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1535
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Karel V's fleet sails under Andrea Doria to Tunis
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1541
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Duke Willem van Gulik of Gelre marries Jeanne d'Albret
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1565
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Catharina de Medici & Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism
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1597
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At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands
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1615
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Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis
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1623
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1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Va files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
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1634
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Russia & Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
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1642
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1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
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1645
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Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beats royalists
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1647
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English New Model-army installed
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1658
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Battle at Dunes: English & French fleet beat Spanish
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1673
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Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
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1755
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1e edition of Dr Johnsons "Dictionary"
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1775
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US Army founded
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1777
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Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
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1789
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Capt William Blighs reaches Timor
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1800
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Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs Austria
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1834
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Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine
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1834
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Isaac Fischer Jr patents sandpaper
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1834
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Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
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1839
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1st Henley Regatta held
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1841
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1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
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1846
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Belgian Liberal Party forms
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1846
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California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma
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1846
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California declares independence from Mexico
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1847
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Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
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1850
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Fire destroys part of SF
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1861
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Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance
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1863
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Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
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1864
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Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
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1864
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US Union warship USS Kearsarge appears at Cherbourg
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1870
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All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games
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1876
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1st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Phila Athletics)
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1876
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California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
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1880
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14th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:47
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1881
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Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)
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1898
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France signs Niger Convention
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1900
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Hawaiian Territorial Government begins
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1901
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1st golf championship is played
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1904
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Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants
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1906
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Pogrom against Jews in Bialystok, Polish Russia
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1907
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Govt of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers
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1907
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Norway restricts woman's voting rights
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1917
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1e German air attack on England, 100+ killed in East-London
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1917
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Gen Pershing & his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I
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1919
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1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld
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1922
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5th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
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1922
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Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament
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1922
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Pres Harding is 1st US president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
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1923
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Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
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1924
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Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v S Africa
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1924
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WOKO-AM radio begins transmitting from Albany NY
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1926
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2nd French Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary K Browne (61 60)
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1928
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Republican Natl Convention, met in KC, nominated Herbert Hoover
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1929
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Prussia & Vatican sign Concord
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1930
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VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht
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1931
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French "St Philbert" overturns off St Nazaire France, drowns 450
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1931
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Reinhard Heydrichs 1st meeting with Himmler
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1932
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German govt of von Papen forms
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1933
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Lou Gehrig & Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249
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1934
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Hitler & Mussolini meet in Vienna
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1934
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Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City
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1934
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WOQ-AM in KC Missouri goes off the air
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1935
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Chaco War between Bolivia & Paraguay ends
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1936
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Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens
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1938
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Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
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1938
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Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
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1938
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Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal (kid books author)
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1940
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Auschwitz concentration camp opens (3 million killed there)
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1940
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German forces occupied Paris during WW II
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1940
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German U-47 sinks airship Balmoral
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1941
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Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia
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1941
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Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) Wichita KS
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1942
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1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct
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1942
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Anne Frank begins her diary
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1942
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French govt of Reynaud resigns
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1942
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Walt Disney's "Bambi" animated movie is released Thumper's 1st job
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1944
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1st B-29 raid against mainland Japan
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1944
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General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles France
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1946
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Canadian Library Association established
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1948
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Klemens Gottwald becomes president of Czechoslovakia
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1949
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State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
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1949
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WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1951
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"Courtin' Time" opens at National Theater NYC for 37 performances
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1951
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1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
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1952
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52nd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club Dallas
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1952
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Boston Brave Warren Spahn strikes out 18 Cubs in 15 innings
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1952
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Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
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1952
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General strike in Tunisia
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1952
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Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2)
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1952
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Keel laid for 1st nuclear powered sub Nautilus
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1953
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Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal
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1953
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Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis Tenn
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1953
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Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
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1953
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Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
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1954
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Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge
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1956
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"New Faces of 1956" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 perfs
