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493
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Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy
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933
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Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren
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1360
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France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel
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1382
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Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy
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1391
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Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews
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1493
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Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage
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1560
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Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France
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1562
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General Franois de Guise enters Paris
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1580
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Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange
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1672
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King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence
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1729
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Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st US nun, takes her vows, N Orleans
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1744
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French King Louis XV declares war on England
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1778
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Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook
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1781
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Battle of Guilford Court House, SC (British suffer heavy losses)
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1812
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1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River
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1820
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Maine admitted as 23rd state
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1827
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Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes
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1827
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University of Toronto is chartered
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1855
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Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
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1862
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Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, TN
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1864
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Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, LA
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1867
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Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university
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1869
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Cincinnati Red Stockings beat Antioch 41-7
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1869
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Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team
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1875
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1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested
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1877
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Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG
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1885
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1st performance of Csar Franck's "Lesson Djinns"
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1887
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1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
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1889
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6 US & German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die
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1892
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1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (NYC)
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1892
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NY State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
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1897
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1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
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1901
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Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
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1903
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Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
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1906
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Brits Rolls, Royce & Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd
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1907
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Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote
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1908
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1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"
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1912
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Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins
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1913
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1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson)
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1913
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Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court
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1915
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Neth merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed & sinks in North Sea
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1916
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Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos
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1916
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University of Gent goes under Dutch control
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1917
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Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]
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1919
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American Legion forms (Paris)
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1922
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1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
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1923
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Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke
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1926
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Belgium's "black monday," franc falls
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1928
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Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)
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1930
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1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY
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1930
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1st streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched
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1933
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NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation & discrimination
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1934
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US Information Service opens
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1935
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George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston
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1937
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1st blood bank forms (Chicago IL)
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1937
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1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh NC)
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1939
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Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ
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1940
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Gring says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
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1941
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Blizzard in ND kills 151
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1943
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Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
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1943
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Red Army evacuates Kharkov
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1944
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Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
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1945
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17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby & Ingrid Bergman win
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1945
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Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators
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1945
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Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1)
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1945
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Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
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1945
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Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain NY
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1946
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British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence
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1947
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John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy
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1948
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Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia
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1948
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Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine
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1948
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WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1949
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WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1949
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WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1950
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"Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances
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1950
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Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC
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1950
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NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
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1951
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Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
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1952
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"2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 276 perfs
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1952
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Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Runion, Indian Ocean
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1953
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1953
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West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
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1954
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"CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar
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1954
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WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses
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1955
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US Air Force unveils self-guided missile
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1955
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WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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"My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 2,715 perfs
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1956
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Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ
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1957
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3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb (Britain)
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1958
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"Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 60 performances
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1958
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KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1958
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Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts
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1958
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Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma & is permanently d
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1958
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USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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1959
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1959
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Richard Rogers' "No Strings" opens on Broadway
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1959
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Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s
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1959
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WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1960
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Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)
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1960
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National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated
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1961
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South Africa withdrews from British Commonwealth
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1962
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"No Strings" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 580 performances
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1962
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5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter
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1962
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Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump
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1962
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KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1962
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Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in NYC
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1962
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Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season
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1963
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WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, DC (IND) begins broadcasting
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1964
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LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
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1964
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Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)
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1964
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1965
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LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote
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1965
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T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in NYC
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1965
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WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra & Striesand
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1966
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Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles
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1967
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AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
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1967
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Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as pres of Brazil
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1967
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WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast
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1968
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Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4")
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1968
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British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns
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1968
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Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock & roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falc
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1968
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LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
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1968
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Uprising in South Yemen
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1968
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US Mint stops buying & selling gold
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1969
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US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns
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1969
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Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute (100s dead?)
