician
Type: Birth
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02/04/1904
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John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin
Type: Event
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02/04/1904
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Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician (SDAP)/resistance fighter
Type: Birth
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02/04/1904
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MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist (Andersonville)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1904
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Predrag Milosevic, composer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1905
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Eddie Foy Jr, New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1906
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Clyde William Tombaugh, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1906
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist (Confessing Church)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1906
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Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (champ-1933)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1908
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Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Mass, newscaster (All Star News)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1908
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Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter
Type: Birth
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02/04/1909
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Robert Coote, London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1909
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Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1910
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Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1910
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Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1911
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Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75
Type: Death
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02/04/1912
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James Craig, Nashville TN, actor (Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1912
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Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1912
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Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater
Type: Birth
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02/04/1913
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National Institute of Arts and Letters founded
Type: Event
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02/04/1913
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Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
Type: Event
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02/04/1913
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Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of yr)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1913
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Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist (bus protestor)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1914
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Ida Lupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1914
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Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1914
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US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
Type: Event
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02/04/1915
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William Talman, Detroit Mich, actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1915
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Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary
Type: Event
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02/04/1916
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Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker
Type: Birth
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02/04/1916
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David Vassall Cox, composer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1916
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Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner
Type: Birth
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02/04/1916
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Gavin Buchanan Ewart, English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1917
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Belgium Council of Flanders established
Type: Event
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02/04/1917
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Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
Type: Birth
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