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03/02/1898
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Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
Type: Event
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03/02/1899
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Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame
Type: Birth
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03/02/1899
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Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)
Type: Event
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03/02/1900
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Kurt J Weill, Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1901
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Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant
Type: Birth
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03/02/1901
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Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens
Type: Event
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03/02/1902
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Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist (Manhattan Project)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1902
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Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
Type: Event
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03/02/1903
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Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
Type: Event
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03/02/1904
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"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
Type: Event
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03/02/1904
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Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan
Type: Event
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03/02/1904
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Dr Seuss, [Theodor Geisel], kid's book author (Horton Hears a Who!)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1905
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Marc Blitzstein, Phila Pa, composer (Cradle Will Rock)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1907
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General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
Type: Event
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03/02/1907
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Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce … l'Oreille," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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03/02/1908
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Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist
Type: Birth
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03/02/1909
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Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer (NY Giants)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1909
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Gr Brit, France, Germ and It asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
Type: Event
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03/02/1909
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Hanoch Jacoby, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1909
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Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
Type: Birth
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03/02/1910
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Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector
Type: Birth
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03/02/1910
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2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
Type: Event
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03/02/1911
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William Hansen, WA, actor (Homebodies)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1912
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Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930's)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1913
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Mort Cooper, baseball player (NL MVP 1942)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1913
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Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1913
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Marjorie Weaver, Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1915
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Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1915
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British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
Type: Event
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03/02/1915
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Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
Type: Event
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03/02/1916
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Bernard George Stevens, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1916
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Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1916
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Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
Type: Death
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03/02/1917
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Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1917
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Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
Type: Event
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03/02/1917
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John Gardner, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1917
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Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, actor (I Love Lucy)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1918
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NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Phila A's
Type: Event
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03/02/1918
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Peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator
Type: Birth
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03/02/1919
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Tamara Toumanova, dancer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1919
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Jennifer Jones, [Phyllis Isley], Okla, actress (Farewell to Arms)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1919
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Eddie Lawrence, comedian
Type: Birth
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03/02/1919
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1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
Type: Event
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03/02/1920
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Karel Cap‚k's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague
Type: Event
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03/02/1920
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Enrique Franco, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1921
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Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1922
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WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/02/1922
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Eric Feldbush, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1922
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Mario Zafred, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1922
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WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions
Type: Event
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