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1970
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"Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 689 performances
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1970
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Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
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1970
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Gary Geld & Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in NYC
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1971
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CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show"
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1971
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Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
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1972
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Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
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1972
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Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
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1972
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NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
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1974
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Brazilian president Garastazu Mdici resigns
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1975
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Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colo
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1975
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Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
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1976
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Failed coup in Niger
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1977
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"Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV
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1977
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US House of Reps begin 90 day test of televising its sessions
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1978
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-21] operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon
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1978
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A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players & $390,000
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1978
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1979
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Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
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1979
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Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick
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1979
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Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test
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1981
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"Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater NYC
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1981
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Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
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1981
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Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
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1982
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Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
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1982
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KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
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1982
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Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
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1983
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Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
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1984
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10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
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1984
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Tanzania adopts constitution
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1985
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Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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1985
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1986
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Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
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1987
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"Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances
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1987
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"Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 368 performances
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1987
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13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby
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1987
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Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
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1987
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NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
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1987
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US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
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1988
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Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop
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1988
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NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
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1988
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NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
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1989
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"Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto
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1989
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Dept of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position
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1989
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NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
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1990
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Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as pres of Brazil
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1991
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4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King
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1991
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Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20¬'
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1991
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Territories of Amapa & Roraima become states in Brazil
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1992
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Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
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1992
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UN officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation
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1993
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Vinod Kambli scores 227 v Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200
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1994
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8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
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1994
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Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
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1997
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Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
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1998
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"Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater NYC
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1998
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Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship
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1999
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Pluto again becomes outermost planet
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BIRTHS
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Hadrian, Roman Emperor (builder of Hadrian's Wall)
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1493
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Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France
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1666
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Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden)
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1678
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Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop
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1713
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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
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1733
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Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized
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1750
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Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer
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1754
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Silvestro Palma, composer
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1767
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Andrew Jackson, Carolinas, General/(D) 7th pres (1829-37)
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1779
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William Lamb, (Whig) Viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834, 1835-41)
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1790
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Nicola Vaccai, composer
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1801
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Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer
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1808
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Gaetano Gaspari, composer
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1809
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Joseph Jenkins Roberts, 1st pres of Liberia
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1810
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Aernout Drost, Dutch literary (Hermingard van de Eikenterpen)
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1811
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Robert Allen, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1886
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1824
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Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising)
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1830
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Paul von Heyse, Germany, writer (Nobel 1910)
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1831
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Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1835
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Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer (318 Dance)
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1836
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Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer
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1838
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Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
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1844
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Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)
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1851
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Jozef Surzynski, composer
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1852
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Augusta Gregory, Ireland, playwright/poet/Yates mistress
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1855
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L£tzen Wagenaar, Frisian writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages)
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1858
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Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding)
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1864
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Johan Halvorsen, composer
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1864
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Leslie Stuart, composer
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1867
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Lionel Pigot Johnson, England, poet/critic (Ireland & Other Poems)
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1867
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Will Rossiter, composer
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1871
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Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs)
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1873
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David Vaughan Thomas, composer
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1873
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Lee Shubert, producer (theatres in NY & LA named after him)
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1874
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Harold L Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician
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1878
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Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
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1879
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Gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity)
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1884
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Rudolf Piskacek, composer
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1894
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Slava Vorlova, composer
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1900
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Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer
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1901
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Colin McPhee, Montral Canada, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles)
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1901
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J Pat O'Malley, England, actor (Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!)
