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653
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St Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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656
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Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam
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676
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Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1091
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Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland
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1119
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Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders
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1291
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Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, & destroyed
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1397
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Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden & Norway
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1535
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English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights
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1579
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Anti-English uprising in Ireland
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1579
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Francis Drake entered SF Bay
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1579
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Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of Calif
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1580
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Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels
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1583
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Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries
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1609
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Netherlands, England & France sign 12 year Covenant
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1665
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Battle at Viciosa: English & Portuguese army beat Spain
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1700
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Mass orders priest to leave the colony
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1734
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French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
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1745
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American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French
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1775
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Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)
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1789
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3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly
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1815
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Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda
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1824
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Bureau of Indian Affairs established
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1837
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Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
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1850
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Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
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1855
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Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed
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1856
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Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia
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1861
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Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
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1863
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Battle at Middleburg Virginia
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1863
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Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia
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1863
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Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta
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1863
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Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
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1864
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-18] Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia
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1864
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640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished
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1864
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General John B Hood replaces General Johnston
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1864
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Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia
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1876
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1st to hit 2 HRs; & score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
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1876
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Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother
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1880
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John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo
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1882
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Tornado kills 130 in Iowa
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1885
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Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'
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1894
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1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
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1895
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US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan
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1897
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William Frank Powell, NJ educator, named minister to Haiti
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1898
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US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii
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1911
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Belgium govt of De Broqueville forms
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1915
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League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia
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1916
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1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
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1916
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US troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico
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1917
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British king George V takes the name Windsor
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1919
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"Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres
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1920
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
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1928
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Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
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1930
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Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge
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1930
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Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games
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1932
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Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada
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1933
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Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops & 1 gangster killed by mob
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1937
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Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in NY
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1938
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Japan declares war on China
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1940
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France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
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1940
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General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
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1940
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Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
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1940
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USSR occupies Estonia
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1942
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1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
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1943
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Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs
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1944
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-19] French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba
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1944
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Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons
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1944
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Iceland declares independence from Denmark
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1944
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Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland
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1944
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Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London
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1945
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Day of Unity in West Germany (National Day)
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1946
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SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St Louis
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1947
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1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
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1947
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Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin
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1947
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Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
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1948
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Joe Cronin pinch hit HRs in both ends of a doubleheader
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1950
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1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
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1950
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Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
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1951
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"Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 40 performances
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1952
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2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
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1953
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Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
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1953
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Riots in East Germany for reunification
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1953
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Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
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1954
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CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)
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1954
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Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1954
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Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends
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1956
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Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister
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1957
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"So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2
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1957
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Tuskegee boycott begins (Blacks boycotted city stores)
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1958
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Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy
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1959
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Eamon de Valera elected pres of Ireland
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1960
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Ted Williams hit his 500th HR
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1961
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"Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 8 perfs
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1961
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61st US Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
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1961
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Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt
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1962
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62nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA
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1962
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Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago
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1962
