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02/06/1926
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St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
Type: Event
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02/06/1927
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Smokey Burgess, baseball catcher (Pitts Pirates)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1927
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Dani‰l F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/06/1929
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Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"
Type: Event
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02/06/1929
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Keith Waterhouse, English writer (Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1929
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Sixten Jernberg, Sweden, skier (Olympic-gold-1956/60/64)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1930
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Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17
Type: Death
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02/06/1931
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Fred Trueman, [Fiery Fred], English cricket player
Type: Birth
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02/06/1931
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Freddie Trueman, cricketer ("Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1931
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Rip Torn, Tx, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1932
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1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)
Type: Event
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02/06/1932
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Fascist coup in the Memel territory
Type: Event
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02/06/1932
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Fran‡ois Truffaut, Paris, director (Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1933
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-90øF (-68øC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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112' ocean wave observed near Manila
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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20th amendment (terms of office) passed
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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Pres von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament
Type: Event
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02/06/1933
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Leslie Crowther, English TV-comic/quizmaster
Type: Birth
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02/06/1933
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Mamie Van Doren, Rowena SD, actress (Navy vs Night Monsters) [or 2/2]
Type: Birth
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02/06/1933
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Walter E Fauntroy, (Rep-D-DC, 1971- )
Type: Birth
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02/06/1934
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Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500
Type: Event
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02/06/1935
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"Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time
Type: Event
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02/06/1935
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1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey
Type: Event
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02/06/1936
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4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Type: Event
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02/06/1936
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Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"
Type: Event
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02/06/1936
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Otis Williams, rocker (Charms)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1936
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Wies Andersen, [Alo‹s de Bois], Belgian actor/producer (Maigret)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1937
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K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-US female lawyer
Type: Event
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02/06/1937
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Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner
Type: Birth
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02/06/1938
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Ellsworth Milburn, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1938
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Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/06/1939
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Spanish govt flees to France
Type: Event
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02/06/1939
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Mike Farrell, St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1940
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Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1940
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Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
Type: Birth
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02/06/1941
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Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
Type: Event
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02/06/1941
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Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed
Type: Event
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02/06/1941
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British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
Type: Event
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02/06/1941
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Gigi Perreau, LA Calif, actress (Journey to Center of Time)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1941
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Stephen Albert, composer
Type: Birth
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02/06/1941
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Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82
Type: Death
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02/06/1942
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John London, bassist (Michael Nesmith band)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1942
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Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/06/1943
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1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
Type: Event
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02/06/1943
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Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
Type: Event
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02/06/1943
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Fabian Forte, Phila Pa, vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1943
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Gayle Hunnicutt, Ft Worth Tx, actress (Legend of Hell House, Dallas)
Type: Birth
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02/06/1943
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HA Seyffardt, Dutch lt-gen/NSB "minister", dies at 71
Type: Death
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