439 Historic Events for August 2
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Garth Hudson, rocker
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Ronald Brierley, company chairman
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| 1937 |
Birth |
William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959)
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
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| 1938 |
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Yvonne Regg, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1938 |
Death |
Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
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| 1938 |
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1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Wes Craven, Cleveland OH, director (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic)
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| 1939 |
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Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers
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| 1940 |
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KL-House of saxon and commandos focus on Gross Rosen, Silesia
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| 1940 |
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Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
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| 1941 |
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Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Doris Coley, rocker
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are)
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| 1941 |
Death |
Jos‚ Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70
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| 1941 |
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German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman
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| 1941 |
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Hungarian Ruthenia, expels Jews
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Garth Hudson, rock keyboardist (The Band)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
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| 1942 |
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Col-Gen Hoth' Pantser army reaches Kotelnikovo
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| 1942 |
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250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp
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