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# Famous people's births, deaths and marriages file for calentool
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** 01 01 99 99 00 Hank Williams, country singer, dies (1953)
00000101 Hank Williams, country singer, dies (1953)%s19530101
** 01 01 99 99 00 J. Edgar Hoover, first director of the FBI, is born (1895)
00000101 J. Edgar Hoover, first director of the FBI, is born (1895)%s18950101
** 01 01 99 99 00 J.D. Salinger is born (1919)
00000101 J.D. Salinger is born (1919)%s19190101
** 01 01 99 99 00 Lorenzo de Medici, Florentine ruler was born (1449)
00000101 Lorenzo de Medici, Florentine ruler was born (1449)%s14490101
** 01 02 99 99 00 Robert Marshall, for whom the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Alaska was named, is born (1901)
00000102 Robert Marshall, for whom the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Alaska was named, is born (1901)%s19010102
** 01 03 99 99 00 Father Damien, helped the lepers in Hawaii. (1840)
00000103 Father Damien, helped the lepers in Hawaii. (1840)%s18400103
** 01 03 99 99 00 J.R.R. Tolkien, the REAL Lord of the Rings. (1892)
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** 01 03 99 99 00 Mel Gibson, actor and hunk, is born (1951)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 Charles Stratton (alias General Tom Thumb, famous short person) (1838)
00000104 Charles Stratton (alias General Tom Thumb, famous short person) (1838)%s18380104
** 01 04 99 99 00 Dyan Cannon, the actress, is born in Tacoma, Washington (1937)
00000104 Dyan Cannon, the actress, is born in Tacoma, Washington (1937)%s19370104
** 01 04 99 99 00 Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American born Catholic saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland (1921)
00000104 Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American born Catholic saint, dies in Emmitsburg, Maryland (1921)%s19210104
** 01 04 99 99 00 Louis Braille, blind educator, inventor of Braille alphabet, is born in Coupvray, France (1809)
00000104 Louis Braille, blind educator, inventor of Braille alphabet, is born in Coupvray, France (1809)%s18090104
** 01 04 99 99 00 T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, the poet dies at 76 (1965)
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** 01 04 99 99 00 Tiny Tim, the dwarf made famous by P. T. Barnum, is born (1838)
00000104 Tiny Tim, the dwarf made famous by P. T. Barnum, is born (1838)%s18380104
** 01 05 99 99 00 Calvin Coolidge dies (1933)
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** 01 05 99 99 00 Grace Kelly announces engagement to Prince Ranier (1956)
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** 01 05 99 99 00 King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor (1855)
00000105 King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor (1855)%s18550105
** 01 05 99 99 00 Stephen Decatur, early American Naval hero (1779)
00000105 Stephen Decatur, early American Naval hero (1779)%s17790105
** 01 05 99 99 00 Zebulon Pike, the explorer, is born (1779)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Carl Sandburg, poet and biographer, is born in Illinois (1878)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction Senator (1811)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Danny Thomas, actor and comedian, is born (1914)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Earl Scruggs, bluegrass musical performer, is born (1924)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 George Washington and Martha Custis were married (1759)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Jedediah Strong Smith, American fur trader and explorer, is born (1799)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 John DeLorean, automaker and entrepreneur, is born (1925)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Khalil Gibran, metaphysical author, is born in Lebanon (1883)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 King Henry VIII marries his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The marriage will last about six months. (1540)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Loretta Young, actress, is born (1913)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Samuel Rayburn, Speaker of the House (1940 - 1957) (1882)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Sherlock Holmes is born (1854)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Syd Barrett, born Roger Keith Barrett (Cambridge, 1946)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Theodore Roosevelt died at his home in Oyster Bay, NY (1919)
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** 01 06 99 99 00 Tradition says that Joan of Arc was born on this day (1412)
00000106 Tradition says that Joan of Arc was born on this day (1412)%s14120106
** 01 07 99 99 00 Emperor Hirohito of Japan dies of cancer. He is succeeded by his son Akihito, a fish biologist. (1989)
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** 01 07 99 99 00 George Burns and Gracie Allen marry (1926)
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** 01 07 99 99 00 Millard Fillmore, 13th President (1850-1853) (1800)
00000107 Millard Fillmore, 13th President (1850-1853) (1800)%s18000107
** 01 08 99 99 00 Chou En-lai, Chinese premier, dies (1976)
00000108 Chou En-lai, Chinese premier, dies (1976)%s19760108
** 01 08 99 99 00 David Bowie born David Robert Jones (London, 1947)
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** 01 08 99 99 00 Elvis Presley, early rock performer and truck driver, is born (1935)
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** 01 08 99 99 00 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher & founder of Doubleday & Co. (1862)
00000108 Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher & founder of Doubleday & Co. (1862)%s18620108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Lord Baden-Powell, philanthopist and founder of the Boy Scouts, dies (1941)
00000108 Lord Baden-Powell, philanthopist and founder of the Boy Scouts, dies (1941)%s19410108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd Bank of US 1st effective central bank. (1786)
00000108 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd Bank of US 1st effective central bank. (1786)%s17860108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity (1868)
00000108 Sir Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity (1868)%s18680108
** 01 08 99 99 00 Tod Brannan (1946)
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** 01 08 99 99 00 the passing of Norton I, Emperor of the US, Protector of Mexico (1880)
00000108 the passing of Norton I, Emperor of the US, Protector of Mexico (1880)%s18800108
** 01 09 99 99 00 Astronomer Caroline Herschel, publisher of "Herschel's Catalog of Stars" and sister of William, dies at 97 (1848)
00000109 Astronomer Caroline Herschel, publisher of "Herschel's Catalog of Stars" and sister of William, dies at 97 (1848)%s18480109
** 01 09 99 99 00 Bob Denver, actor played Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island", is born (1935)
00000109 Bob Denver, actor played Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island", is born (1935)%s19350109