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Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers
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1962
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
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1963
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British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
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1963
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Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools
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1965
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11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)
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1965
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1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon)
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1965
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Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
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1966
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Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers
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1967
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"Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5
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1967
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1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
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1967
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Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed
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1967
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China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
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1967
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Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers & Athletics)
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1968
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Belgium govt of Eyskens-Merlot forms
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1968
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KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold
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1969
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"Oh! Calcutta!" opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
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1970
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Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera
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1972
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"Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38
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1972
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5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate
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1972
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Chile president Allende forms new government
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1972
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Looking Glass releases "Brandy"
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1973
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1st du Maurier Golf Classic (La Canadienne): Jocelyne Bourassa
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1973
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73rd US Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC PA
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1973
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Russian party leader Brezhnev visits US
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1975
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Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with US
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1976
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ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
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1976
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Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
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1978
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"Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32
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1978
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Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
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1979
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"Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 140 performances
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1979
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79th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo
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1979
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
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1980
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Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
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1981
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Battle between Moslems & Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
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1982
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Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech)
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1982
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President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat
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1984
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1984
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John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada
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1985
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18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched
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1986
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Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
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1988
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Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips
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1988
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Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens
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1988
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Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0
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1988
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Soyuz TM-5 launches
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1988
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Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
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1989
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US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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1990
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"Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 perfs
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1990
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"Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 perfs
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1990
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90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
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1990
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Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
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1991
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Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78
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1991
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Pres Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died
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1991
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South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
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1992
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Conn Gov Lowell Weicker & WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day
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1992
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Phila 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns
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1992
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Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, S Africa, kills 42
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1993
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Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit
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1994
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1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
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1994
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OJ Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, LA cops chase his Ford Bronco for 1« hours, eventually gives up (seen liv
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1995
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"Who's Tommy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 899 performances
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM
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1997
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NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000
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BIRTHS
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1239
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Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England
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1604
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Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen (Maurits House)
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1682
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Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)
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1703
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John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder (Methodists)
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1714
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Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor)
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1725
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Joseph Anton Bauer, composer
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1742
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William Hooper, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence)
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1750
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Michel Woldemar, composer
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1756
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Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public
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1810
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F Freiligrath, writer
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1811
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Jon Sigurdsson, Iceland, leader/collects Icelandic legends
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1817
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Ivan K Avazovski, Russan painter (Harbor Scenes)
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1817
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Thomas Maley Harris, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
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1818
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Charles Francois Gounod, Paris France, opera composer (Faust)
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1818
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Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III
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1823
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John Henry Hobart Ward, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
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1828
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Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian
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1830
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Rochard Montgomery Gano, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1913
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1832
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William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe, thallium)
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1837
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Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863
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1838
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Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Kapala-Kundala)
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1838
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Chattopadhyaya/Bankim Chandra, Bengalese writer (Monastery of Delight)
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1845
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Hendrik P Staal, Dutch banker
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1855
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Fritz Steinbach, composer
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1858
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Eben Sumner Draper, (Gov-MA)
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1861
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Sidney James Jones, composer
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1867
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John Robert Gregg, Ireland, inventor (shorthand)
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1870
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George Cormack, cereal inventor (Wheaties)
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1871
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James Weldon Johnson, lawyer (1st black admitted to Florida Bar)
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1871
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Nicolae Iorga, writer/poet/literature historian/pres of Romania
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1874
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Grant Mitchell, Columbus OH, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner)
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1875
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Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World)
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1878
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Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
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1880
