434 Historic Events for February 9
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Harald Genzmer, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Jacques Monod, French biochemist
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
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| 1912 |
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US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
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| 1913 |
Event |
-18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Max Manus, resistance fighter
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
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| 1916 |
Death |
Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
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| 1916 |
Death |
Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90
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| 1916 |
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NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
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| 1916 |
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Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
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| 1917 |
Death |
Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
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| 1918 |
Death |
Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
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| 1918 |
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Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
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| 1918 |
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Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
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| 1920 |
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International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
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| 1920 |
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Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs
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| 1921 |
Birth |
B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
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