** 01 09 99 99 00 Chic Young, creator of the "Blondie" comic strip. (1901)
00000109 Chic Young, creator of the "Blondie" comic strip. (1901)%s19010109
** 01 09 99 99 00 Gypsy Rose Lee, entertainer and author, is born (1914)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) born (Middlesex, England, 1945)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 Joan Baez, folk singer, is born on Staten Island, New York (1941)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 Joseph B. Strauss, civil engineer & builder of Golden Gate Bridge. (1870)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 Karel Capek, Czech author and originator of the term robot, is born (1890)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 Richard M. Nixon, 37th President (1968-1974) (1913)
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** 01 09 99 99 00 Simone de Beauvoir, feminist, born (1908)
00000109 Simone de Beauvoir, feminist, born (1908)%s19080109
** 01 10 99 99 00 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies (Chicago, 1976)
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** 01 10 99 99 00 Buffalo Bill Cody dies in Denver, Colorado (1917)
00000110 Buffalo Bill Cody dies in Denver, Colorado (1917)%s19170110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Coco Chanel, the fashion designer, dies (1971)
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** 01 10 99 99 00 Dashiell Hammett, the author, dies (1961)
00000110 Dashiell Hammett, the author, dies (1961)%s19610110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys) (1738)
00000110 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys) (1738)%s17380110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invented the elecrostatic precipitator, used for polution control and air ionizers. (1877)
00000110 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, invented the elecrostatic precipitator, used for polution control and air ionizers. (1877)%s18770110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Jim Croce born (Phildelphia, 1943)
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** 01 10 99 99 00 Pat Benatar born (Long Island, 1952)
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** 01 10 99 99 00 Ray Bolger, the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, is born (1904)
00000110 Ray Bolger, the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, is born (1904)%s19040110
** 01 10 99 99 00 Rod Stewart born (Glasgow, Scotland, 1945)
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** 01 11 99 99 00 Aldo Leopold, ecological writer, is born (1897)
00000111 Aldo Leopold, ecological writer, is born (1897)%s18970111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Ezra Cornell, founded Western Union Telegraph & Cornell University. (1807)
00000111 Ezra Cornell, founded Western Union Telegraph & Cornell University. (1807)%s18070111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russian author, is born (1821)
00000111 Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russian author, is born (1821)%s18210111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Francis Scott Key, the author of "Star Spangled Banner", dies (1843)
00000111 Francis Scott Key, the author of "Star Spangled Banner", dies (1843)%s18430111
** 01 11 99 99 00 Thomas Hardy, the English author, dies (1928)
00000111 Thomas Hardy, the English author, dies (1928)%s19280111
** 01 12 99 99 00 "Long" John Baldry born (London, 1941)
00000112 "Long" John Baldry born (London, 1941)%s19410112
** 01 12 99 99 00 Agatha Christie, mystery writer, dies (1976)
00000112 Agatha Christie, mystery writer, dies (1976)%s19760112
** 01 12 99 99 00 Herman Goering, Nazi field marshal, is born (1893)
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** 01 12 99 99 00 Isaac Pitman, the inventor of shorthand, dies (1897)
00000112 Isaac Pitman, the inventor of shorthand, dies (1897)%s18970112
** 01 12 99 99 00 Jack London, author and adventurer, born (1876)
00000112 Jack London, author and adventurer, born (1876)%s18760112
** 01 12 99 99 00 John Hancock (1737)
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** 01 12 99 99 00 John Winthrop, 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (1588)
00000112 John Winthrop, 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (1588)%s15880112
** 01 12 99 99 00 Tex Ritter, western folk singer, is born (1907)
00000112 Tex Ritter, western folk singer, is born (1907)%s19070112
** 01 13 99 99 00 Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832)
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** 01 13 99 99 00 James Joyce dies (1941)
00000113 James Joyce dies (1941)%s19410113
** 01 14 99 99 00 Benedict Arnold, fink (1741)
00000114 Benedict Arnold, fink (1741)%s17410114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, dies (1898)
00000114 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, dies (1898)%s18980114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Donna Reed, actress, dies of cancer (1986)
00000114 Donna Reed, actress, dies of cancer (1986)%s19860114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Edmond Halley dies (1742)
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** 01 14 99 99 00 Hal Roach, early film director and producer. (1892)
00000114 Hal Roach, early film director and producer. (1892)%s18920114
** 01 14 99 99 00 Humphrey Bogart dies (1957)
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** 01 14 99 99 00 Ray Kroc, founder of the McDonald's empire, dies (1984)
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** 01 15 99 99 00 Charo, entertainer, is born (1951)
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** 01 15 99 99 00 Edward Teller, fathered the H-bomb. (1908)
00000115 Edward Teller, fathered the H-bomb. (1908)%s19080115
** 01 15 99 99 00 Fanny Farmer, cook and writer, dies (1915)
00000115 Fanny Farmer, cook and writer, dies (1915)%s19150115
** 01 15 99 99 00 Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamer (1929)
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** 01 15 99 99 00 Ray Bolger, the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, dies (1987)
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** 01 16 99 99 00 Carole Lombard, actress, her mother and about 20 others are killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas, during a tour to promote War Bonds (1942)
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** 01 16 99 99 00 Edmund Spenser, the poet, dies (1599)
00000116 Edmund Spenser, the poet, dies (1599)%s15990116
** 01 16 99 99 00 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in automobile crash (1962)
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** 01 16 99 99 00 Ethel Merman, actress and singer, is born (1908)
00000116 Ethel Merman, actress and singer, is born (1908)%s19080116
** 01 16 99 99 00 Robert Service, Canadian author, is born (1874)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 Al Capone, mobster, is born (1899)
00000117 Al Capone, mobster, is born (1899)%s18990117
