406 Historic Events for February 7
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| 1948 |
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Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
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| 1948 |
Death |
"Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies
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| 1948 |
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"Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
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| 1949 |
Event |
Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
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| 1950 |
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Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Burt Hooton, baseball player
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
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| 1950 |
Event |
Georges Bidault forms French govt
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
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| 1950 |
Event |
US and Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Benny Ayala, baseball player
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| 1953 |
Birth |
Robert Brazile, NFLer
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| 1954 |
Death |
Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54
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| 1954 |
Birth |
Miguel Ferrer, Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop)
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| 1955 |
Birth |
Charlie Puleo, baseball player
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| 1955 |
Birth |
Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
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| 1956 |
Event |
Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled
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| 1956 |
Birth |
Garth Brooks, Tulsa Okla, country vocalist (No Fences)
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| 1957 |
Birth |
Carney Lansford, baseball player
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| 1957 |
Birth |
Damaso Garcia, baseball player
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| 1957 |
Death |
Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71
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