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02/04/1918
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Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer (Jennifer)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1918
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Norman Wisdom, London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1919
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City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown
Type: Event
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02/04/1919
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Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1920
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1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months)
Type: Event
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02/04/1920
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Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop (Liverpool)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1920
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John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool
Type: Birth
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02/04/1921
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Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1921
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Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/04/1922
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WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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02/04/1923
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Conrad Bain, Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1924
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1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France
Type: Event
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02/04/1924
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George Kelly's "Show-Off," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/04/1925
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Russell Hoban, US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1926
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Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join Germany
Type: Event
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02/04/1926
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John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1927
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KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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02/04/1927
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Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/04/1928
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Dave Ketchum, Quincy Ill, actor (Agent 13-Get Smart)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1928
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Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/04/1929
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Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
Type: Event
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02/04/1929
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Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse
Type: Birth
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02/04/1929
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Paul Burlison, rocker
Type: Birth
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02/04/1930
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1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
Type: Event
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02/04/1931
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National League adopts a deader baseball
Type: Event
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02/04/1931
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Argentina Rioja
Type: Birth
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02/04/1931
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Isabel Per¢n, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
Type: Birth
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02/04/1932
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3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
Type: Event
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02/04/1932
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Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria
Type: Event
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02/04/1932
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Ivan Davis, Electra Tx, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1933
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-Feb 10] Crew of Dutch "7 Provinces" mutiny after pay cuts
Type: Event
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02/04/1933
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German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
Type: Event
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02/04/1934
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Jouko Sakari Linjama, composer
Type: Birth
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02/04/1935
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Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso
Type: Birth
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02/04/1935
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Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1936
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1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
Type: Event
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02/04/1936
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Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/04/1936
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Gary Conway, Boston Mass, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1937
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Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
Type: Event
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02/04/1937
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Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1937
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John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1937
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Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1938
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"Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
Type: Event
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02/04/1938
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Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts
Type: Event
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02/04/1938
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Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
Type: Birth
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02/04/1939
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Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort
Type: Event
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02/04/1939
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Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor
Type: Birth
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02/04/1939
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Jane Bryant Quinn, newspaper and television reporter
Type: Birth
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02/04/1939
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John Schuck, Boston Mass, comedian (McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo)
Type: Birth
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02/04/1939
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Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86)
Type: Birth
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