** 01 17 99 99 00 Anton Chekhov, the writer, is born (1860)
00000117 Anton Chekhov, the writer, is born (1860)%s18600117
** 01 17 99 99 00 Charles Brockden Brown, father of the American novel. (1771)
00000117 Charles Brockden Brown, father of the American novel. (1771)%s17710117
** 01 17 99 99 00 Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, dies (1927)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 Mack Sennett, created Keystone Kops (1880)
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** 01 17 99 99 00 Muhammed Ali, who floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee. (1942)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 A. A. Milne, author of "Winnie the Pooh", is born (1882)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Cary Grant, actor, is born (1904)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Daniel Webster, early American orator and politician. (1782)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Henry Morgan, the pirate, captured Panama on behalf of England and was knighted regardless of his ruthless techniques (1671)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Joseph Farwell Glidden, invented 1st commercially useable barbed wire (1813)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Oliver Hardy, of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. (1892)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Peter Roget, of Thesaurus fame, invented Slide Rule, pocket chessboard (1779)
00000118 Peter Roget, of Thesaurus fame, invented Slide Rule, pocket chessboard (1779)%s17790118
** 01 18 99 99 00 Rudyard Kipling, author, dies (1936)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Sir Thomas Octave Sopwith, aviator, airplane builder, Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Camel, Hurricane, and the Harrier VTOL, born (1888)
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** 01 18 99 99 00 Thomas A. Watson, needed by Bell. (1854)
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** 01 19 99 99 00 Dolly Parton, buxom singer, composer, is born in Sevierville, Tenn. (1946)
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** 01 19 99 99 00 James Watt, inventor of the practical steam engine, is born (1736)
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** 01 19 99 99 00 Paul Cezanne, the artist, was born (1839)
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** 01 19 99 99 00 Phil Everly (of the Everly Brothers) is born (1939)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist and mathematician, is born in Lyon (1775)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Barbara Stanwyck, actress, dies (1990)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 DeForest Kelley, Dr. McCoy in Star Trek, is born in Atlanta, Georgia (1920)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist, formulated the periodic table of the elements, dies in St. Petersburg, Russia (1907)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, American astronaut, is born in New Jersey (1930)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Federico Fellini, film director, is born in Italy (1920)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 George Burns (Nathan Birnbaum), comedian, born in New York, NY (1896)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 John Ruskin, philosopher, dies (1900)
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** 01 20 99 99 00 Johnny Weismuller, Tarzan, actor and swimmer, dies at 79 in Acapulco (1984)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Benny Hill, comedian, is born (1925)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Cecil B. De Mille, film producer, dies (1959)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Eric Arthur Blair (a.k.a. George Orwell) dies in London (1950)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Horace Wells, dentist, pioneer in use of medical anethesia. (1815)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 John C Fremont, mapmaker & explorer of Western US (1813)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 John Fitch, had a working steamboat years before Fulton. (1743)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Joseph Scaliger, the chronologist and inventor of the Julian date, dies (1609)
00000121 Joseph Scaliger, the chronologist and inventor of the Julian date, dies (1609)%s16090121
** 01 21 99 99 00 Louis XVI is beheaded by the guillotine of the French revolution (1793)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Telly Savalas, actor, is born (1924)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Vladimir Lenin, the revolutionary, dies of a stroke (1924)
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** 01 21 99 99 00 Wolfman Jack, radio personality, is born (1949)
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** 01 22 99 99 00 Lord Byron, poet, lover, revolutionary, is born (1788)
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** 01 22 99 99 00 Molly Pitcher, distinguished herself in the battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War, dies (1832)
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** 01 22 99 99 00 Queen Victoria, long time queen of England, dies at her winter home on the Isle of Wight (1901)
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** 01 22 99 99 00 Sam Cooke born (Chicago, 1935)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Ernie Kovacs, American comedian, is born (1919)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Ernst Abbe, formulated diffraction theory, is born (1840)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence and first governor of Massachusetts, is born (1737)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Joseph Hewes, American revolutionary leader, born (1730)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter and founder of the movement, dies (1989)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Samuel Barber, the American composer, dies (1981)
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** 01 23 99 99 00 Wolfgang A. Mozart, musical prodigy (1756)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Edith Wharton, American author, is born (1862)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, built 1st rocket-powered aircraft. (1888)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 John Belushi born (Chicago, 1949)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Lord Randolph Churchill, English statesman, dies (1895)
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** 01 24 99 99 00 Ted Bundy, confessed serial murderer of over 21 (possibly as many as 100) women during a period of 15 years, is executed (1989)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Ava Gardner, actress, dies (1990)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 J. L. Lagrange born (1736)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran Seaman), American journalist, went around the world in 72 days (1890)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Robert Burns, poet, born (1759)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Somerset Maugham, poet (1874)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 Virginia Woolf, novelist and critic, born (1882)
