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536
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Byzantines Libya occupies Rome on Ostrogoten
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656
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Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
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1212
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Frederik II crowns himself Roman Catholic king
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1315
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Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
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1425
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Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
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1570
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Geuzen under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
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1625
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Netherlands & England sign military treaty
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1640
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Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
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1658
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Dutch troops occupy harbor city Quilon (Coilan) India
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1688
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King James II's wife & son flee England for France
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1724
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Colley Cibber's "Caesar in Aegypt," premieres in London
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1738
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Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
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1747
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England & Netherlands sign military treaty
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1762
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British parliament accept Treaty of Paris
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1783
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1st execution at English Newgate-jail
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1793
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Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva
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1805
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Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth
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1824
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Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
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1842
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St M Glinka's opera "Russlan Ludmilla," premieres in Petersburg
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1851
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1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montral)
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1854
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Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published
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1861
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Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)
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1868
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1st British govt of Gladstone forms
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1869
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Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia
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1878
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Joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2,500
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1883
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New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902)
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1884
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Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate
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1889
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President Harrison visits opening of Chicago Auditorium
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1894
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Roman Catholics win Parliamentary election in Belgium
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1900
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Dutch Pres Paul Kruger & Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession
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1902
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AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY
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1903
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Norwegian parliament vote unanimiously for female suffrage
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1905
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French Assembly National votes for separation of church & state
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1905
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Richard Strauss' opera "Salome," premiers in Dresden
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1906
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NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo
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1907
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1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office)
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1907
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Gustav Mahler departs Vienna
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1909
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1st US monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, NY)
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1910
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French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir
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1913
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Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
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1913
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John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League
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1917
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British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem
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1918
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French troops occupies Mainz
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1922
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Gabriel Narutowicz elected Polish president
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1924
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Dutch & Hungary trade treaty signed
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1924
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Michael Hainisch re-elected Austrian president
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1925
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AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raise to $40,000
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1925
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Pro football a hit in NYC; Grange & Bears beat Giants before 73,000
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1926
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USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs
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1931
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Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players & NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
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1931
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Benn W Levy's "Springtime for Henry," premieres in NYC
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1931
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Japanese army attacks Chinese province of Jehol
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1931
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Spain becomes a republic
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1933
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21st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Sarnia Imperials, 4-3
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1933
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Romania disallows fascist Iron Guard
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1934
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NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL championship
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1936
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AL OKs night baseball for St Louis
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1936
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Australia all out 58 v Eng Bradman out for a duck
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1939
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27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7
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1939
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Russian air raid on Helsinki
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1940
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British assault on Banghazi Libya
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1940
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British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
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1940
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Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
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1940
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South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
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1941
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1st US WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines
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1941
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300 Montgomery, SF opens as new Bank of America HQ
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1941
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7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB)
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1941
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China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy
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1941
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Citizen Register reports "Hostile planes reported nearing Westchester"
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1941
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Hitler orders US ships torpedoed
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1948
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UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide
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1949
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
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1949
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NFL merges Cleve Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC
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1951
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Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wrttemberg, W Germ
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1953
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General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
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1953
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Mont Canadiens (106) & Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins
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1954
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad
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1957
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1st Japanese ambassador to Israel
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1958
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Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
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1960
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1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
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1961
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"From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs
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1961
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"Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 68 perfs
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1961
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SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel
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1961
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Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania
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1961
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Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
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1962
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"I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes on Broadway
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1962
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Tanganyika becomes a republic within British Commonwealth
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1963
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Frank Sinatra Jr is kidnapped
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1963
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Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