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Carl Van Fight, US author/critic (Red, Nigger Heaven)
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1880
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Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
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1882
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Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]
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1883
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Alexandre Cellier, composer
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1884
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Christina C Bakker-van Bosse, feminist/pacifist
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1888
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Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer
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1895
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Louise Fazenda, Lafayette IN, actress/comdienne (Almost an actress)
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1895
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Slavko Osterc, composer
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1898
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Maurits C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
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1900
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Hermann Reuter, composer
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1900
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Martin Bormann, propoganda minister (Hitler)
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1903
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Michail Swetlow, writer
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1904
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Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist
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1904
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Ralph Bellamy, Chicago, actor (Air Mail, Dive Bomber, Trading Places)
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1906
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Thomas G Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer
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1908
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Frank Sully, St Louis MO, actor (Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief)
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1908
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Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/Writer
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1908
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John Verrall, composer
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1910
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Herbert Owen Reed, composer
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1910
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Red Foley, Blue Lick Ky, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
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1912
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Don Gillis, Cameron Missouri, composer (Symphony #5«)
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1912
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Wessel Couzijn, sculptor/cartoonist (Auschwitz-monument)
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1913
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Felix Hartlaub, writer
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1914
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John R Hersey, author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall)
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1915
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Stringbean, [David Akeman], Ky, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw)
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1916
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Einar Englund, composer
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1916
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Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live
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1917
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Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
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1918
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Maldwyn Thomas, president (Welsh Liberal Party)
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1919
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Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Lucifer)
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1919
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Galina Ivanova Ustvol'skaya, composer
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1919
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Kingman Brewster, college president (Yale)
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1919
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Max Dendermonde, [Henk Hazelhoff], Dutch literary
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1920
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Beryl Reid, actress (Joseph Andrews, Psychomania, Yellowbeard)
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1920
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Franois Jacob, France, biologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1965)
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1920
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Patrick Duffy, MP
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1922
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Herbert Kelsey Jones, composer
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1922
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Jerry Fielding, Pitts Pa, composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes)
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1922
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Paul Schallck, German writer (Don Quixote in Cologne)
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1923
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Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
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1924
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Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist (NAACP)
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1924
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Gotthold Gloger, writer
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1924
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Henk J Hoekstra, president (Dutch Communist Party)
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1925
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Keith Larsen, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle)
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1926
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Alan Walters, political economist
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1926
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Manuel Enriquez, composer
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1927
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Austin J Murphy, (Rep-D-PA, 1977- )
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1927
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Lucio Fulci, director
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1928
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James Brown, Pulaski TN, soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America)
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1929
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Michael L Strang, (Rep-R-CO, 1985- )
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1929
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Tigran Petrosyan, USSR, world chess champion (1963-69)
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1930
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Brian Statham, cricketer
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1930
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James Gathers, Sumter SC, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)
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1930
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Romuald Twardowski, composer
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1932
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Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner (Oly-bronze-1956)
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1932
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John P Murtha, (Rep-D-PA, 1974- )
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1933
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Christian Ferras, French violinist/conductor
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1937
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Peter Lupus, actor (Mission Impossible)
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1938
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Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer
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1939
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Dickey Do, [Gerry Granahan], rocker (Dickey Doo & The Dont's)
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1939
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Donald Anderson, MP (Labour)
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1939
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Hanna Johansen, writer
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1940
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Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
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1940
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Tony Marlow, MP (Conservative)
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1942
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Norman Kuhlice, England, rocker (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
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1943
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Christopher Brown, composer
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1943
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Newt[on] L Gingrich, (Rep-R-G, 1979- /Speaker of House 1995-97)
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1944
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Bill Rafferty, comedian (Real People, Laugh-in '77)
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1944
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Chris Spedding, rocker
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1945
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Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist (5 time winner of Tour de France)
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1945
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Ken Livingstone, MP (Labour)
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1945
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Tony Roche, tennis coach
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1946
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Barry Manilow, Bkln NY, singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs)
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1946
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Marcy Kaptur, (Rep-D-HA, 1983- )
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1948
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David Concepcion, Venezuela, all star shortstop (Cincinnati Reds)
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1948
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Rubn Blades, Panama, singer/actor (Fatal Beauty, Critical Condition)
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1949
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Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator
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1950
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Cathy Sherk, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Joe Piscopo, Passaic NJ, comedian (SNL, Miller Lite commercials)
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1954
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Mark Linn-Baker, St Louis, actor (Larry Appleton-Perfect Strangers)
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1956
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Nicholas Cook, cricketer
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1956
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Nick Cook, cricketer (England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89)
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1957
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Philip Chevron, English pop musician (Pogues-Peace & Love)
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1958
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Dan McVicar, Independence Mo, actor (Clarke-Bold & Beautiful)
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1960
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Mitzi Edge, Albany GA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic)
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1962
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Ed Brady, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1963
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Greg Kinnear, actor/talk show host (Talk Soup, Sabrina, Later)
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1963
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Kevin Glover, NFL center (Detroit Lions)
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1964
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Diane Murphy, actress (Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched)
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1964
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Erin Murphy, actress (Tabitha Stevens-Bewitched)
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1964
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Michael Gross, West Germany, swimmer (Olympic-2 world records-1984)
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1964
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Steve Rhodes, cricketer (England wicket-keeper 1994-95)
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1965
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Dan Jansen, West Allis Wisc, speed skater (Oly-gold-1984, 88, 92)
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1965
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Danny McManus, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1965
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Dermontti Dawson, NFL center (Pitts Steelers)
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1965
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Gianluca Pozzi, Bari Italy, tennis star (1991 Brisbane)
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1965
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Kami Cotler, Long Beach Calif, actress (Elizabeth-Waltons)
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1965
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Mike Magnante, Glendale CA, pitcher (KC Royals)