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** 01 25 99 99 00 W. Somerset Maugham, author, born (1874)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Angela Davis, is born (1944)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Douglas MacArthur, he did return (1880)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Jules Feiffer, satiric cartoonist, is born (1929)
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** 01 26 99 99 00 Paul Newman, actor, is born in Cleveland, Ohio (1925)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) born (TN, 1930)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (you know him as Lewis Carroll) (1832)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, writer and mathematician, is born in Cheshire (1832)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Dmitri Mendeleyev, chemist, formulated the periodic table of elements, is born in Tobolsk, Russia (1834)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Giuseppe Verdi, composer of "La Traviata and Rigoletto", dies in Milan (1901)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 John James Audubon, naturalist and painter, dies (1851)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Samuel Gompers, 1st president of the American Federation of Labor (1850)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Sir Thomas Octave Sopwith, aviator, airplane builder, Sopwith Pup , Sopwith Camel, Hurricane, and the Harrier VTOL, dies (1988)
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** 01 27 99 99 00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born (Salzburg, 1756)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine), French novelist, is born (1873)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 Johannes Hevelius dies (1687)
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** 01 28 99 99 00 Seth Thomas, American clock maker, dies (1859)
00000128 Seth Thomas, American clock maker, dies (1859)%s18590128
** 01 28 99 99 00 William Seward Burroughs, invented recording adding machine. (1855)
00000128 William Seward Burroughs, invented recording adding machine. (1855)%s18550128
** 01 29 99 99 00 Allen B DuMont, perfected 1st commercially practical cathode ray tube (1901)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Anton Chekhov, writer (The Cherry Orchard) (1860)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Claude William Dukenfield (better known as W.C. Fields) (1880)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 John Davison Rockefeller, industrialist and philanthropist, is born (1838)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Lawrence Hargrave, invented the box kite (1850)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Thomas Paine, American author and Revolutionary leader, is born (1737)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 Tom Selleck who plays Magnum PI was born in Detroit (1945)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 W.C. Fields, American entertainer, is born (1880)
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** 01 29 99 99 00 William McKinley, 25th President (1897-1901) (1843)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Carol Channing, actress, born (1923)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Chief Osceola, Seminole leader, dies in prison. (1835)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President (1933-1945) (Hyde Park, NY 1882)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Lightnin' Hopkins, most-recorded blues artist, dies (1982)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Mohandas Gandhi assassinated by Hindu fanatic (New Delhi, 1948)
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** 01 30 99 99 00 Vanessa Redgrave, actress and activist, is born (1937)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Anna Pavlova, the Russian ballerina, is born (1885)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Eddie Slovik is executed (1945)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Franz Schubert, composer, born in Vienna (1797)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Irving Langmuir invented the tungsten filament lamp (1881)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Jackie Robinson, 1st black major league baseball player (1919)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 James G. Blaine, the 'Plumed Knight'. (1830)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 James Watt, highly criticized Secretary of Interior and professional tool of big industry, is born (1938)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Tallulah Bankhead, actress, is born in Huntsville, Alabama (1903)
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** 01 31 99 99 00 Zane Gray, American West novelist (1872)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Clark Gable, the actor, is born (1901)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers, is born (1937)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 John Ford, the film maker, is born (1895)
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** 02 01 99 99 00 Sidney Joseph Perelman, American author, is born (1904)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Buddy Holly, the singer, dies (1959)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Fred Flintstone's birthday 
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Graham Nash born (Lancashire, England, 1942)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 James Joyce, novelist, is born in Dublin (1882)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Nell Gwynn, actress and mistress of King Charles II, is born (1650)
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** 02 02 99 99 00 Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat. (1754)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper die in plane crash (1959)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman to get MD from a US Medical school. (1821)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Gertrude Stein, poet, novelist, is born (1874)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Horace Greeley, journalist, born in Amherst New Hampshire (1811)
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** 02 03 99 99 00 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix Mendelssohn), the composer, is born in Hamburg (1809)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Charles Lindbergh, aviator, is born in Detroit (1902)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Clyde Tombaugh born (1906)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 Francois Rabelais, French author and humanist, is born (1494)
00000204 Francois Rabelais, French author and humanist, is born (1494)%s14940204
