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02/05/1954
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WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/05/1954
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Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/05/1954
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Roseanne Katan, Jamacia, playmate (Sep, 1978)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1955
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Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1956
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Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
Type: Death
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02/05/1956
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7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Type: Event
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02/05/1956
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NY Mayor Robert Wagner and Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build
Type: Event
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02/05/1956
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
Type: Event
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02/05/1957
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Craig Wilson, Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olym-silver-84, 88)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1957
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert
Type: Event
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02/05/1958
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Jennifer Jason Leigh, [Morrow], LA Cal, actress (Single White Female)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1958
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Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
Type: Event
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02/05/1958
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Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic
Type: Event
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02/05/1958
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Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/05/1958
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Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)
Type: Event
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02/05/1958
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Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
Type: Event
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02/05/1959
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Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
Type: Event
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02/05/1959
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Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
Type: Death
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02/05/1959
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Glenn Dubis, Lincoln Neb, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1959
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"Redhead" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 455 performances
Type: Event
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02/05/1960
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Jane Geddes, Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1960
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William John Readings, literary theorist
Type: Birth
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02/05/1960
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Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81
Type: Death
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02/05/1960
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Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
Type: Death
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02/05/1961
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Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
Type: Death
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02/05/1962
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French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
Type: Event
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02/05/1962
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Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/05/1962
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Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
Type: Event
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02/05/1962
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Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16ø
Type: Event
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02/05/1962
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Tommy Skeoch, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1962
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Duff McKagan, [Michael], Seattle Wash, bassist (Guns and Roses)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1963
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Soviet lunar probe failure
Type: Event
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02/05/1963
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Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars
Type: Event
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02/05/1964
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Jim Pugh, Burbank CA, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/05/1965
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Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/05/1965
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Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/05/1965
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Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1965
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James David McGovern, Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
Type: Birth
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02/05/1965
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Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels
Type: Event
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02/05/1966
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BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
Type: Event
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02/05/1966
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Jose Maria Olazabal, golfer
Type: Birth
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02/05/1966
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Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (šber Ideenflucht), dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/05/1967
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Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/05/1967
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"Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
Type: Event
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02/05/1967
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Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
Type: Event
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02/05/1967
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
Type: Event
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02/05/1968
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KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/05/1968
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Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
Type: Event
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02/05/1968
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Regina Rajchitova, Czech, tennis star
Type: Birth
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02/05/1968
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Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36
Type: Death
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