436 Historic Events for February 8
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| 1897 |
Death |
Antonio C novas del Castillo, premier of Spain, murdered at 69
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| 1898 |
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John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding and gumming mach (Mass)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
John Cameron, judge
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
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| 1904 |
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Russo-Japanese War begins
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Truman Bradley, MO, TV host (Science Fiction Theater)
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| 1905 |
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Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopy)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
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| 1907 |
Death |
Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Myron McCormick, Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again)
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| 1908 |
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Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Henry Roth, writer
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| 1909 |
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France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco
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| 1909 |
Death |
Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80
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| 1909 |
Death |
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
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| 1910 |
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Boy Scouts of America incorporated and chartered (William D Boyce-Chic)
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| 1911 |
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Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in NYC
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