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06/02/1903
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Netherlands Korfball League forms
Type: Event
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06/02/1904
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Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1904
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Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
Type: Event
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06/02/1907
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Dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1908
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Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68
Type: Death
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06/02/1908
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Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1908
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33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
Type: Event
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06/02/1909
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Robin Orr, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1909
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43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
Type: Event
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06/02/1910
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Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
Type: Event
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06/02/1910
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1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
Type: Event
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06/02/1911
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Xia Hong, writer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1913
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Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1913
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1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks
Type: Event
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06/02/1913
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Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
Type: Event
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06/02/1913
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Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1914
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Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
Type: Event
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06/02/1915
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Walter Tetley, NYC, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1915
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Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1915
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Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1916
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Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor (NYC, WNBC)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1916
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German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
Type: Event
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06/02/1917
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Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1919
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
Type: Event
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06/02/1920
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
Type: Event
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06/02/1920
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Yolande Donlan, NJ, actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1920
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Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
Type: Birth
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06/02/1921
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Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1922
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Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic (CĒmicos)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1922
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Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
Type: Event
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06/02/1923
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Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1924
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Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians
Type: Event
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06/02/1925
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NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak
Type: Event
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06/02/1926
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Milo O'Shea, Dublin Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo and Juliet)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1927
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Lizzie Borden, accused murderer, dies at 68
Type: Death
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06/02/1927
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Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1927
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Andr Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1927
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Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
Type: Death
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06/02/1927
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Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
Type: Death
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06/02/1928
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Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
Type: Event
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06/02/1928
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John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher
Type: Birth
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06/02/1929
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Willaim Brown, television executive
Type: Birth
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06/02/1929
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Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
Type: Death
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06/02/1929
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Alcides Lanza, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1929
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Frederic Devreese, composer
Type: Birth
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06/02/1930
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Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
Type: Event
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06/02/1930
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?, 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
Type: Birth
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06/02/1930
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Charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
Type: Birth
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06/02/1931
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Larry Jackson, baseball player
Type: Birth
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06/02/1932
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Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres
Type: Event
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