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06/02/1839
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Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
Type: Death
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06/02/1840
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Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1842
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Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
Type: Birth
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06/02/1849
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Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1851
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1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
Type: Event
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06/02/1857
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James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
Type: Event
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06/02/1857
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Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1857
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Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp and Circumstance)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1858
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Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1858
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Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
Type: Event
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06/02/1862
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Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
Type: Event
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06/02/1862
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Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA and NC
Type: Event
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06/02/1863
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Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1863
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Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
Type: Event
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06/02/1864
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Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
Type: Event
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06/02/1864
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Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1864
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George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
Type: Death
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06/02/1865
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At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
Type: Event
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06/02/1865
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George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1865
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John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
Type: Death
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06/02/1866
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Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
Type: Event
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06/02/1869
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Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
Type: Event
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06/02/1873
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Fran‡ois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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06/02/1873
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Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
Type: Event
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06/02/1875
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James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
Type: Event
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06/02/1876
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Hakon Borresen, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1879
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E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
Type: Death
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06/02/1879
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Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1881
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Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
Type: Event
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06/02/1882
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Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
Type: Event
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06/02/1882
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Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
Type: Death
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06/02/1883
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1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
Type: Event
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06/02/1883
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Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
Type: Event
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06/02/1883
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Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author (Lock of Hair)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1886
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Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
Type: Event
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06/02/1890
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Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1891
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Ernst Kunz, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1894
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Erich R”mer, Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1896
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Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
Type: Death
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06/02/1896
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30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24«
Type: Event
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06/02/1896
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Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
Type: Event
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06/02/1898
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G‚o[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer (Les oignons)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1899
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Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1899
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Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
Type: Event
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06/02/1900
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David Wynne, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1901
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James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
Type: Death
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06/02/1901
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Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
Type: Event
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06/02/1901
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Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1902
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2nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon
Type: Event
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06/02/1903
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Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers
Type: Event
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