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1965
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
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1965
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Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles
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1965
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Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium
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1967
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Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
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1967
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Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House
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1967
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Nicolea Ceausescu becomes president (dictator) of Romania
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1968
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KRNE TV channel 12 in Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Dutch Antilles: govt of Petronia falls
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1971
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Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to Supreme Court
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1973
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"Pajama Game" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 performances
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1973
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Bruno Sammartino beats Stan Stasiak in NY, to become WWF champ
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1973
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St Louis Cardinal Jim Bakken kicks 6 field goals vs Atlanta Falcons
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1973
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Sunningdale Agreement in Northern Ireland
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1974
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Dow Jones index hits 570.01
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1974
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Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
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1974
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Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
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1975
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Jelena Bonner receives Andrei Sacharov's Nobel Prize
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1975
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Pres Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC
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1978
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1st game of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle vs Milwaukee Does
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1978
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Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
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1979
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Murle Breer/Dave Eichelberger wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1980
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61øF in Boston at 1 AM
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1981
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Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders
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1982
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Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce
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1983
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Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free & that's easier than paying for it"
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1983
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63)
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1984
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6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends
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1984
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane
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1984
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LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
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1984
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Vicki Alvarez/Mike McDonald wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1985
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74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63)
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1985
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Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive game receptions
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1985
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Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow
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1987
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Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
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1987
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Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
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1988
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NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M
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1989
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"Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
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1990
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Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship
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1990
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Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3k ladies (4:10.80)
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1990
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Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14
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1990
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Lech Walesa wins presidental election in Poland
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1990
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NFL NY Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard
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1991
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2nd Billboard Music Awards
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1992
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3rd Billboard Music Awards
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1992
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Cin Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
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1992
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NJ Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, & white for the 1992-93 season
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1992
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Operation Restore Hope - US Marines land in Somalia
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1992
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Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
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1993
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"My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances
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1993
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Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns
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1994
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5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth
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1994
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Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments
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1995
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61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB)
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BIRTHS
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1392
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Peter, Prince/Regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa benfeitoria)
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1561
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Edwin Sandys, a founder of Virginia colony
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1569
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Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint (patron of social justice)
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1571
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Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
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1581
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Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange
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1594
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Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
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1608
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John Milton, London, poet/puritan (Paradise Lost)
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1715
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Georg Gottfried Petri, composer
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1717
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Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)
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1728
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Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, composer
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1742
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Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist (lemon acid)
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1754
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Etienne Ozi, composer
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1791
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Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer
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1796
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Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer
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1837
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Charles mile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer (Skaters)
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1842
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Pjotr A Kopotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist
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1843
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P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economiste Franais)
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1848
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Joel Chandler Harris, US journalist (created Uncle Remus stories)
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1853
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Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, Rochester NY, pitcher (60-12 in 1884)
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1854
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Pekka Hannikainen, composer
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1859
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Algernon Ashton, composer
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1862
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Karel Kovarovic, composer
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1864
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Sidney Homer, composer
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1868
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Fritz Haber, German phycist-chemist (Nobel 1919)
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1873
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Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect
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1878
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Gza Rvsz, Hungarian/Dutch psychologist (Talent & Genius)
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1882
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Joaqu¡n Turina, Seville Spain, composer (Rima)
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1883
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Alexander Papagos, Greek fieldmarshal/supreme commander
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1884
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Antonin Zapotocky, Czechoslovak president (Ceskoslovensky Spisouatel)
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1886
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Clarence Birdseye, frozen vegatable king (Birdseye)
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1889
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John P "Hannes" Kolehmainen, Fin long-distance runner (Oly-gold 1912)
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1894
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Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket RI, actor (Anywhere USA)
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1897
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Hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man)
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1898
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Emmett Kelly, Sedan KS, circus clown (Weary Willie)
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1899
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Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor
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1899