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1957
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42.0 cm rain falls on East St Louis, Illinois (state record)
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1957
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Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz, to become NWA wrestling champ
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1958
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58th US Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa
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1958
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British parachutists lands on Cyprus
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1958
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Nelson Mandela weds Winnie Madikizela
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1959
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
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1961
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106øF, hottest temperature in SF
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1963
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NY Met Duke Snider hits his 400th HR
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1963
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Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days
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1964
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Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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1965
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Beatles release album "Beatles VI"
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1965
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Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets but loses in 11, 1-0
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1965
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John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published
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1966
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Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured
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1966
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Miami beats St Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball
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1967
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Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
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1967
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Steve Allen Show," premieres on CBS-TV
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1967
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USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
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1968
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Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing
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1969
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John & Yoko appear on David Frost's British TV Show
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1969
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Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
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1970
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Cincinnati Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight
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1972
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Hurricane Agnes kills 117
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1973
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46th National Spelling Bee: Barrie Trinkle wins spelling vouchsafe
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1974
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Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings
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1975
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45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61)
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1975
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Janis Ian releases "At 17"
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1975
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USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
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1976
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"Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
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1976
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12th Mayor's Trophy Game Yanks beat Mets 8-4
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1978
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Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yanks Paul Blair hits a 3 run HR
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1978
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Sierra Leone adopts constitution
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1979
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Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40 3 overs
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1979
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NY Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
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1979
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Rock group "Little Feat" disbands
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1980
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Theme From NY, NY by Frank Sinatra hits #32
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1981
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27th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
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1981
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No Nukes concert at Hollywood Bowl
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1982
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Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
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1983
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5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx
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1984
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Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
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1985
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"Michael Nesmith In Television Parts" premieres on NBC-TV
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1985
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Earl Weaver comes out of retirement to manage Balt Orioles
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1985
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Lebanese Shiite Muslim extremists hijacked TWA Flight 847
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1987
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"A Team," last aired on NBC-TV after 4« years
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1987
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41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
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1987
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4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
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1987
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Colleen Walker wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1988
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Woman sues Chuck Berry for $5,000,000 alleges he hit her
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1989
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Ground breaking begins in Minn on world's largest mall
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1989
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Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
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1989
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Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
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1989
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Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
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1989
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Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slaping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman
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1990
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44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1
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1990
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Date of the events in the movie Mr Destiny
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1990
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NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
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1990
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Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
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1991
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"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens
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1991
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Leroy Burrell of USA sets 100m record (9.90) in NYC
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1991
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Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands
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1992
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10th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton
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1992
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46th NBA Championship: Chic Bulls beat Port Trailblazers, 4 games to 2
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1992
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Anne-Marie Palli wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
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1992
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Mona Van Duyn is named 1st female US poet laureate
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1992
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Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
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1993
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Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
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1993
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Tansu Ciller appointed 1st female premier of Turkey
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1994
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Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 3
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1995
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49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games
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1995
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Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win
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1996
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"Cable Guy" starring Jim Carrey is released
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1996
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Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire v Indians
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1998
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"Comic Relief" benefit comedy show
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1998
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wins Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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1998
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World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
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BIRTHS
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1529
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Ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia)
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1657
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Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral
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1691
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Jan Francisci, composer
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1730
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Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]
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1736
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)
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1760
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Candido Jose Ruano, composer
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1763
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Johannes Simon Mayr, composer
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1769
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Dominique Della-Maria, composer
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1805
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Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
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1811
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
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1820
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John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)
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1821
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Jozef Lies, Flemish painter
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1835
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Nikolay Rubinstein, composer
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1836
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Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1844
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Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist
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1854
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Frederik Rung, composer
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1855
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Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)
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1856
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Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
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1864
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Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
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1865
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Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer
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1868
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Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)
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1874
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Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)
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1882