** 02 04 99 99 00 Liberace (Wladzio Valentino), pianist and entertainer, dies of AIDS related disease (1987)
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** 02 04 99 99 00 William Dudley ("Big Bill") Haywood, American labor leader who founded I.W.W., is born (1869)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 Alex Harvey (SAHB) born (Glasgow, Scotland, 1935)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 Andre-Gustave Citroen, French automaker (1878)
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** 02 05 99 99 00 John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire. (1840)
00000205 John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire. (1840)%s18400205
** 02 05 99 99 00 Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister, founder of London Police force, is born (1788)
00000205 Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister, founder of London Police force, is born (1788)%s17880205
** 02 05 99 99 00 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the adding machine, is born (1914)
00000205 William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the adding machine, is born (1914)%s19140205
** 02 06 99 99 00 Aaron Burr (1756)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Barbara Tuchman, historian and author "A Distant Mirror", dies (1989)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Bob Marley, reggae singer, is born (1945)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 George Herman Ruth ('Babe Ruth'), baseball legend, (1885)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 King George VI of UK dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (1952)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Patrick Macnee, actor, is born (1922)
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** 02 06 99 99 00 Ronald Reagan, 40th President (1981-1988) (1911)
00000206 Ronald Reagan, 40th President (1981-1988) (1911)%s19110206
** 02 06 99 99 00 Tom Brokaw, television newsman, is born (1940)
00000206 Tom Brokaw, television newsman, is born (1940)%s19400206
** 02 07 99 99 00 Charles Dickens, author, "David Copperfield", is born (1812)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Eubie Blake, composer (1883)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Frederick Douglas, 1st black to hold high rank in US government (1817)
00000207 Frederick Douglas, 1st black to hold high rank in US government (1817)%s18170207
** 02 07 99 99 00 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements. (1804)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of "Little House on the Prairie" series, is born (1867)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Philippe Buache, geographer, devised contour lines for maps (1700)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Sinclair Lewis, novelist, author of "Babbitt", is born (1885)
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** 02 07 99 99 00 Sir Thomas More, humanist, philosopher, statesman, is born in London (1478)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Chester F. Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing) (1906)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Friedleib F. Runge, father of paper chromatography (1795)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Jack Lemmon, actor, (1925)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 James Dean, American actor, is born (1931)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Jules Verne, author, born (Nantes, France, 1828)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 Lana Turner the actress is born (1920)
00000208 Lana Turner the actress is born (1920)%s19200208
** 02 08 99 99 00 Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded (1587)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 The Viceroy of India is murdered (1872)
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** 02 08 99 99 00 William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general. (1820)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Agnes Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France, dies (1450)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Carole King, American singer, is born (Brooklyn, 1941)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Ernest Tubb, American country music star, is born (1914)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 George Hartmann born, designed astrolabes, timepieces, etc. (1489)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper and author, was born naked (1914)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered (1567)
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** 02 09 99 99 00 William Henry Harrison, 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841) (1773)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Bertolt Brecht, German poet and playwright, is born (1898)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Boris Pasternak, author of "Dr. Zhivago", is born (1890)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Charles Lamb, English critic and essayist, born (1775)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Leontyne Price, opera singer, is born (1927)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert (Francis-Albert-Augustus-Charles-Emmanuel, Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe-Colburg and Gotha) (1840)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Robert Wagner, actor, is born (1930)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Roberta Flack, singer, is born (1940)
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** 02 10 99 99 00 Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren, famous midget couple, wed (1863)
00000210 Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren, famous midget couple, wed (1863)%s18630210
** 02 10 99 99 00 William Allen White born (1868)
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** 02 11 99 99 00 Rene Descartes the French philosopher dies (1650)
00000211 Rene Descartes the French philosopher dies (1650)%s16500211
** 02 11 99 99 00 Thomas Edison, the inventor and holder of over 1000 patents, is born (1847)
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** 02 11 99 99 00 William Henry Fox Talbot, photographic pioneer, is born (1489)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 Abraham Lincoln, 16th President (1861-1865) (1809)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 Catherine Howard the fifth wife of Henry VIII is beheaded (1542)
00000212 Catherine Howard the fifth wife of Henry VIII is beheaded (1542)%s15420212
** 02 12 99 99 00 Charles Darwin born in Shrewsbury, England (1809)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 General of the Army Omar Bradley, 'The GI General' (1893)
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** 02 12 99 99 00 Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for nine days. She and her husband were executed on this day. (1554)
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** 02 13 99 99 00 Bess Truman, married to President Harry Truman (1885)
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** 02 13 99 99 00 David Dudley Field, lawyer whose advocacy of law codification (1805)had international effects.