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Howard Freeman, Helena MT, actor (Double Dynamite)
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1899
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Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author (Babar the Elephant)
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1899
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Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (Those not elected)
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1901
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Odn [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian playwright
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1902
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Margaret Hamilton, Cleveland OH, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz)
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1902
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Richard A Butler, England, Dutch min of Finance/Foreign affairs
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1904
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Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist
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1905
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Dalton Trumbo, US, writer/film director (Johnny Got His Gun)
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1906
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Freddy Martin, Cleve Oh, orch leader (started Merv Griffin)
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1906
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Grace Murray Hopper, computer innovator
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1906
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Greet Koeman, Dutch singer
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1907
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Noel Walton Bott, engineer
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1909
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr, NYC, actor (Ghost Story)
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1910
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Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter (Holland Festival)
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1910
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Stephen Jurika Jr, US pilot/capt (WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross)
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1911
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Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (All the King's Men, Highway Patrol)
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1911
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[William] Broderick Crawford, Phila, actor (Hunter, Liar's Moon)
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1912
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Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director [or Dec 12]
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1912
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Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (Rep-D-Mass 1977-86)/Speaker of the House
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1915
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Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s)
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1915
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jarotschin Germ, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier)
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1915
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Herbert Huncke, writer
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1916
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Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect/writer (Mozart biog)
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1918
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Kirk Douglas, [Issur Demsky], actor (Gunfight at OK Corral)
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1922
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Redd Foxx, St Louis Mo, comedian (Sandford & Son, Redd Foxx Show)
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1925
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Dina Merrill, NYC, actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8)
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1926
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Luis Miguel Domingu¡n, Spain, matador
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1927
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Pierre Henry, composer
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1928
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Dick Van Patten, Queens NY, actor (Tom Bradford-8 is Enough)
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1929
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Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954)
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1929
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John Cassavetes, NYC, actor (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary's Baby)
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1929
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Michel Fano, composer
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1929
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Robert J L Hawke, (Lab), PM Australia (1983-91)
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1930
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Buck Henry, NYC, screenwriter/comedian (SNL, Get Smart)
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1932
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Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician
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1933
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Milt Campbell, Plainfield NJ, hurdler/decathlete (Olympics-gold-56)
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1933
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Orville Moody, Chickasha OK, PGA golfer (1969 US Open)
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1934
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Al Kaline, Baltimore Md, baseball outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
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1934
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Alan Ridout, composer
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1934
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Judi Dench, York England, actress (Henry V, Wetherby)
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1934
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Milton Gray Campbell, Plainfield NJ, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1934
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[Amos] Junior Wells, Memphis Tn, blues singer (In My Younger Days)
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1935
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Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader
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1938
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David Houston, rocker
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1938
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Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care
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1938
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William Thomas McKinley, composer
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1938
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[David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end (LA, SD, Washington)
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1940
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Sammy Strain, US singer (Imperials-Hurt So Bad)
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1941
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Beau Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer)
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1941
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Dan Hicks, rocker
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1942
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Dick Butkus, Chicago, NFL hall of fame linebacker (Bears)/sportscaster
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1942
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Joe McGinniss, Rye NY, author (Selling of President 1968)
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1943
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Kenny Vance, rocker
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1943
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Rick Danko, Canada, rocker (The Band-Islands, Stage Fright)
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1944
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George Baker, [Hans Bouwens], Dutch vocalist (G B Selection)
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1945
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Michael Nouri, Wash DC, actor (Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues)
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1948
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Dennis Dunaway, rocker
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1948
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Marleen Gorris, Dutch director (Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island)
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1948
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Ron Vawter, Latham NY, actor (Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister)
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1949
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Thomas O Kite Jr, Austin TX, PGA golfer (1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983)
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1950
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Joan Armatrading, St Kitts, singer (Back to the Night)
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1952
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Michael Dorn, actor (Worf-Star Trek Next Generation)
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1953
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John Malkovich, Christopher Ill, actor/director (Killing Fields)
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1953
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World B Free, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors)
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1954
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Herman Finkers, Dutch cabaret performer
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1956
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Sylvia, Kokomo Indiana, country singer (Nobody)
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1957
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Donny Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
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1958
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Nancy J Currie, Wilmington DE, Mjr Army/astronaut (STS 57, 70, sk: 88)
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1960
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Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder (NY Yankees, Blue Jays)
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1961
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Christiane Jolissaint, Switzerland, tennis star
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1961
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Ian Andrew Wright, Hamilton NZ, rower (Olympics-96)
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1961
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Joe Lando, LA Calif, actor (Byron Sully-Dr Quinn)
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1963
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Barry Wilburn, NFL full safety (Phila Eagles)
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1963
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B rbara Palacios, Carcas Venz, Miss Universe (1986)
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1964
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Petr Briza, Prague CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep)
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1965
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Brad Savage, Livdnia Mich, actor (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
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1965
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Caryn Kadavy, Erie Pa, figure skater
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1965
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Karla Nelson, Pine City Minn, Ms America (1993)
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1966
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Dana Murzyn, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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1967
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Cathy Mockett, Newport Beach CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-7th)
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1967
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Ray Agnew, NFL nose tackle (Carolina Panthers, NY Giants)
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1968
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Bill Johnson, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1968
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Brent Price, NBA guard (Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets)
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1968
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Kurt Angle, Pittsburgh Pa, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler (Oly-gold-96)
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1968
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Michael Foster, Richmond Va, drummer (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
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1969
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Allison Smith, Bronx NY, actress (Jennie-Cagney & Lacey, Kate & Allie)