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1901
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Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
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1902
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Kitty Masters, actress
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1902
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Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer/actress (Gabriela)
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1904
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George Brent, Dublin Ireland, actor (42nd St, Jezebel)
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1905
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Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, attempted to assassinate Hitler
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1905
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Joe E Ross, comedian (Gunther Toody-Car 54, Ritzik-Phil Silvers Show)
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1907
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Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer/actor (Magic Horn)
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1907
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Paul Maxey, Wheaton Ill, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice)
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1910
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An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race)
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1912
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Duncan Stuart Wilson-MacDonald, fighter pilot
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1912
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Lightnin' [Sam] Hopkins, Texas, blues stylist (Ball of Twine)
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1912
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Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Kapellekensbaan)
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1913
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Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
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1913
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MacDonald Carey, Sioux City Iowa, actor (One Life to Live, Dream Girl)
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1915
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David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris)
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1915
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Richard Ward, Glenside Pa, actor (Beacon Hill)
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1916
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Geert Lubberhuizen, publisher (Busy Bee)
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1916
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Harry James, Albany Ga, trumpeter (married to Betty Grable)
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1918
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Janet Leach, potter
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1918
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Richard Ellmann, US, literary scholar/writer (Oscar Wilde)
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1919
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John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
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1919
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Lawrence Tierney, Brooklyn, actor (Abduction, Dillinger)
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1920
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Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
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1922
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Louis Boon, writer
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1923
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George Vogel, race horse trainer
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1923
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Laurence A Tisch, NYC, CEO (Loews Corp)
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1924
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Juij Bondarew, writer
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1924
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Lockrem Johnson, composer
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1926
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Benjamin Burwell Johnson, composer
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1926
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Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
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1926
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Tim Valentine, (Rep-D-NC, 1983- )
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1927
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Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
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1927
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Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect
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1928
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Nicolas Flagello, composer
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1929
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Tiezo Matsumura, composer
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1932
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Alan Lavern Bean, Wheeler Texas, Capt USN/astronaut (Ap 12, Skylab 3)
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1932
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David Alliance, Iran/British textile factory/multi-millionaire
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1933
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Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
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1933
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Ronald Roseman, composer
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1934
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Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter
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1934
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Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
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1935
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Jimmy Lee Swaggart, evangelist
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1935
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Judd Hirsch, Bronx, actor (Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People)
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1936
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Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
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1938
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Dick Higgins, composer
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1939
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Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man)
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1940
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Phil Lesh, [Chapman], Calif, rock bassist (Grass Roots, Grateful Dead)
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1941
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Dick Top, Dutch actor/director (Witch of Haarlem)
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1941
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Mike Love, Calif, rock saxophonist/vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room)
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1942
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Hughie Flint, London England, rock drummer (Bonzo Dog Band)
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1943
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Brenda Scott, Cincinnati Oh, actress (Midge-Road West)
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1943
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David Cronenberg, Toronto Ontario, director (Shivers, Fly, Brood)
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1944
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Chi Cheng, Taiwan, sprinter/80m hurdler (Oly-Bronze-68)
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1944
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David Costell, Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring)
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1944
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Davld Costell, rocker
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1944
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Jacques Doillon director/writer (La Fille de Quinze Ans)
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1944
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Ralph MacDonald, rock percussionist (Graceland)
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1944
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Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People)
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1945
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Jrgen Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1945
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Mark J Green, Bkln NY, lawyer/author (Closed Enterprise System)
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1945
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Tracy Smith, runner
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1946
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Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
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1946
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David Wall, English ballet dancers/director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
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1946
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Howard Scott, San Pedro Cal, rock guitarist/vocalist (War, Cisco Kid)
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1947
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David Colley, cricketer (NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972)
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1947
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Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russian cosmonaut
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1947
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Ry[land] Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads)
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1947
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Stomu Yamash'ta, composer
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1947
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Tomas Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1949
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John Duttine, actor (Day of the Triffids)
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1953
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Colin Croft, cricketer (West Indian fast bowler 1977-82)
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1953
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Judi Spiers, TV presenter
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1954
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Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club)
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1955
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Dee Snider, Massapequa NY, (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
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1955
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Marcia McCabe, Bryn Mawr Pa, actress (Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live)
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1955
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Mohsin Khan, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s)
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1956
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Clay Matthews, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
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1957
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Park Overall, Tenn, actress (Laverne-Empty Nest, Mississippi Burning)
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1958
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Laura Carrington, actress (Louisa-Alphabet City)
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1959
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Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team)
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1959
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Harold Baines, Easton MD, outfielder (Chic White Sox, Texas Rangers)
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1960
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Donna Smith, Portland Oregon, playmate (March, 1985)
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1961
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Craig Ludwig, Rhinelander, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
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1961
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Fabio [Lanzoni], Italy, romance novels model (Fabio After Dark)
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1961
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John Melendez, jockey
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1961
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Terry Cummings, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Phila 76ers)
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1962
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Igor Aleinikov, film Maker
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1962
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Jimmy Baio, Bkln, actor (Billy Tate-Soap, Brass, Playing for Keeps)
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1962
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Steve Coy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
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1962
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Terrence Trent D'Arby, NYC, rock vocalist (Wishing Well)
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1963
