348 Historic Events for April 2
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| 1878 |
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1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
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| 1883 |
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Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
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| 1884 |
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London prison for debtors closed
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| 1890 |
Death |
Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
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| 1892 |
Death |
Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
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| 1900 |
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1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Anis Fuleihan, composer
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| 1902 |
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Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act
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| 1902 |
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Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
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| 1902 |
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1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Danilo Svara, composer
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| 1905 |
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Cairo-Capetown railway opens
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Edmond Jouhaud, general
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Kurt Adler, therapist/writer
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Op‚ra Ballet)
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| 1906 |
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South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
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| 1908 |
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Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Jean Kurt Forest, composer
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| 1910 |
Death |
Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
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| 1910 |
Death |
Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
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