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1969
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Greg[ory] Klingsporn, Morristown NJ, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1969
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Ramon Garcia, Guanare Venezuela, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1970
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Donald Douglas, WLAF safety (Rhein Fire)
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1970
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Marlin Cannon, Dallas Texas, 200m/400m runner
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1971
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Chris Boniol, NFL kicker (Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles)
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1971
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Clifton Abraham, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1971
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Petr Nedved, Libercec CZE, NHL center (Team Czech, Pitts Penguins)
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1971
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Todd Van Poppel, Hinsdale IL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
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1972
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Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star
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1972
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Paul Greene, Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Tony Batista, Puerto Plata Dom Rep, infielder (Oakland A's)
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1975
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Joshua Rudoy, actor (Harry & Hendersons)
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1975
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Stuart McRae, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Mandy James, Jacksonville Fla, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
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2340
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Worf, Klingon character on Star Trek Next Generation
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DEATHS
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1165
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Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
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1292
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Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
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1437
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Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
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1565
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Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
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1625
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Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78
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1636
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Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
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1641
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Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42
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1669
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Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
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1674
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Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
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1706
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Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
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1767
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Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies
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1770
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Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80
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1814
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Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39
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1819
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Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide
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1827
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Franois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90
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1893
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George Elvey, composer, dies at 77
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1905
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Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66
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1916
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P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73
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1924
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Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70
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1925
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Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81
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1929
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Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies
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1930
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Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
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1933
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Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies
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1940
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Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
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1941
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Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
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1944
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Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28
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1948
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Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies
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1956
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Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59
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1957
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Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
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1959
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Kurt Klber, writer, dies
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1959
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Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
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1963
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Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St Benot), dies at 75
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1964
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Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77
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1966
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Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79
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1970
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Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
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1971
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Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC
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1974
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George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies
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1974
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Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64
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1975
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William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
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1976
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Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71
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1977
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Clarice Lispector, writer, dies
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1979
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Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
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1981
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Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56
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1982
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Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87
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1982
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Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
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1982
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Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77
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1982
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Marty Robbins, country singer, dies
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1982
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Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80
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1982
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Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55
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1983
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David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53
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1988
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Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52
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1990
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Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80
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1992
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Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
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1992
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Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71
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1993
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Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
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1993
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Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
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1994
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Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28
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1994
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Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82
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1994
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Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48
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1994
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Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85
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1995
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Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84
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1995
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Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies
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1995
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Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75
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1995
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Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56
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1995
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Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40
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1995
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Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74
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1996
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Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87
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1996
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Alain Poher, French pres of European Parliament (1966-69), dies
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1996
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Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84
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1996
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Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64
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1996
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Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83
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1996
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Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83
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1996
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Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32
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1997
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Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91
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