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Births: *1916: Masaki Kobayashi (director) *1819: Joshua A. Norton, Emperor Norton I of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico. |
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Events: *1076?: [Pope Gregory VII]? excommunicates Henry IV. *1689: [William and Mary]? named king and queen of England. *1849: James Polk is the first President of the United States to have his photograph taken. *1859: Oregon becomes a state. *1876: [Alexander Bell]? applies for a patent for the telephone. *1895: First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest. *1899: [Voting machine]?s approved in United States federal elections?. *1912: Arizona becomes a state. *1918: The Soviet Union adopts the Gregorian calendar (1 February according to the Julian calendar) *1920: The [League of Women Voters]? is founded in Chicago. *1924: IBM corporation founded. *1929: [St. Valentine's Day Massacre]?: Seven gangsters rivalling [Al Capone]? are murdered. *1943: Rostov? liberated. *1944: Anti-Japanese revolt on Java. *1945: Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru join the United Nations. *1946: Bank of England nationalized. *1949: The knesset? (Israeli parliament) first convenes. *1961: The element 103 Lawrencium is first produced. *1989: Ayatollah Khomeini calls for the killing of Salman Rushdie because of his novel The Satanic Verses. *1989: [Union Carbide]? agrees to pay $470,000,000 for damages in the Bhopal? disaster. |
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Births: *1483: [Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah]?, founder of the Moghul dynasty *1766: [Thomas Malthus]?, economist *1819: Joshua A. Norton, Emperor Norton I of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico *1869: [Charles Wilson]?, physicist *1882: [John Barrymore]?, actor *1916: Masaki Kobayashi, director *1944: [Alan Parker]?, actor *1948: Teller?, magician ([Pen and Teller]?) |
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Deaths: *1400?: [Richard II]?, king of England (1377-1399), age 33 (murder) *1405?: [Timur Lenk]? (aka Tamerlane?), Mongolian monarch and conqueror *1779: James Cook, explorer, age 50 (killed in a fight) *1831: [Vincente Guerrero]?, Mexican revolutionary hero *1943: David Hilbert, mathematician, age 81 |
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Holidays: Other significances: *[Valentine's day]? in the United States and Europe. |
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Holidays and observances: *Denmark: Gaekkebrev? - gift exchange by school kids *Mexico: Day of National Mourning (1831) *Arizona: Admission Day (1912) *Oregon: Admission Day (1859) *international: [Valentine's day]? *Lupercalia |
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