421 Historic Events for February 4
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Mass, newscaster (All Star News)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Robert Coote, London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
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| 1911 |
Death |
Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75
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| 1912 |
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James Craig, Nashville TN, actor (Devil and Daniel Webster, Cyclops)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
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| 1912 |
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Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater
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| 1913 |
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National Institute of Arts and Letters founded
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| 1913 |
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Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
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| 1913 |
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Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of yr)
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| 1913 |
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Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist (bus protestor)
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| 1914 |
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Ida Lupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head)
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| 1914 |
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US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
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| 1915 |
Birth |
William Talman, Detroit Mich, actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason)
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| 1915 |
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Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker
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| 1916 |
Birth |
David Vassall Cox, composer
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Gavin Buchanan Ewart, English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh)
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| 1917 |
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Belgium Council of Flanders established
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| 1917 |
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Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
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