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Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia
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1882
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Michael Zadora, composer
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1883
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Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert
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1884
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John McCormack, Irish/US singer (Irish folksongs)
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1889
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Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist
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1895
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Cliff Edwards, Hannibal MO, singer (When You Wish Upon a Star)
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1895
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Louis Finkelstein, US historian/theologist (Pharizees)
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1899
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Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)
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1900
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June Walker, IL, actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven)
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1903
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Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot
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1904
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Benno Ammann, composer
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1906
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Carl Esmond, Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up)
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1906
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Gil Lamb, Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High)
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1906
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Margaret Bourke-White, photographer/innovator/correspondent
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1907
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Ren Char, French poet/painter
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1908
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John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show)
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1909
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Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
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1910
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Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)
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1912
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E Cuyler Hammond, scientist (1st to link smoking with lung cancer)
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1916
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Geoffrey Goodwin, British professor of international relations
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1916
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Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer
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1917
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Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
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1918
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Carter Harman, composer
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1918
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Dorothy McGuire, Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic)
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1918
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Leroy T Walker, Atlanta Ga, US Olympic consultant (1960, 68, 72)
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1919
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Sam Wanamaker, Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal)
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1920
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Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer
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1921
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Gene Barry, NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law)
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1922
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Arthur Jacobs, musicologist
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1923
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Donald Smith, cricketer (uneventful England opening batsman 1957)
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1923
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Jack Hayward, Brit financier (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club)
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1923
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Theodore Bloomfield, composer
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1924
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Solouchin, writer
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1925
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Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter
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1925
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David Bache, designer
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1925
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Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy)
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1926
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Hermann Kant, writer
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1928
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary (Cuba)
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1929
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Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
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1929
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Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity)
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1931
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Marla Gibbs, Chicago Ill, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227)
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1932
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer
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1933
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Jerzy Kosinski, novelist (Painted Bird, Being There)
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1935
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Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP (CDA)
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1939
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Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
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1940
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Ben Davidson, LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)
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1940
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Bill Baker, (Rep-R-California)
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1940
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Jack Bannon, LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center)
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1940
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John Mizelle, composer
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1941
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John Edgar Widerman, US writer
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1943
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F James Sensenbrenner, (Rep-R-Wisconsin)
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1943
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Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
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1943
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W J [Billy] Tauzin, (Rep-D-LA, 1980- )
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1945
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Rod Argent, rocker (She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent)
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1946
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Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)
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1946
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Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, NYC, newspaper publisher
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1949
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Alan White, English rock drummer (Yes, Ramshackled)
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1949
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Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)
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1949
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Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
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1950
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Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem)
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1952
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Eddie Mekka, Worcester Mass, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley)
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1952
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Jimmy Lea, England, rock bassist (Slade)
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1953
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David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)
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1954
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Will Patton, Charleston SC, actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun)
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1955
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Kim Lankford, Montebello Calif, actress (Gingers-Knots Landing)
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1955
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Larry Burrows, fictional character (Mr Destiny)
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1955
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Vince Evans, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
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1956
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Frederick Funk, Takoma Park MD, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston Open)
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1958
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Brian David Willis, rock drummer (Quarterflash)
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1958
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Carina Persson, Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983)
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1958
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Eric Heiden, Wisc, «/1/1«/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980)
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1960
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Tonie Campbell, LA Calif, 100m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
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1961
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"Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club)
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1961
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Grace Jackson, St Ann Jamaica, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
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1961
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Sam Perkins, NBA forward/center (Seattle Supersonics)
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1962
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Scott Radecic, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
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1963
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Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
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1963
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James Patrick, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
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1963
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Laurel Kean, Portland ME, LPGA golfer (1994 JAL Big Apple-17th)
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1964
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Jamie Dukes, NFL center (Arizona Cardinals)
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1964
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Randall Thompson, Halifax Nova Scotia, boxer (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Ricky Siglar, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints)
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1966
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Rod Stephens, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
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1966
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Traylor Howard, Orlando Fla, actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common)
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1967
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Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player (Hajduk Split/Vitesse)
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1967
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Dedrick Dodge, NFL safety (SF 49ers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1967
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Wendy Lian Williams, St Louis Mo, US diver (Olympic-bronze-88, 92)
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1968
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Brian Wiggins, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
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1968
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Eric Murdock, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Miami Heat)
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1968
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Tony Smith, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
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1968
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Yasmine Bleeth, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch)
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1969
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Eric Desjardins, Rauyn Quebec, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Canada)
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1969
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Eugene Chung, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts)
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1969
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Steffi Graf, Bruhl West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988)
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1970
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Simone Fleurice Eden, Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)
