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Birthdays occurring on February, 1
| 1894 |
James P. Johnson was born on February 1, 1894
[Fats Waller's talent outstripped even his girth. He was the most celebrated of all stride pianists, the first jazz musician to record on the organ, the composer of hundreds of songs and a master singer and showman who could find high comedy in the most mundane pop tunes.] Some little people have music in them, ... but Fats was all music, and you know how big he was. More quotations from James P. Johnson |
| 1900 |
Stephen Potter was born on February 1, 1900
If your friend says of some picture, "Yes, but what does it mean?" ask him, what his carpet means or the circular patterns on his shoes More quotations from Stephen Potter |  |
Deaths occurring on February, 1
| 1851 |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley died on February 1, 1851
English Romantic novelist remembered primarily for her classic Gothic novel Frankenstein, that gave birth to one of the best-known monsters. 1797-1851It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what was in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with More quotations from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |  |
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