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** 02 13 99 99 00 Randolph Churchill, English politician and father of Winston Churchill, was born (1849)
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** 02 13 99 99 00 Richard Wagner, composer, dies (1883)
00000213 Richard Wagner, composer, dies (1883)%s18830213
** 02 14 99 99 00 Benny Kubelski, aka Jack Benny.  Oh, Rochester (1894)
00000214 Benny Kubelski, aka Jack Benny.  Oh, Rochester (1894)%s18940214
** 02 14 99 99 00 Florence Henderson, actress and singer, is born (1934)
00000214 Florence Henderson, actress and singer, is born (1934)%s19340214
** 02 14 99 99 00 Gregory Hines, actor and dancer, is born (1946)
00000214 Gregory Hines, actor and dancer, is born (1946)%s19460214
** 02 14 99 99 00 Hugh Downs, TV personality, is born (1921)
00000214 Hugh Downs, TV personality, is born (1921)%s19210214
** 02 14 99 99 00 St. Valentine beheaded (278)
00000214 St. Valentine beheaded (278)%s02780214
** 02 14 99 99 00 Thomas Malthus, English economist, is born. (1766)
00000214 Thomas Malthus, English economist, is born. (1766)%s17660214
** 02 15 99 99 00 Galileo Galilei born (Pisa, Italy, 1564)
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** 02 15 99 99 00 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (1797)
00000215 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (1797)%s17970215
** 02 15 99 99 00 John Augustus Sutter (1803)
00000215 John Augustus Sutter (1803)%s18030215
** 02 15 99 99 00 Richard Feynman, winner of Nobel prize in physics, educator, philosopher, bongo player, dies (1988)
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** 02 15 99 99 00 Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffrage advocate, born (1820)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Giordano Bruno burned at stake (1600)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Henry Walter Bates, naturalist and explorer of South America, is born (1892)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 John Schlesinger, movie director, is born (1926)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 LeVar Burton, actor, Lt. LeForge on "Star Trek, the Next Generation", is born (1957)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Pierre Bouguer, founder of photometry, is born (1698)
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** 02 16 99 99 00 Robert Flaherty, father of the documentary film. (1884)
00000216 Robert Flaherty, father of the documentary film. (1884)%s18840216
** 02 17 99 99 00 "Red" Barber, pioneering sportscaster born (1908)
00000217 "Red" Barber, pioneering sportscaster born (1908)%s19080217
** 02 17 99 99 00 A. Montgomery Ward, found mail-order a nice business. (1844)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Frederick Eugene Ives, inventor, pioneer of halftone photoengraving process and color photography, is born (1856)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Hal Holbrook, actor, is born (1925)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies (Englewood, NJ, 1982)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Jean Baptiste Poquelin Moliere, playwright, author, actor, died on stage while playing the part of a sick man in his "Le Malade Imaginaire" (1673)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Marion Anderson, American contralto, is born (1902)
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** 02 17 99 99 00 Thomas J. Watson, Sr. born (1874), founder of IBM
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Andre Breton, French author and critic, is born (1896)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, invented the electric battery, (1745)
00000218 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, invented the electric battery, (1745)%s17450218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Cybill Shepherd, actress, is born (1950)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Ernst Mach, philosopher and optics pioneer, is born (1838)
00000218 Ernst Mach, philosopher and optics pioneer, is born (1838)%s18380218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmo editor, is born (1922)
00000218 Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmo editor, is born (1922)%s19220218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Jack Palance, actor, is born (1919)
00000218 Jack Palance, actor, is born (1919)%s19190218
** 02 18 99 99 00 John Travolta, actor and dancer, is born (1954)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (1848)
00000218 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker (1848)%s18480218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, dies (1546)
00000218 Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, dies (1546)%s15460218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Matt Dillon, actor, is born (1964)
00000218 Matt Dillon, actor, is born (1964)%s19640218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, architect and painter, born in Caprese, Italy (1564)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Molly Ringwald, actress, is born (1968)
00000218 Molly Ringwald, actress, is born (1968)%s19680218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) is born (1516)
00000218 Queen Mary (Bloody Mary) is born (1516)%s15160218