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1970
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Todd Manning, fictional character (One Life to Live)
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1970
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Willie Beamon, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
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1971
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Bruce Bowen, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
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1971
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Fred Baxter, NFL tight end (NY Jets)
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1972
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Jeff Kysar, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
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1972
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Rick Brunson, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
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1973
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Daniel Marsh, cricketer (son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993)
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1973
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Michael Cade, NJ, actor (Sylvester Winkle-Calif Dreams)
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1973
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Sam Shade, NFL strong safety (Cin Bengals)
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1973
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Sami Kapanen, Vantaa Fin, NHL left wing (Whalers, Carolina, Oly-B-98)
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1973
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Stepfret Williams, wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
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1974
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Rod Payne, corner (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1975
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A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1976
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Rita Carvalho, Miss Universe-Portugal (1996)
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1994
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Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White
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2160
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Montgomery Edward Scott, Aberdeen Scotland, fictional eng (Star Trek)
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DEATHS
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1144
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Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69
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1349
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Gnther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44
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1594
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Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61
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1594
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Roland de Lassus, composer, dies
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1709
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Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65
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1727
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Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
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1744
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Andre Campra, composer, dies at 83
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1750
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Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47
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1752
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Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57
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1752
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Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
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1789
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Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61
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1800
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Jean-Baptiste Klber, French general/architect, murdered at 47
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1801
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Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London
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1828
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Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies
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1828
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Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
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1864
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Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt
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1873
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Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
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1885
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Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Curaao, dies at 58
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1891
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Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77
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1907
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A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
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1907
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Bob McLeod, cricketer (bro of Charlie, 6 Tests for Aus 1891-93), dies
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1911
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Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70
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1920
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Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies
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1927
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Johanna C P Barbiers, actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
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1928
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Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies
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1933
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Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85
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1934
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Dubler, writer, dies at 57
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1936
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Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies
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1938
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William W Campbell, US astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76
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1940
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Ernst Weiá, writer, dies at 57
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1941
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Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
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1944
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Joaqu¡n Alvarez Quintro, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71
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1944
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Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist, dies at 78
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1944
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Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
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1948
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Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79
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1948
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John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80
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1951
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Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
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1960
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Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
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1960
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Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57
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1962
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Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
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1962
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Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65
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1964
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[Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor/director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
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1965
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Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74
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1965
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H V Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86
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1968
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Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51
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1968
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Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66
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1974
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Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81
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1977
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Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
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1977
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Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
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1978
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Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74
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1982
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Marie Rambert, [Cyviam Ramberg], Polish/British ballerina, dies at 94
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1982
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Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
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1986
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Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
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1986
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Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86
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1986
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Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
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1987
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Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
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1989
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Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies
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1991
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Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
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1991
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Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
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1993
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Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
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1994
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Denys Hay, historian, dies at 78
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1994
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Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat), dies at 66
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1994
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Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70
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1994
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Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52
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1994
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Marcel Mouloudji, French actor/chansonnier (Le Dserteur), dies at 71
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1994
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Marianne Kunvari, writer, dies at 81
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1994
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Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38
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1994
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Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
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1994
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Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries
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1995
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Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, television producer, dies at 69
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1995
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Gesualdo Bufalino, novelist, dies at 74
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1995
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Gordon Greig, journalist, dies at 63
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1995
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Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60
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1995
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Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
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1996
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Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
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1996
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Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73
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1997
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Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
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1997
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Richard Jaeckel, actor (Starman, The Dark), dies of cancer at 70
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