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1138
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Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king
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1530
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King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's
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1560
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Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa
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1573
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Turkey & Venice signs peace treaty
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1621
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John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
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1633
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Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg
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1644
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Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies
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1696
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English king Willem III departs Netherlands
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1774
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British close port of Boston to all commerce
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1778
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Capt James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay
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1801
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Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
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1808
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Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
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1824
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Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice
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1835
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HMS Beagle returns from Concepci¢n to Valparaiso
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1843
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1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office
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1847
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US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
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1848
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In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
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1850
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Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
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1851
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Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends
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1852
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Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
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1854
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Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes
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1857
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Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
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1862
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Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch & McIntosh killed
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1865
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-10] Battles round Kinston NC
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1870
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Cin Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East
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1872
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-8øF in Boston, MA
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1876
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Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
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1876
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Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
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1896
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Gilbert & Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London
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1900
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Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, Pres Kruger flees
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1900
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games
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1902
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Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal
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1906
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Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor
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1908
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Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"
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1911
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US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
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1911
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Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, CA, patents coin-operated locker
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1912
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Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole
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1914
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Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania
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1917
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1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Ca
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1918
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H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in NYC
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1918
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Pres Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal
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1921
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Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt
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1922
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
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1922
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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1925
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American Negro Congress organizes
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1926
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1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
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1927
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Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan
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1930
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Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
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1932
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Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4
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1933
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Game of "Monopoly" invented
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1935
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Saar incorporated into Germany
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1936
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Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
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1937
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Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR
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1939
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Glamour magazine begins publishing
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1939
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Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne"
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1940
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Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
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1940
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Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
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1941
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3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1")
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1941
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50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece
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1941
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British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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1942
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15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta
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1942
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1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee
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1943
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Gen-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia
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1944
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Japans begins offensive in Burma
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1945
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Cologne taken by allied armies
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1945
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US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine
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1945
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Yugoslavia govt of Tito forms
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1946
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"Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 323 perfs
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1946
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Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zrich
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1950
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Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)
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1950
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE
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1950
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Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA)
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1951
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Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
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1951
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Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in NYC
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1953
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Jackie McGlew scores 255* v NZ at Wellington
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1954
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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1954
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Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition
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1955
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7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young
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1955
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Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter
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1955
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Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised
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1958
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Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo
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1959
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"Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs
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1959
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1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)
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1959
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West Indies all out 76 v Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
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1960
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Dutch Builders strike for CLA
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1962
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Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio
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1962
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Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
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1965
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Alabama state troopers & 600 black protestors clash in Selma
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1965
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Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for NZ after ton
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1965
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Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile
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1966
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"Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 457 performances
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1966
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1967
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Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in NYC
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1967
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Teamster pres Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
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1969
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1970
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Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
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1970
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Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina & Ulanov (URS)
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1970
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Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR)
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1970
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
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1970
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WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1971
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Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire
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1973
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Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory
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1973
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Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh
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1974
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"Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC
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1974
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1st general striking in Ethiopia
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1975
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Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate
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1975
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1976
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Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
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1977
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Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections
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1977
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Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets Pres Carter
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1978
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Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped
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1978
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Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders
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1978
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Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb
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1979
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Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro & amateur umpires
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1979
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Warren Giles & Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1981
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"Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 4 perfs
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1981
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1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death
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1982
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic
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1982
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Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
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1982
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NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
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1983
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TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
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1985
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IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released
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1986
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South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends
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1986
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Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
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1987
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Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
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1987
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Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1988
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Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"
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1988
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Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award
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1989
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Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book
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1989
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Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)
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1990
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3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Phila)
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1990
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H Wayne Huizenga buys « Joe Robbie Stadium & 15% of Dolphins for $30M
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1991
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Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait
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1992
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Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
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1993
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23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises
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1993
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Diff'rent Stroke actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant
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1994
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8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
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1994
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ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
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1994
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Charles Taylor resigns as pres of Liberia
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1994
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David Platt appointed captain of English football team
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1994
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US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
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1995
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Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)
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1995
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NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty
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1996
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1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)
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1996
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British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million order
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1996
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Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
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1997
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11th Soul Train Music Awards
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1997
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5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life
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1997
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Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
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BIRTHS
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1543
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Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
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1574
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John Wilbye, composer
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1602
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Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
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1621
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Georg Neumark, composer
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1659
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Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
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1663
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Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer
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1682
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Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke
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1693
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Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
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1707
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Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
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1715
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Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling)
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1731
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Jean-Louis Laruette, composer
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1762
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Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)
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1765
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Joseph N Nipce, French inventor (photography)
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1769
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Josef Alois Ladurner, composer
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1773
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Tommaso Marchesi, composer
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1785
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Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
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1792
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John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
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1797
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Karl Schwencke, composer
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1799
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Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)
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1807
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Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)
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1811
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Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer
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1813
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Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)
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1820
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Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
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1822
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Victor Masse, composer
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1827
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Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
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1831
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John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen
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1832
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Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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1837
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Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
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1841
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Olegario V¡ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de c¢ndores)
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1842
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Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
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1844
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Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist
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1849
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Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist
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1850
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Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35)
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1856
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Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
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1857
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Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
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1858
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Nikolai Artzibushev, composer
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1866
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Paul Ernst, writer
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1869
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Ernst J Cohen, Dutch chemist
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1872
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Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie)
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1872
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Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer
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1875
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Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bolro)
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1883
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Carl Deis, composer
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1886
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Raymond Largay, Wisc, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl)
