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02/08/1936
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Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
Type: Event
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02/08/1936
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Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1936
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Larry Verne, singer (Custer)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1936
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Manohar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India v WI 1958-59)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1937
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Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/08/1937
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Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1937
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Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1937
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Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75
Type: Death
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02/08/1938
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Ray Sharpe, singer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1939
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Barry Mann, vocalist (Who Put the Bump)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1939
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Gerrit Lakmaaker, sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1940
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Lewis and Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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02/08/1940
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Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
Type: Event
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02/08/1940
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Averil Cameron, British(?) historian
Type: Birth
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02/08/1940
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Talib Rasul Hakim, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1940
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Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1941
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Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore
Type: Event
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02/08/1941
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NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
Type: Event
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02/08/1941
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Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1942
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Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles
Type: Event
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02/08/1942
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Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort
Type: Event
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02/08/1942
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Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1942
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Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1942
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Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son
Type: Birth
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02/08/1942
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Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
Type: Death
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02/08/1943
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Red Army recaptures Kursk
Type: Event
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02/08/1943
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Bob Oliver, baseball player
Type: Birth
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02/08/1943
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Creed Bratton, Calif, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1943
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Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1944
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1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
Type: Event
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02/08/1944
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U-762 sunk off Ireland
Type: Event
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02/08/1944
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Bunky Henry, golfer
Type: Birth
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02/08/1944
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Jim Capaldi, rocker (Traffic)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1944
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Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
Type: Death
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02/08/1945
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Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald
Type: Event
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02/08/1946
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B‚la Bart•ks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Phila
Type: Event
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02/08/1946
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Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
Type: Event
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02/08/1946
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"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, LA Calif, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1946
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Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1946
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Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
Type: Death
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02/08/1947
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Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
Type: Event
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02/08/1947
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KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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02/08/1947
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Sam Gannon, cricketer (Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests v India 1977-78)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1947
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Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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02/08/1948
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5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
Type: Event
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02/08/1948
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Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, vocalist (Seals and Crofts-You Still Move Me)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1949
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Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
Type: Event
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02/08/1949
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Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1949
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Julia Barr, Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
Type: Birth
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02/08/1949
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Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Type: Birth
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