434 Historic Events for February 9
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Xavier Benguerel, composer
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Robert Morris, sculptor
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| 1932 |
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America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
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| 1932 |
Death |
Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered
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| 1932 |
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US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Lord Williams of Elvel
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Countess of Airlie
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Justice Johnson
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
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| 1933 |
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-63øF (-53øC), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
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| 1934 |
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-14.3øF (-25.7øC), coldest day in New York City
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| 1934 |
Birth |
John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
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| 1934 |
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Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania)
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| 1934 |
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-51øF (-46øC), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
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| 1935 |
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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| 1935 |
Event |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
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| 1935 |
Death |
Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Paul Flynn, MP
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
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| 1936 |
Death |
Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
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| 1939 |
Event |
Belgian Spaak govt falls
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
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