401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 1898 |
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Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame
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| 1899 |
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Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Kurt J Weill, Dessau Germany, composer/Brecht collaborator (Mahogany)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant
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| 1901 |
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Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist (Manhattan Project)
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| 1902 |
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Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
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| 1903 |
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Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
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| 1904 |
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"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
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| 1904 |
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Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Dr Seuss, [Theodor Geisel], kid's book author (Horton Hears a Who!)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Marc Blitzstein, Phila Pa, composer (Cradle Will Rock)
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| 1907 |
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General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
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| 1907 |
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Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce … l'Oreille," premieres in Paris
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko)/communist
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 HRs, hall of famer (NY Giants)
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| 1909 |
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Gr Brit, France, Germ and It asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Hanoch Jacoby, composer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector
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| 1910 |
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2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
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| 1911 |
Birth |
William Hansen, WA, actor (Homebodies)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930's)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Mort Cooper, baseball player (NL MVP 1942)
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