421 Historic Events for February 4
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Isabel Per¢n, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
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| 1931 |
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National League adopts a deader baseball
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Ivan Davis, Electra Tx, pianist/writer (Hunger, Corn is Green)
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| 1932 |
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Japanese troop occupy Harbin, Manchuria
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| 1932 |
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3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
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| 1933 |
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-Feb 10] Crew of Dutch "7 Provinces" mutiny after pay cuts
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| 1933 |
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German Pres Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Jouko Sakari Linjama, composer
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan)
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| 1936 |
Event |
1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Gary Conway, Boston Mass, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants)
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
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| 1937 |
Event |
Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games
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| 1937 |
Birth |
John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
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| 1938 |
Event |
Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazi in key posts
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| 1938 |
Event |
"Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Jane Bryant Quinn, newspaper and television reporter
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| 1939 |
Birth |
John Schuck, Boston Mass, comedian (McMillan and Wife, Holmes and Yoyo)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86)
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| 1939 |
Death |
Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
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