401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Marjorie Weaver, Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
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| 1915 |
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British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
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| 1915 |
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Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Bernard George Stevens, composer
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician (PvdA)
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| 1916 |
Death |
Elisabeth OL, [Carmen Sylva], Queen of Romania, dies at 72
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Jim Konstanty, baseball player (NL MVP 1950)
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| 1917 |
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Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
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| 1917 |
Birth |
John Gardner, composer
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, actor (I Love Lucy)
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| 1918 |
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NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Phila A's
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Peter O'Sullevan, Ireland, horse racing commentator
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Tamara Toumanova, dancer
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Jennifer Jones, [Phyllis Isley], Okla, actress (Farewell to Arms)
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Eddie Lawrence, comedian
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| 1919 |
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1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin
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| 1920 |
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Karel Cap‚k's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Enrique Franco, composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer
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| 1922 |
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WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Eric Feldbush, composer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Mario Zafred, composer
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| 1922 |
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WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions
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