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02/08/1921
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Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/08/1922
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Radio arrives at the White House
Type: Event
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02/08/1922
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Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
Type: Birth
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02/08/1923
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Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
Type: Event
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02/08/1923
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German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
Type: Event
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02/08/1923
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Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
Type: Birth
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02/08/1924
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1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic
Type: Event
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02/08/1924
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Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1924
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Joe Black, baseball player
Type: Birth
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02/08/1924
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Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1925
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Kaufman and Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/08/1925
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Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta
Type: Event
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02/08/1925
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Alvin Brehm, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1925
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Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine and Roses, Missing)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1925
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Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1926
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German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
Type: Event
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02/08/1926
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Sean O'Casey's "Plough and Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
Type: Event
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02/08/1926
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Walt Disney Studios forms
Type: Event
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02/08/1927
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Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
Type: Event
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02/08/1927
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John T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
Type: Birth
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02/08/1927
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Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1927
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Zdenek Zouhar, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1928
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1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
Type: Event
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02/08/1928
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Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
Type: Event
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02/08/1928
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Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1929
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KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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02/08/1930
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"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Type: Event
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02/08/1930
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Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1930
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Arlan Stangeland, (Rep-R-MN, 1977- )
Type: Birth
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02/08/1930
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Catherine Hardy, Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1930
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Manuel Castillo, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1931
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Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
Type: Event
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02/08/1931
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James Dean, Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1932
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Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party (CDA)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1932
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John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1932
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Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
Type: Death
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02/08/1933
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-23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)
Type: Event
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02/08/1933
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1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
Type: Event
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02/08/1933
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Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1933
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Jack Larson, LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1934
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Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC
Type: Event
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02/08/1934
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Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt
Type: Event
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02/08/1934
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Galina Bystrova, USSR, pentathelete (1957, 58)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1934
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Nick Nolte, Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1935
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1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
Type: Event
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02/08/1935
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Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
Type: Birth
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02/08/1935
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Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87
Type: Death
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02/08/1936
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1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
Type: Event
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02/08/1936
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1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn
Type: Event
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02/08/1936
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1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers
Type: Event
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