** 02 18 99 99 00 Vanna White, game show hostess, is born (1957)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Wallace Stegner, ecological author, is born (1909)
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** 02 18 99 99 00 Yoko Ono, John Lennon's wife, is born (Tokyo, 1933)
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** 02 19 99 99 00 Ernst Mach, physicist, philosopher, dies (1916)
00000219 Ernst Mach, physicist, philosopher, dies (1916)%s19160219
** 02 19 99 99 00 HRH Prince Andrew, second son of Elizabeth II is born (1960)
00000219 HRH Prince Andrew, second son of Elizabeth II is born (1960)%s19600219
** 02 19 99 99 00 Karen Silkwood, plutonium plant worker, is born (1946)
00000219 Karen Silkwood, plutonium plant worker, is born (1946)%s19460219
** 02 19 99 99 00 Nicolas Copernicus born (Thorn, Poland, 1473)
00000219 Nicolas Copernicus born (Thorn, Poland, 1473)%s14730219
** 02 19 99 99 00 Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)
00000219 Nicolaus Copernicus (1473)%s14730219
** 02 19 99 99 00 William "Smokey" Robinson born (Detroit, 1940)
00000219 William "Smokey" Robinson born (Detroit, 1940)%s19400219
** 02 20 99 99 00 Ansel Adams, photographer, was born (1902)
00000220 Ansel Adams, photographer, was born (1902)%s19020220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter, is born (1941)
00000220 Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer, songwriter, is born (1941)%s19410220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion designer, is born (1924)
00000220 Gloria Vanderbilt, fashion designer, is born (1924)%s19240220
** 02 20 99 99 00 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) born (1946)
00000220 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) born (1946)%s19460220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Ludwig Boltzmann, atomic physics pioneer, is born (1838)
00000220 Ludwig Boltzmann, atomic physics pioneer, is born (1838)%s18380220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Robert Altman, movie director, is born (1925)
00000220 Robert Altman, movie director, is born (1925)%s19250220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Sandy Duncan, actress, is born (1946)
00000220 Sandy Duncan, actress, is born (1946)%s19460220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Sidney Poitier, actor, is born (1924)
00000220 Sidney Poitier, actor, is born (1924)%s19240220
** 02 20 99 99 00 Voltaire, the French philosopher is born (1694)
00000220 Voltaire, the French philosopher is born (1694)%s16940220
** 02 21 99 99 00 Alexis De Rochon, developed spyglass, born (1838)
00000221 Alexis De Rochon, developed spyglass, born (1838)%s18380221
** 02 21 99 99 00 Anais Nin, French-born American author and diarist, is born (1903)
00000221 Anais Nin, French-born American author and diarist, is born (1903)%s19030221
** 02 21 99 99 00 George Ellery Hale dies (1938)
00000221 George Ellery Hale dies (1938)%s19380221
** 02 21 99 99 00 Malcolm X shot to death as he was about to speak to a rally of followers in Harlem (1965)
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** 02 21 99 99 00 W.H. Auden, English-born American author, is born (1907)
00000221 W.H. Auden, English-born American author, is born (1907)%s19070221
** 02 22 99 99 00 Andy Warhol, creator of the Pop art movement, dies (1987)
00000222 Andy Warhol, creator of the Pop art movement, dies (1987)%s19870222
** 02 22 99 99 00 David Susskind, talk show producer and host, dies (1987)
00000222 David Susskind, talk show producer and host, dies (1987)%s19870222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Edna St. Vincent Millay, the American poet, is born in Rockland Maine (1892)
00000222 Edna St. Vincent Millay, the American poet, is born in Rockland Maine (1892)%s18920222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Edward Gorey, slightly morbid cartoonist, is born (1925)
00000222 Edward Gorey, slightly morbid cartoonist, is born (1925)%s19250222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer, is born near Warsaw (1810)
00000222 Frederic Chopin, the Polish composer, is born near Warsaw (1810)%s18100222
** 02 22 99 99 00 George Washington, Father figure for US, President (1789-1796) (1732)
00000222 George Washington, Father figure for US, President (1789-1796) (1732)%s17320222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach (1749)
00000222 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist & 1st biographer of Bach (1749)%s17490222
** 02 22 99 99 00 John Jacob Astor, the millionaire, dies (1890)
00000222 John Jacob Astor, the millionaire, dies (1890)%s18900222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Luis Bunuel, film director, born in Spain (1900)
00000222 Luis Bunuel, film director, born in Spain (1900)%s19000222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, who found hydrogen in the sun, is born (1838)
00000222 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, who found hydrogen in the sun, is born (1838)%s18380222
** 02 22 99 99 00 Russell Porter dies (1949)
00000222 Russell Porter dies (1949)%s19490222
** 02 23 99 99 00 George Frederick Handel, German born English composer, is born (1685)
00000223 George Frederick Handel, German born English composer, is born (1685)%s16850223
