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2001: Ash Wednesday
Get a Different Name Day
1866: Jesse James robbed his first bank
1867: Strauss's Blue Danube premiered in Vienna
1875: First U.S. quintuplets born, in Watertown, Wisconsin
Born 1885: Bess Truman (U.S. First Lady)
1914: The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) established
Born 1923: Chuck Yeager (pilot)
Born 1934: George Segal (actor)
Born 1942: Peter Tork (musician)
Born 1950: Peter Gabriel (musician)
1959: The first Barbie dolls went on sale
Born 1974: Robbie Williams (singer)
Died 1976: Lily Pons (soprano)
Born 1980: Kristy Powell (Olympic gymnast)
1988: Winter Olympics began, Calgary, Alberta
2000: The last original Peanuts comic strip ran in newspapers
Died 2002: Pauline Trigere (fashion designer)
2002: Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II
Died 2002: Waylon Jennings (singer)






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