401 Historic Events for March 2
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| 1942 |
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Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
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| 1942 |
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14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist (Breezin', This Masquerade)
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| 1943 |
Event |
Sea battle in Bismarck Sea finishes, US and Australia win
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Gordon Black, English industrialist
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Tony Meehan, rocker
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| 1943 |
Death |
Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague), dies at 79
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| 1943 |
Event |
1st transport from Westerbork Neth to Sobibor concentration camp
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Rosa DeLauro, (Rep-D-Connecticut)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Stephen Dickman, composer
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| 1944 |
Event |
16th Academy Awards - "Casablanca," Jennifer Jones and Paul Lukas win
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| 1944 |
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Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Katherine Crawford, actress (Captains and Kings, Gemini Man)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Leif Segerstam, composer
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Gordon Thompson, Ottawa Canada, actor (Adam Carrington-Dynasty)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Joy Garrett, actress (Jo-Days of Our Lives)
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| 1945 |
Event |
King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist govt
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| 1945 |
Event |
8th Air Force bombs Dresden
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Brian J Donnelly, (Rep-D-MA, 1979- )
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| 1946 |
Event |
Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
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| 1946 |
Event |
Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA
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| 1946 |
Event |
Dutch troops land on East Bali
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Rory Gallagher, rock guitarist
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Larry Carlton, rock composer (Against All Odds, Who's the Boss)
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