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1002
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After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11
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1092
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Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
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1336
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Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
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1386
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Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
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1460
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Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
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1502
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Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
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1519
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Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
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1573
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Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
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1588
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Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
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1671
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Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
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1689
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English King Willem III declares war on France
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1738
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England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
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1753
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King Louis XV disbands French parliament
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1754
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1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
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1766
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John Byron back in England after trip around the world
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1785
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British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
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1788
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English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
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1836
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HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius
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1837
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"Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
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1846
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Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
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1862
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Battle of Farmington, MS
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1862
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Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
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1862
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US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
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1864
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-20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
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1864
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Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
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1864
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Battle of Dalton, GA
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1864
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Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
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1868
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Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
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1874
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Victoria Embankment, in London opens
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1882
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Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
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1889
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15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34«
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1896
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1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
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1899
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Lawn mower patented
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1901
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Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
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1901
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Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
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1908
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Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
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1911
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Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
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1913
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17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
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1914
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40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
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1914
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Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
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1915
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German & French fight Battle of Artois
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1916
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British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
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1925
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Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
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1926
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Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
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1927
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53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
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1927
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Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
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1929
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NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
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1929
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WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
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1930
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56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6
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1931
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57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
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1932
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58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
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1932
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Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
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1932
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WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
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1933
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Spanish anarchists call for general strike
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1934
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Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
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1936
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1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
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1936
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Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
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1937
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Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
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1939
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Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
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1941
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English Army breaks German spy codes
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1942
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68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
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1943
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5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia
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1943
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Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
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1944
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1st eye bank opens (NYC)
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1944
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Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
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1944
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Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
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1944
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Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
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1944
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Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
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1945
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Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
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1945
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Jersey liberated from nazis
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1945
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Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
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1945
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New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
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1945
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Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
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1945
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Victory celebration at Red Square
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1946
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1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
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1946
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1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
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1946
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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto
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1949
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Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
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1949
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Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
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1950
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French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
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1950
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Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
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1951
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Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
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1955
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German Federal Republic joins NATO
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1958
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Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
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1959
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Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
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1960
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Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
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1960
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US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
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1960
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US send U-2 over USSR
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1961
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Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins
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1961
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FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
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1961
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Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
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1962
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Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
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1962
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Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
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1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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1963
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Khrushchev visits Egypt
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1964
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Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
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1965
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Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
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1965
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Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
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1966
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1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
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1966
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1967
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1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
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1967
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Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
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1969
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BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
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1970
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100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
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1971
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23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton
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1971
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Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
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1971
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Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
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1971
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Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
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1971
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
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1973
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For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
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1974
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House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
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1975
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Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
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1975
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Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
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1976
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"So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
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1976
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Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
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1977
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Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
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1977
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Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
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1977
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Patty Hearst let out of jail
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1978
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
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1978
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Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
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1978
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Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
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1978
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Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
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1978
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PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
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1979
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US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
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1980
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35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
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1981
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Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
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1982
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"9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances
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1982
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Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
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1982
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Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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1983
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18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson
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1984
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Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
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1984
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Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8)
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1984
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White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
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1987
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183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
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1987
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Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
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1987
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Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
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1988
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A's winning streak hits 14, ends tommorow
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1988
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Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
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1988
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Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms
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1989
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"Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
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1989
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Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
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1989
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NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
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1989
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NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
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1989
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VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing
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1990
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NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
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1990
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Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
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1991
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Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
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1991
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Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
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1992
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America Cup finals begin in San Diego
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1992
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Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
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1992
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Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
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1993
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"Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
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1993
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"Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
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1993
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Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
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1993
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Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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1993
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Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
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1993
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Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
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1994
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"Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
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1994
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Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY
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1995
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Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
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1995
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Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
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1997
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1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
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1997
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San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
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1998
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by
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BIRTHS
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1265
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Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
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1596
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Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
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1738
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John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
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1740
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Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
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1783
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Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
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1785
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James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
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1793
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Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
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1796
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August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
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1800
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John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
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1801
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Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
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1810
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Louis Gallait, historical painter
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1810
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WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
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1814
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Adolph von Henselt, composer
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1824
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William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1829
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Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
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1833
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Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
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1837
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Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
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1843
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Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
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1844
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[Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
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1846
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Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
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1855
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Julius Rontgen, composer
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1860
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James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
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1865
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August de Boeck, composer
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1873
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Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
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1873
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Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
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1882
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Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
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1887
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Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
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1892
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Eric Westberg, composer
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1892
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Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
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1895
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Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
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1895
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Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
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1899
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Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet
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1901
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Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
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1901
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George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
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1903
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Walter Dehmel, writer
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1906
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Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
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1907
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Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame)
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1910
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Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
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1910
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P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
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1911
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Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
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1912
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Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
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1913
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John Hayes, Admiral
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1913
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Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