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Bret Michaels, Harrisburg Pa, guitarist (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
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1963
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Don Simington, jockey
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1963
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Frans Koenn, Dutch rock bassist (Los Lane-Precious)
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1964
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Alison Johnson, Tustin CA, WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993)
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1964
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Rockwell, [Kennedy Gordy], Det MI, rock vocalist (Someone Watching Me)
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1964
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Ron Hall, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
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1965
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Marianne Morris, Middletown OH, LPGA golfer (1995 McDonald's LPGA-3rd)
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1966
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Chris Bruno, actor (Michael-All My Children, Dennis-Another World)
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1966
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Karen Weiss, St Paul MN, LPGA golfer (1995 Chick-fil-A Charity-7th)
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1967
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Kirk Scrafford, NFL tackle (SF 49ers)
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1968
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John Tardy, US heavy metalist (Obituary, Slowly We Rot)
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1968
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Rob Anderson, Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer (BC Amateur-1990, 92)
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1968
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Sabrina [Salerno], Genoa Italy, Miss Italy (1984)/singer (Boys)
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1969
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Louis Riddick, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Atlanta Falcons)
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1970
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Chris Dalman, NFL guard/center (SF 49ers)
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1970
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Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro
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1970
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Eric Castle, NFL free safety (SD Chargers)
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1970
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Paul Kruse, Merritt, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
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1971
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Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
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1971
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Reyna Royo, Miss Universe-Panama (1996)
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1971
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Robbie Pratt, jockey
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1972
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Casey Cristin Mizell, Miss USA-South Carolina (1997)
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1972
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David Rhodes, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
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1972
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Filip Dewulf, Belgium, tennis star
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1972
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Oliver Gibson, NFL defensive tackle (Pitts Steelers)
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1972
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Steve Danielson, Honolulu, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Franca Fehlauer, Hamburg Germany, golfer (Belgian Intl Jr champ 1991)
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1974
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Imad Baba, Humble Tx, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1975
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Cornell Brown, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
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1976
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Laurent Gras, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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1980
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Deidra Graham, Salt Lake City Utah, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
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1986
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Tyler Noyes, actor (CJ-One Life to Live)
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1989
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Caitlin Wachs, actress (Chloe Waters-Profiler)
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DEATHS
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493
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Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies
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752
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Zachary, Greek/Italian Pope (741-52), dies [or Mar 22]
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963
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Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25
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1034
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Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies
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1673
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Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57
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1723
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Johann C Gnther, writer, dies at 27
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1731
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Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75
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1842
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Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81
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1880
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Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
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1881
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Emory Upton, US Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42
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1883
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Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55
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1905
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Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60
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1905
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B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St Jírgen), dies at 58
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1906
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Alfred Gilpin Jones, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
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1918
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Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82
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1918
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Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
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1918
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Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24
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1929
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Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
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1930
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Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51
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1938
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Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
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1940
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Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies
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1942
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Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70
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1944
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Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86
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1945
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Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41
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1954
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Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82
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1962
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Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64
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1964
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Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75
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1966
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Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63
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1966
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Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 74
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1969
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Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80
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1970
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Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68
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1970
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Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72
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1971
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Jean-Pierre Monser, Flemish cyclist, dies at 22
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1973
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Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82
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1975
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Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
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1975
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Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69
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1977
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Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered
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1983
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Jos Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80
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1984
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Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses & dies on stage
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1987
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Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY), dies at 82
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1988
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Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed
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1990
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Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70
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1991
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Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84
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1991
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Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93
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1992
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Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes
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1992
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Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64
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1992
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Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71
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1993
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Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61
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1993
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Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
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1993
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Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies
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1994
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Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
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1995
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Carlos Menem Jr, son of Argentine pres, dies at 26
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1996
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Helen Chadwick, artist, dies at 42
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1996
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Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at 100
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1996
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Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89
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1997
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Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72
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