** 02 23 99 99 00 Johnny Winter born (Leland, MS, 1944)
00000223 Johnny Winter born (Leland, MS, 1944)%s19440223
** 02 23 99 99 00 Samuel Pepys, English author and diarist, is born (1633)
00000223 Samuel Pepys, English author and diarist, is born (1633)%s16330223
** 02 23 99 99 00 W. E. B. DuBois, the Black educator, is born (1868)
00000223 W. E. B. DuBois, the Black educator, is born (1868)%s18680223
** 02 24 99 99 00 Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII. (1885)
00000224 Admiral Chester Nimitz, in charge of Pacific Fleet in WWII. (1885)%s18850224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Bluebeard executed for burning ten of his wives (1822)
00000224 Bluebeard executed for burning ten of his wives (1822)%s18220224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Charles Le Brun, painter, is born in Paris (1619)
00000224 Charles Le Brun, painter, is born in Paris (1619)%s16190224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Henery Cavendish, physicist, dies (1810)
00000224 Henery Cavendish, physicist, dies (1810)%s18100224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Steven Jobs, Apple co-founder. (1955)
00000224 Steven Jobs, Apple co-founder. (1955)%s19550224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Thomas Bowdler, censor and prude, dies (1825)
00000224 Thomas Bowdler, censor and prude, dies (1825)%s18250224
** 02 24 99 99 00 Winslow Homer, artist, is born in Boston (1836)
00000224 Winslow Homer, artist, is born in Boston (1836)%s18360224
** 02 25 99 99 00 August Renoir, the French impressionist painter, is born (1841)
00000225 August Renoir, the French impressionist painter, is born (1841)%s18410225
** 02 25 99 99 00 Enrico Caruso, singer (1873)
00000225 Enrico Caruso, singer (1873)%s18730225
** 02 25 99 99 00 George Harrison of the Beatles is born in Liverpool, England (1943)
00000225 George Harrison of the Beatles is born in Liverpool, England (1943)%s19430225
** 02 25 99 99 00 John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State for President Eisenhower (1888)
00000225 John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State for President Eisenhower (1888)%s18880225
** 02 25 99 99 00 Zeppo Marx, actor, is born (1901)
00000225 Zeppo Marx, actor, is born (1901)%s19010225
** 02 26 99 99 00 Buffalo Bill Cody, frontiersman and impresario, is born (1846)
00000226 Buffalo Bill Cody, frontiersman and impresario, is born (1846)%s18460226
** 02 26 99 99 00 Dominique Francois Jean Arago born, first observer of "Poisson's spot". cf. June 21 (1786)
00000226 Dominique Francois Jean Arago born, first observer of "Poisson's spot". cf. June 21 (1786)%s17860226
** 02 26 99 99 00 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (1866)
00000226 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (1866)%s18660226
** 02 26 99 99 00 John Harvey Kellogg, physician, inspired the flaked cereal industry. (1852)
00000226 John Harvey Kellogg, physician, inspired the flaked cereal industry. (1852)%s18520226
** 02 26 99 99 00 Victor Hugo, French author, is born. (1802)
00000226 Victor Hugo, French author, is born. (1802)%s18020226
** 02 26 99 99 00 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. (1846)
00000226 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody. (1846)%s18460226
** 02 27 99 99 00 Elizabeth Taylor, the actress, is born (1929)
00000227 Elizabeth Taylor, the actress, is born (1929)%s19290227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Poet, is born in Portland, Maine (1807)
00000227 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Poet, is born in Portland, Maine (1807)%s18070227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Ivan Pavlov, the physiologist and psychologist, dies in Leningrad (1936)
00000227 Ivan Pavlov, the physiologist and psychologist, dies in Leningrad (1936)%s19360227
** 02 27 99 99 00 John Steinbeck, the author, is born. (1902)
00000227 John Steinbeck, the author, is born. (1902)%s19020227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Lawrence Durrell, English author, is born (1912)
00000227 Lawrence Durrell, English author, is born (1912)%s19120227
** 02 27 99 99 00 Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan (1934)
00000227 Ralph Nader, ex-Corvair fan (1934)%s19340227
** 02 28 99 99 00 Bernadette Peters, actress, is born (1948)
00000228 Bernadette Peters, actress, is born (1948)%s19480228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Linus Pauling, Nobel prize winning chemist, is born (1901)
00000228 Linus Pauling, Nobel prize winning chemist, is born (1901)%s19010228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Michel de Montaigne, French essayist, is born (1533)
00000228 Michel de Montaigne, French essayist, is born (1533)%s15330228
** 02 28 99 99 00 Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme, 59 was shot to death while walking from a movie theater in central Stockholm (1986)
00000228 Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme, 59 was shot to death while walking from a movie theater in central Stockholm (1986)%s19860228
** 02 29 99 99 00 Herman Hollerith, invented 1st electric tabulating machine. (1860)
00000229 Herman Hollerith, invented 1st electric tabulating machine. (1860)%s18600229
** 02 29 99 99 00 Jimmy Dorsey, musician, born (1904)
00000229 Jimmy Dorsey, musician, born (1904)%s19040229
