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04/02/1910
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Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1910
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Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1910
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Joeri German, Russian writer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1911
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Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1912
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Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
Type: Event
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04/02/1912
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Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
Type: Event
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04/02/1914
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Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1915
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Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
Type: Birth
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04/02/1915
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Arthur Ballard, artist
Type: Birth
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04/02/1916
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German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
Type: Event
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04/02/1917
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Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
Type: Event
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04/02/1917
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Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1917
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Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
Type: Event
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04/02/1917
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Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1919
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Ian Hunter, impresario
Type: Birth
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04/02/1919
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Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
Type: Birth
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04/02/1920
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Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1920
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Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist (Waddenzee, Rh“ne-delta)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1921
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Prof Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity
Type: Event
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04/02/1922
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Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1923
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Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1923
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Hugh Overton, British diplomat
Type: Birth
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04/02/1924
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Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1925
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George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1926
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Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta
Type: Event
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04/02/1926
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Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1926
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Elena Verdugo, Hollywood Calif, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1927
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Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
Type: Birth
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04/02/1928
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Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
Type: Birth
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04/02/1928
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Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1928
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Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1928
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Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
Type: Death
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04/02/1929
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Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1929
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Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1930
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Girolamo Arriego, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1930
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W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
Type: Birth
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04/02/1930
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1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
Type: Event
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04/02/1931
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Imre Olsvai, composer
Type: Birth
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04/02/1931
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Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Type: Event
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04/02/1932
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Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
Type: Event
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04/02/1932
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Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in 27 Tests)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1932
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Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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04/02/1933
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K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56), dies
Type: Death
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04/02/1934
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Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1934
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Diane Cilento, Rabaul
Type: Birth
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04/02/1934
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Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1934
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Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1935
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Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
Type: Birth
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04/02/1935
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Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
Type: Event
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04/02/1935
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Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
Type: Event
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