. ▁ 1 9 9 7 ); ▁Red ▁Sch o end ienst , ▁baseball ▁player , ▁coach ▁and ▁manager , ▁in ▁Germ ant own , ▁Illinois ▁( d . ▁ 2 0 1 8 ); ▁L iz ▁Smith , ▁g oss ip ▁column ist , ▁in ▁Fort ▁W orth , ▁Texas ▁( d . ▁ 2 0 1 7 ); ▁C lem ▁W inds or , ▁rugby ▁player , ▁in ▁Br is b ane , ▁Australia ▁( d . ▁ 2 0 0 7 ) ▁ ▁February ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁( S aturday ) ▁A ▁magnitude ▁ 8 . 3 ▁to ▁ 8 . 5 ▁earth qu ake ▁struck ▁the ▁Kam chat ka ▁Pen ins ula ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁generating ▁a ▁twenty - five ▁foot ▁t sun ami ▁that ▁rac ed ▁across ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Ocean . ▁Born : ▁Ed ith ▁Bar ney , ▁baseball ▁player , ▁in ▁Bridge port , ▁Connecticut ▁( d . ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) ▁D ied : ▁K uro ki ▁Tam em oto , ▁ 7 9 , ▁Japanese ▁general ▁ ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁( S und ay ) ▁The ▁Conference ▁of ▁La us anne ▁broke ▁off ▁in ▁failure . ▁French ▁troops ▁expanded ▁their ▁occupation ▁of ▁Germany ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁key ▁railway ▁cent ers ▁of ▁Off enburg ▁and ▁App en we ier . ▁Born : ▁Con rad ▁B ain , ▁actor , ▁in ▁L eth bridge , ▁Al berta , ▁Canada ▁( d .