Page 5: Historical Events In February - 02
Friday, 21 March 2025
1892 On February - 02 bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
1893 On February - 02 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ
1894 On this day in history uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1895 On this day in history george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1896 On February - 02 jane Wilde, writer
1897 On February - 02 the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire.
1898 On this day in history josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Theatre De la Mar)
1899 The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne on February - 02.
1899 Benny Rubin, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show) on February - 02.
1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris on February - 02.
1900 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65) on this day in history.
1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization on February - 02.
1901 On February - 02 connie Gilchrist, Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives)
1902 Tyra Ryman, Arboga Sweden, actress (Peter the Tramp) on February - 02.
1902 Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42 on February - 02.
1903 On February - 02 frank McGrath, Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train)
1904 On this day in history uS blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey
1904 On February - 02 buzurg Alavi, Persian author (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha)
1905 On February - 02 the birth of Ayn Rand, American philisopher.
1905 Ayn Rand, writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead) on this day in history.
1906 On this day in history pope encyclical against separation of church & state
1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic on February - 02.
1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1908 Anita Garvin, actress (Swiss Miss, Blotto, Charlatan, Hats Off) on this day in history.
1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris on February - 02.
1909 Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty on February - 02.
1912 On this day in history frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
1913 On February - 02 new York football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
1913 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens on this day in history.
1913 On this day in history nY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
1914 Cub Scouts founded in England on February - 02.
1914 On February - 02 james Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in NYC
1918 John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 on February - 02.
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