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03/02/1923
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Time magazine debuts
Type: Event
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03/02/1923
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"Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician
Type: Birth
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03/02/1923
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Don Taylor, cricketer (NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1923
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Robert H Michel, (Rep-R-IL, 1957- )
Type: Birth
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03/02/1924
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Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist
Type: Birth
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03/02/1924
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R‚nos Apostolidis, Greek author/poet (Katigor¢)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1925
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Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament
Type: Event
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03/02/1925
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Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
Type: Event
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03/02/1925
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Nationwide road numbering system and US shield marker adopted
Type: Event
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03/02/1925
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SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament
Type: Event
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03/02/1927
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Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
Type: Event
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03/02/1927
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Siegfried Kohler, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1927
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Witold Szalonec, composer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1928
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Philip K Dick, writer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1929
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Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
Type: Event
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03/02/1929
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Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Type: Event
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03/02/1929
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Donald Gosling, English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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03/02/1930
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1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building
Type: Event
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03/02/1930
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Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1930
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John Cullum, Knoxville, actor (Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1930
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David H Lawrence, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44
Type: Death
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03/02/1931
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Duane E Graveline, Newport Vt, astronaut
Type: Birth
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03/02/1931
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Mikhail S Gorbachev, Privolnoye USSR, Soviet sec-gen (1985-91)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1931
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Tom Wolfe, Richmond Va, journalist/author (Right Stuff)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1933
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"King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy NYC
Type: Event
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03/02/1933
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Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
Type: Event
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03/02/1934
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Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
Type: Event
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03/02/1934
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Bernard Rands, Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1934
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Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, NFLer
Type: Birth
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03/02/1935
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Al Waxman, Toronto Canada, actor (Cagney and Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1936
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Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
Type: Event
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03/02/1936
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Henny Boskamp, [Hoelscher], actor (Troeleke)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1937
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Mexico nationalizes oil
Type: Event
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03/02/1937
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Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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03/02/1938
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Landslides and floods cause over 200 deaths (LA Calif)
Type: Event
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03/02/1938
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Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
Type: Event
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03/02/1938
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Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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03/02/1938
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Donald Schwall, baseball player (1961 AL rookie of year)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1938
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Simon Estes, Centerville Iowa, bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1939
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Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII
Type: Event
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03/02/1939
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Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late
Type: Event
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03/02/1939
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Barbara Luna, NYC, actress (5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1939
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Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer (Buffoons)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1939
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Howard Carter, Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), dies at 65
Type: Death
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03/02/1940
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1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, NYC
Type: Event
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03/02/1940
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Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
Type: Event
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03/02/1940
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Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman (S Afr Prog Fed Party, 1979-86)
Type: Birth
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03/02/1942
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14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win
Type: Event
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03/02/1942
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Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
Type: Event
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03/02/1942
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John Irving, NH, short-story writer (World According to Garp)
Type: Birth
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