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04 Feb 0211
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death
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Lucius Septimus Severus: Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
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04 Feb 0211
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Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145) |
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04 Feb 0708
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death
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Sisinnius: Greek-Syrian Pope (708, 20 days)
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04 Feb 0708
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death
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Pope Sisinnius (b. 650) |
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04 Feb 0856
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death
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Hrabanus Maurus: East France, Archbishop of Mainz
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04 Feb 0856
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death
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Rabanus Maurus, Frankish archbishop and theologian (b. 780) |
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04 Feb 1189
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death
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Gilbert of Sempringham: English monastery founder / saint
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04 Feb 1222
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death
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Willem I: Earl of Holland (1203-22)
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04 Feb 1503
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death
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Queen Elizabeth: Consort of Henry VII of England
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04 Feb 1505
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death
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Joan of Valois: Queen of France / saint, dies at 40
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04 Feb 1508
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death
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Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459) |
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04 Feb 1553
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death
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Caspar Othmayr: Composer, dies at 37
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04 Feb 1590
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death
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Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517) |
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04 Feb 1615
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death
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Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (b. 1552) |
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04 Feb 1615
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death
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Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535) |
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04 Feb 1617
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death
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Louis Elsevier: Dutch publisher, dies at about 76
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04 Feb 1617
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death
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Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546) |
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04 Feb 1640
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death
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Hendrick C Vroom: Dutch seascape painter
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04 Feb 1694
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death
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Natalya Naryshkina, Russian wife of Alexis of Russia (b. 1651) |
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04 Feb 1713
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death
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671) |
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04 Feb 1746
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death
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Robert Blair: Scottish Poet (Grave), dies at 46
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04 Feb 1774
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death
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Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) |
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04 Feb 1781
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death
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Josef Myslivecek: Composer, dies at 43
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04 Feb 1781
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death
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Willem Crul: Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59
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04 Feb 1781
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death
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Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737) |
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04 Feb 1799
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death
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Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect and educator (b. 1728) |
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04 Feb 1815
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death
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Geert Reinders: Dutch cattle breeder / inoculation proponent, dies at 77
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04 Feb 1815
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death
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Jacob van Strij: Dutch cartoonist / graphic artist, dies at 58
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04 Feb 1816
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death
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Meingosus Gaelle: Composer, dies at 63
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04 Feb 1834
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death
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Amelie Julia Candielle: Composer, dies at 66
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04 Feb 1843
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death
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Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770) |
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04 Feb 1844
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death
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Willem de Clerq: Dutch Merchant / literary, dies at 49
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04 Feb 1854
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death
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Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz: Composer, dies at 66
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04 Feb 1869
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death
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Johan M Dautzenberg: Flemish Author / Novelist (Future), dies at 60
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04 Feb 1894
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death
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Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax: Instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79
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04 Feb 1894
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death
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Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker, invented the Saxophone (b. 1814) |
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04 Feb 1895
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death
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Faustina Hasse Hodges: Composer, dies at 71
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04 Feb 1896
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death
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Henry David Leslie: Composer, dies at 73
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04 Feb 1905
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death
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Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841) |
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04 Feb 1911
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death
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Peter A "Piet" Cronje: South African Boer General, dies at about 75
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04 Feb 1912
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death
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Franz Reichelt, Austrian-French tailor (b. 1879) |
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04 Feb 1921
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death
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Xavier Mellery: Belgian Painter / illustrator, dies at 75
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04 Feb 1926
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death
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İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875) |
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04 Feb 1927
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death
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Thomas Linnemann Laub: Composer, dies at 74
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04 Feb 1928
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death
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Hendrik A Lorentz: Physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74
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04 Feb 1928
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death
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Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853) |
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04 Feb 1933
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death
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Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846) |
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04 Feb 1936
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death
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Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss politician (b. 1895) |
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04 Feb 1939
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death
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Edward Sapir: US linguist / cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55
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04 Feb 1939
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death
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Henri W A Deterding: Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72
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04 Feb 1940
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death
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Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895) |
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04 Feb 1941
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death
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Johann Peter Kirsch: Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79
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04 Feb 1943
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death
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Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877) |
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04 Feb 1944
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death
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Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872) |
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04 Feb 1946
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death
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Margarete Boie: Writer
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04 Feb 1953
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death
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Alexander Loudon: Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60
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04 Feb 1954
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death
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Vaclav Vackar: Composer, dies at 72
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04 Feb 1956
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death
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Leendert A Donker: Dutch Social Democratic Party - Minister of Justice, dies at 56
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04 Feb 1956
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death
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Peder Gram: Composer, dies at 74
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04 Feb 1956
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death
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Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player (b. 1887) |
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04 Feb 1957
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death
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Joseph Hardaway: Creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
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04 Feb 1957
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death
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Miguel Covarrubias: Mexican illustrator
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04 Feb 1958
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death
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Frederik de Merode: Belgian prince, dies at 46
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04 Feb 1958
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death
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Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915) |
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04 Feb 1959
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death