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1914
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Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
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1914
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Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
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1914
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Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
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1914
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Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
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1914
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Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
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1915
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Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
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1916
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Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist
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1916
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Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
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1916
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Douglas Guest, organist
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1917
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George Fleming, cyclist
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1917
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John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
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1918
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Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
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1918
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Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69)
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1919
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Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
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1920
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Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
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1922
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Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
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1924
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Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
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1924
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Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
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1924
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Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
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1924
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Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
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1925
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Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
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1926
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Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
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1926
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Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
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1926
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Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
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1926
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Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
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1927
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John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
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1927
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Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
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1927
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Ray Katt, baseball player
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1928
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Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1928
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Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
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1928
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Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49)
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1929
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Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
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1930
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Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
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1931
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Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
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1932
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Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
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1932
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David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
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1932
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Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
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1932
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Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
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1932
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J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
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1933
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Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
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1934
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Alan Bennett, Engld, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
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1934
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John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
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1934
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Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
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1936
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Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
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1936
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Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
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1936
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Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
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1936
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Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
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1936
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Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
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1937
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Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
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1937
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Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
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1938
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Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
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1938
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Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
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1939
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Bruce Mather, composer
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1939
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Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
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1939
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Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
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1939
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Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
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1939
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Nokle Edwards, rocker
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1939
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Ralph Boston, Laurel Miss, long jumper (Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68)
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1940
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Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
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1940
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James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
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1941
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Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
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1941
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Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
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1941
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Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
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1942
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John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
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1942
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Mike Millward, rocker
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1942
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Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
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1942
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William Olner, MP
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1943
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Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
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1943
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Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
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1943
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Tommy Roe, rocker
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1944
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Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)
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1944
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Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
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1945
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Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1946
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Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
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1947
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Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
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1948
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John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champ)
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1949
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Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
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1949
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Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
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1950
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James A Butts, LA Calif, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
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1950
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Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
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1950
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Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
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1951
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Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
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1952
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Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
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1953
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Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84)
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1953
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Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
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1953
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Ron Jackson, baseball player
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1953
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Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
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1954
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Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
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1955
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Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
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1955
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Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer
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1957
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Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
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1957
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John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1958
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Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1959
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Andrew Jones, cricketer (highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop)
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1959
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Asantha De Mel, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
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1960
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Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995)
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1960
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Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
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1960
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Tony Gwynn, LA CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
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1961
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Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
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1962
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John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
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1962
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Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
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1964
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Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1965
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Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
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1965
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Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
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1965
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Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
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1966
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Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
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1968
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Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
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1968
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David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
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1968
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Marie-Jos Prec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner (Oly-2 gold-96)
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1968
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Vince Workman, NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
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1969
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Carla Overbeck, Pasadena Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Renn Crichlow, Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-8-92, 96)
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1970
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Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
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1972
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Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)
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1972
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Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
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1972
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Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
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1974
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Pete Kelley, 218¬ lbs (99 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
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1974
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Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
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1974
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Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
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1976
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Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
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1980
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Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
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1980
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Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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1079
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Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
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1280
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Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
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1443
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Niccol¢ d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
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1460
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Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
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1474
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Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
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1590
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Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
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1657
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William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
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1667
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Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
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1688
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Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
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1707
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Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
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1745
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Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
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1760
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Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
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1770
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Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
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1785
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Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
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1791
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Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
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1799
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Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
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1805
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Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
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1805
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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45
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1822
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Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62
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1850
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Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
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1853
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Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73
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1864
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"Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
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1864
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Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident
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1880
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Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
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1884
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Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
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1903
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Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
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1905
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Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78
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1926
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Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
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1927
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Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies
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1928
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Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81
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1931
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A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
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1937
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Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
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1944
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Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
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1945
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Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
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1949
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Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
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1951
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Marie Ault, dies at 80
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1952
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Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45
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1957
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Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies
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1957
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Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67
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1958
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Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
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1965
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Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62
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1966
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Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56
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1966
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Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
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1967
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Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies
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1967
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Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35
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1968
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Finlay Currie, dies at 90
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1968
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Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
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1968
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Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
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1968
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Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58
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1970
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Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
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1970
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Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
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1974
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Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
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1975
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Philip Dorn, dies at 73
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1976
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Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
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1976
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Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
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1977
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James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
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1977
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Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
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1979
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Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
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1979
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Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
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1981
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C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
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1981
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Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
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1982
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Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Kan sloeg Abel), dies
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1985
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Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
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1986
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Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
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1986
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Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
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1986
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Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
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1987
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Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
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1989
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Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
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1989
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Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
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1990
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Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
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1990
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Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
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1991
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James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
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1991
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Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72
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1991
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Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
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1992
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Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
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1993
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Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61
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1993
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Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98
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1993
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Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author
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1995
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Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68
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1995
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Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74
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1995
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Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
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1995
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Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies
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