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1887
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Heino Eller, composer
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1888
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Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45)
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1891
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Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy)
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1895
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Juan Jose Castro, composer
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1896
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Erwin Bodky, composer
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1898
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Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
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1900
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Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter
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1900
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[Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter (magic realism)
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1902
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Heinz Ruehmann, German actor/director (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick)
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1904
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Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver)
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1904
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Reinhard Heydrich, German governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice))
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1904
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Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8)
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1904
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Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood)
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1905
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Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki)
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1906
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Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer
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1906
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Hans Lachman, composer
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1907
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Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer
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1907
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Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga)
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1908
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Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle)
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1908
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Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
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1908
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Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
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1909
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Greta Schoon, writer
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1909
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Leo Malet, writer
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1911
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Stefan Kisielewski, composer
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1914
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Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man)
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1915
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
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1917
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Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)
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1917
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Janet Collins, ballerina
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1917
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Robert Erickson, composer
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1918
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June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher
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1919
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Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier
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1919
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Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta)
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1920
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Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman & soccer international)
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1924
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Eduardo Paolozzi, British sculptor (Hydra)
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1924
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Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
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1930
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James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)
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1930
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Lord Snowdon, [Anthony Armstrong-Jones], London, photographer
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1931
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C W Stubblefield, music promoter
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1931
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Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press
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1931
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Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White)
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1934
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King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], rocker
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1934
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Nari Contractor, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
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1934
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Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show)
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1936
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Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
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1937
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Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song)
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1937
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Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- )
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1938
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Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
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1938
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Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500)
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1939
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Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends)
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1940
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Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
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1940
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Harald Gerlach, writer
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1940
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Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
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1940
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Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
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1942
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Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1942
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Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
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1942
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Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
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1942
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Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL)
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1942
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Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
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1942
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U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
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1943
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Carole Peel, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1943
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Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
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1943
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Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker
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1944
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Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California)
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1944
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Jrgen Theobaldy, writer
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1944
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Townes Van Zandt, musician
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1945
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Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator)
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1945
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John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
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1946
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Matthew Fisher, London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
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1946
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Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame)
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1947
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Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
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1947
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Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City)
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1947
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Richard Lawson, actor (Eddie-O'Neills)
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1947
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Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician
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1950
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Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
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1950
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Mark Pinter, Decorah Iowa, actor (Behind the Screen, Another World)
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1952
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Ernie Isley, US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
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1952
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Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
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1952
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Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
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1953
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Jules Shear, rock musician
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1953
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Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (E!)
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1954
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Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
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1958
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Rik Mayall, comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises)
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1959
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Thomas Edward Lehman, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament)
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1960
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Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87)
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1960
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Ivan Lendl, tennis champ, US Open (1985)
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1960
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Joe Carter, Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1961
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Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Katherine-General Hospital)
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1962
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Taylor Dayne, [Leslie Wunderman], NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You)
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1963
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Mike Eagles, Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
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1963
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Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
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1964
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Amy Baltus, Bloomington IND, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992)
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1964
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Jeff Criswell, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
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1965
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Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc)
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1965
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Jesper Bo Parnevik, Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th)
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1965
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Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
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1965
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[Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
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1966
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Jeff Feagles, NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals)
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1966
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Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
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1966
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Terry Carkner, Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
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1967
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Zheng Haixia, WNBA center (LA Sparks)
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1968
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Jeff Kent, Bellflower CA, infielder (NY Mets)
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1968
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Ricky Proehl, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
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1969
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Anne Marie Lauck, Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96)
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1969
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Anthony Davis, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
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1969
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Brian Jamieson, Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
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1969
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Geoff Smith, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
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1969
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Matt Blundin, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, Detroit Lions)
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1969
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Sam Gash, NFL running back (New England Patriots)
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1970
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Jacquelyn Doucette, Miss Massachusetts USA (1996)
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1970
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James Calvin Spivey, Schiller Park Ill, miler
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1970
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Kathy Gedney, Indianapolis Ind, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
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1971
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Alison Herst, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96)
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1972
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Andrew Finch, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Marina Hatzakis, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Joost Volmer, soccer player (FC Twente)
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1975
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Andrey Savenkov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1975
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William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
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1977
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Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth)
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DEATHS
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161
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Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
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1040
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Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies
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1111
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Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
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1274
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Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
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1305
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Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
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1719
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Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
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1724
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Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
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1737
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Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
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1750
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Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
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1761
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Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
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1786
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Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76
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1802
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Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50
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1804
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John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
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1809
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
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1810
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Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48
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1833
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Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61
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1842
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Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
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1862
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Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general (KIA), dies at 50
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1862
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John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32
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1862
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William Slack, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
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1907
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Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
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1911
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Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
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1924
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Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
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1926
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Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
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1931
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Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65
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1931
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Theo van Doesburg, [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47
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1932
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Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
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1939
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Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38
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1941
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Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
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1941
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Gnther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
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1945
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Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
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1951
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Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
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1951
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Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
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1951
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Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated
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1955
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Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66
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1959
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Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
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1959
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Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88
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1961
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Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42
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1961
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Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
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1964
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Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
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1968
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Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
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1973
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Andr de Meulemeester, Belg WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
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1975
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Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
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1975
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Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
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1976
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Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
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1979
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Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
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1979
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Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
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1981
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John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73
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1981
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Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
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1982
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Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68
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1983
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Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
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1983
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Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
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1985
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George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
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1985
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Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
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1985
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Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies
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1986
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Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81
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1988
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Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies
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1988
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Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
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1990
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Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50
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1993
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Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies
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1993
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Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77
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1993
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Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for S Afr 1947-49, 100 runs), dies
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1995
|
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Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74
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1995
|
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Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies
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1995
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Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
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1995
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John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69
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1995
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Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87
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1995
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Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82
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1996
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Aled Eames, mAritime historian, dies at 74
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