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Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880) |
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04 Feb 1964
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death
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Siegfried T Bok: Neurobiologist / anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71
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04 Feb 1965
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death
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U C Greyhound: Champion trotter (horse), dies at 33
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04 Feb 1966
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death
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Gilbert H Grosvenor: President National Geographic Society, dies at 90
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04 Feb 1968
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death
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Ed Baker: Actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70
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04 Feb 1968
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death
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Gerard den Brabander [Jan G Jofriet]: Poet (Nothing New), dies at 67
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04 Feb 1968
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death
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Neal Cassady, American author and poet (b. 1926) |
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04 Feb 1969
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death
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Thelma Ritter: Actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63
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04 Feb 1974
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death
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Mihail Andricu: Composer, dies at 79
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04 Feb 1974
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death
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Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894) |
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04 Feb 1975
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death
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Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Tympany Five) (b. 1908) |
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04 Feb 1976
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death
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Edward Benjamin Britten: Composer, dies at 62
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04 Feb 1978
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death
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Bergen Evans: English Professor ($64, 000 Question), dies at 73
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04 Feb 1982
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death
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Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909) |
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04 Feb 1983
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death
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Jim Ameche: Actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68
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04 Feb 1983
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death
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Reginald Denham: Director / writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
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04 Feb 1983
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death
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Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950) |
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04 Feb 1984
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death
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Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (b. 1945) |
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04 Feb 1987
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death
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Liberace: Pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
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04 Feb 1987
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death
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Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (b. 1902) |
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04 Feb 1987
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death
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Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956) |
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04 Feb 1987
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death
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Liberace, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1919) |
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04 Feb 1989
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death
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Kenneth "Jethro" Burns: Country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69
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04 Feb 1991
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death
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Bob Leslie: Actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64
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04 Feb 1992
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death
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Fred Slyter: Dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56
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04 Feb 1992
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death
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John Dehner: Actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76
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04 Feb 1992
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death
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Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model and dancer (b. 1911) |
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04 Feb 1994
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death
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Harold Schneider: US producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55
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04 Feb 1994
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death
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Jan Veldkamp: Dutch geophysicist / director (KNMI), dies at 84
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04 Feb 1994
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death
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Justinus Darmojuwono: Indonesian Archbishop / cardinal, dies at 79
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04 Feb 1994
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death
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Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist and manager (b. 1930) |
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04 Feb 1995
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death
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Betty Davis: British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn
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04 Feb 1995
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death
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Roel Wiersma: Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62
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04 Feb 1995
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death
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Patricia Highsmith, American-Swiss author (b. 1921) |
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04 Feb 1995
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death
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Godfrey Brown, Indian-English runner and educator (b. 1915) |
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04 Feb 1997
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death
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James Friell: Political cartoonist, dies at 84
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04 Feb 2000
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death
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Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908) |
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04 Feb 2001
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death
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Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer and architect (b. 1922) |
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04 Feb 2001
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death
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Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928) |
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04 Feb 2001
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death
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J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (b. 1924) |
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04 Feb 2001
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death
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Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish preacher, author, and academic author (b. 1938) |
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04 Feb 2002
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death
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Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907) |
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04 Feb 2002
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death
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Helen Dodson Prince American astronomer (b. 1905) |
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04 Feb 2002
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death
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George Nader, American actor (b. 1921) |
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04 Feb 2003
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death
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André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) |
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04 Feb 2003
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death
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Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920) |
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04 Feb 2005
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death
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Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917) |
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04 Feb 2006
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death
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Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921) |
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04 Feb 2007
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death
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Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (b. 1922) |
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04 Feb 2007
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death
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Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian-English poet and translator (b. 1959) |
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04 Feb 2007
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death
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José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1925) |
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04 Feb 2008
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death
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Stefan Meller, Polish academic and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (b. 1942) |
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04 Feb 2008
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death
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Augusta Dabney, American actress (b. 1918) |
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04 Feb 2010
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death
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Kostas Axelos, Greek-French philosopher and author (b. 1924) |
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04 Feb 2011
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death
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Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1913) |
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04 Feb 2012
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death
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János Sebestyén, Hungarian organist (b. 1931) |
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04 Feb 2012
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death
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Florence Green, English soldier (b. 1901) |
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04 Feb 2012
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death
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István Csurka, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1934) |
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04 Feb 2013
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death
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Donald Byrd, American trumpet player (b. 1932) |
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04 Feb 2014
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death
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Wu Ma, Chinese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) |
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04 Feb 2014
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death
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Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (b. 1973) |
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04 Feb 2014
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death
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Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (b. 1921) |
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04 Feb 2014
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death
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Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) |
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