437 Historic Events for February 5
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| 1889 |
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Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's)
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| 1891 |
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Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)
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| 1891 |
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Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum)
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| 1892 |
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George Saiko, writer
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| 1893 |
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Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
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| 1893 |
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Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)
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| 1894 |
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Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms
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| 1897 |
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Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO
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| 1897 |
Death |
Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
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| 1897 |
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Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
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| 1900 |
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Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)
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| 1900 |
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British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal
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| 1901 |
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Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp
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| 1901 |
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Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
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| 1902 |
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Bronislaw Kaper, composer
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| 1903 |
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Joan Whitney Payson, owner (NY Mets and horse stables)
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| 1903 |
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Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears)
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| 1903 |
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Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist
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| 1904 |
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American occupation of Cuba ends
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| 1906 |
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John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)
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| 1907 |
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Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Norton Simon, business executive (Simon and Schuster)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)
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| 1907 |
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Arnold Schânberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
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| 1907 |
Death |
Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45
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