437 Historic Events for February 5
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| 1921 |
Birth |
John M Pritchard, London England, conductor
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| 1921 |
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Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Bernard Kalb, spokesman (State Dept)/actor (Dave)
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| 1922 |
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Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
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| 1922 |
Death |
Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
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| 1922 |
Death |
James William Tate, composer, dies at 46
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer
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| 1923 |
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General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
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| 1923 |
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Mass arrests of socialists and communists in Italy
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| 1924 |
Death |
Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Robert Lynn, anarchist
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| 1926 |
Death |
Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, NYC, publisher (NY Times)
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| 1927 |
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Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released and bombed
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor (Here Come the Brides, Primus)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Val Dufour, New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend
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| 1929 |
Death |
Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Fred Sinowatz, (SP™), chancellor of Austria (1983-86)
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| 1929 |
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Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
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| 1930 |
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5th Aliyah to Israel begins
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| 1931 |
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Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
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| 1933 |
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Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Ron Wilson, US percussionist (Joy of Cooking)
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