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1965
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Ray Seals, NFL defensive end (Pitts Steelers, Carolina Panthers)
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1966
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Clare Look-Jaeger, Milwaukee Wisconsin, high jumper
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1966
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Fred Barnett, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
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1967
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Keith Sims, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins)
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1967
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Pearl Sinn, LPGA golfer
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1967
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Robyn Meagher, Antigonish Nova Scotia, 5k runner (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Terry Davis, NBA forward/center (Dallas Mavericks, Wash Wizards)
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1969
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Karen Nystrom, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-Silver-98)
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1969
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Kevin Thornton, Amarillo, vocalist (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up)
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1969
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Patric Kjellberg, hockey forward (Team Sweden Oly-1998)
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1970
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Arnold Ale, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
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1970
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Jason Hanson, NFL kicker (Detroit Lions)
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1970
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Popeye Jones, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
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1970
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Ron "Popeye" Jones, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
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1970
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Stephane Fiset, Montreal, NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche)
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1971
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Tripp Schwenk, US, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-silver-96)
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1972
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Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
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1972
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James McKnight, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
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1975
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Frederick Koehler, Queens NY, actor (Chip-Kate & Allie)
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1975
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Petra Vaarakallio, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
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1977
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Andrea Deak, Miss Universe-Hungary (1996)
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1977
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Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands
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1977
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Jason Miller, Silver Springs Md, actor (New Mickey Mouse Club)
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1978
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Jenny Keim, Cin Ohio, diver (Olympics-9th-96)
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1979
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Cawey Schau, Seattle Wash, canoist (alt-Olympics-96)
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1980
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Andee Pickens, New Orleans La, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
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1980
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Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ)
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1980
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Venus Williams, Lynwood Calif, tennis star
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DEATHS
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656
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Osman ibn Affan, 3rd kalief of Islam (644-56) murdered
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676
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Adeodatus II, Italian Pope (672-76), dies
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855
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Leo IV, Italian Pope (847-55), dies
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1091
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Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies
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1119
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Boudouin VII with the Axe, earl of Flanders (1111-19), dies
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1501
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Jan I Olbracht, King of Poland, dies
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1672
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Orazio Benevoli, Italian composer, dies at 67
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1678
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Giacomo Torelli, composer, dies at 69
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1696
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Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies at 72
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1696
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Johannes II Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96), dies
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1719
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Joseph Addison, English poet/writer/secretary of state, dies at 47
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1734
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Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
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1762
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Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon, French poet (Idomne), dies at 88
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1797
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Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed
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1815
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Hammida, Algerian admiral, dies in battle
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1862
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Charles J Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
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1863
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Isham W Garrott, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
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1885
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Gen Edwin H K Freiherr von Manteuffel, mayor (Elzas-Lothar'n), dies
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1905
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M ximo G¢mez, Cuban general, dies at 68
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1906
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Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player, dies
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1906
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William Dale, international legal consultant, dies
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1910
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Lady Mosley, biographer, dies
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1918
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Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies
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1928
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Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies
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1936
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Kenneth Loach, TV director (Singing the Blues in Red), dies
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1938
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H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
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1938
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Peter Michael, CEO (Cray Electronics), dies
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1939
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Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France
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1941
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Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
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1950
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Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies
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1951
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Carl Vogler, composer, dies at 77
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1952
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Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
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1953
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Walter Niemann, composer, dies at 76
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1957
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D Richardson, writer, dies at 84
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1959
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Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
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1960
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Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70
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1961
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Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40
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1963
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Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79
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1963
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John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Devils), dies
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1965
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Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies
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1970
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Matthew Henderson, cricketer (one Test for NZ 1930), dies
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1971
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C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Phila), dies
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1973
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Luis Van Rooten, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 66
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1974
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Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50
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1974
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Yadavendra Singh, cricketer (Yuvraj of Patiala, Test for India), dies
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1978
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Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
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1979
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Lou Frizzel, actor (Dusty Rhoades-Bonanza), dies at 58
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1983
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Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch min of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88
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1983
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Peter Mennin(i), US composer (Moby Dick), dies at 60
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1984
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Chet Allen, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter), dies at 51
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1984
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Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
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1985
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Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
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1986
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Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
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1986
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Kate Smith, singer (God Bless America), dies in Raleigh NC at 78
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1987
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Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
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1989
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John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38
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1989
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Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS 51-D), dies plane crash at 59
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1990
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Dick Elffers, graphic artist, dies
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1990
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Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44
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1992
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Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65
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1992
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Frederick Exley, novelist (Fan's Note), dies at 63
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1993
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Angus Suttie, English potter, dies of AIDS at 46
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1993
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French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
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1994
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Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74
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1995
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Claire Sterling, journalist, dies at 75
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