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624
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Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
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794
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Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
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871
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Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army
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1198
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Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
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1214
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Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
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1499
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Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
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1558
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French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
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1598
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Genoa Italy expels Jews
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1598
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Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
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1656
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Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
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1675
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1st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
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1705
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Georg F Hndels 1st opera "Almira," premieres in Hamburg
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1716
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Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
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1745
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England, Austria, Neth & Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
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1746
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Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling [NS=Jan 19]
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1760
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Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
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1790
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George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4)
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1798
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11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
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1800
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Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
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1800
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Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
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1806
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Cape colony becomes English colony
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1806
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Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
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1811
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Louisiana slave revolt by Charles Deslondes at German Coast
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1815
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Battle of New Orleans-War of 1812 ended 12/24/1814 but nobody knew
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1830
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Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members
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1833
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Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
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1838
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1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ)
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1838
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Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
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1842
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Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
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1848
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Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
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1853
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1st US bronze equestrian statue (of Andrew Jackson) unveiled, Wash
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1856
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Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, Calif
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1857
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Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY," premieres in NYC
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1865
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Sen Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the natl flower
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1867
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Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite Pres Johnson's veto
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1870
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US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
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1878
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Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent & Henry Morton Stanley
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1884
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Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
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1889
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1st Computer patented
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1889
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Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a tabulating machine
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1894
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Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
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1897
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Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
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1901
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NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
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1902
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1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
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1904
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Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
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1913
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Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
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1917
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Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
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1918
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
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1918
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Pres Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WW I
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1923
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Typography strike in Amsterdam
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1925
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1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
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1926
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Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud becomes king of Hejaz; renames it Saudi Arabia
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1929
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1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
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1929
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CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC
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1930
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Belgium Princess Marie-Jos marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
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1931
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Phila Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
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1932
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Ratification of present SF City Charter
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1934
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Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam
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1935
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Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy
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1937
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-50øF (-45.6øC), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
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1938
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Bradman scores 107 for South Australia v Qld (1st innings)
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1940
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Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
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1941
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British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
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1945
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"Youth for Christ" organizes
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1947
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Gen George Marshall becomes Sect of State
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1947
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Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
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1948
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Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
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1949
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"Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 perfs
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1949
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"My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
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1949
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"Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
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1951
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Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda
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1952
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Jordan adopts constitution
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1953
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Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
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1953
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Ren Mayer forms French govt
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1954
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Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
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1955
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Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt
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1955
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Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak
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1955
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Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open
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1955
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WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
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1956
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Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog," single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
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1958
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Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
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1959
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Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic
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1961
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
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1962
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Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
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1962
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Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
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1963
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"Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art
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1963
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga
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1964
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European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
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1964
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President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
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1965
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Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass)
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1965
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Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
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1966
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Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
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1966
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Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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1966
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Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
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1966
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Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
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1968
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Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
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1971
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29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island, Calif
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1971
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Voyageurs National Park, Minn established
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1972
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
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1972
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NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
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1973
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"Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1973
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Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 v Pakistan at SCG
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1973
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Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
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1973
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USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
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1974
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E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in NYC
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1974
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Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
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1974
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Loch Ness Monster photographed
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1974
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Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
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1975
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Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison
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1976
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Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
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1978
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Israeli govt votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
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1979
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512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
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1979
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Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
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1979
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Today Show gets a new theme song
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1979
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Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
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1980
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Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
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1980
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NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
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1981
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"Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 772 performances
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1981
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India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia
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1981
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Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
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1982
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AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
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1982
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Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
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1982
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Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
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1984
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NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
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1984
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Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Phila 7-1
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1985
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Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
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1986
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Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year
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1987
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Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)
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1987
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Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
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1988
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9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
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1988
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Dow Jones down 140.58 points
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1988
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Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
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1988
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
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1989
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"42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3,486 perfs
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1989
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"Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 761 perfs
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1989
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Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
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1989
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Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
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1991
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"Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
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1991
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Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame
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1991
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Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
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1991
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Tam s Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
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1992
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George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap
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1993
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Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
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1993
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Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale
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1993
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Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
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1993
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NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman
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1994
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Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
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1994
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Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit
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1994
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
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1995
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"Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1143 perfs
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1995
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15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
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1995
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Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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1996
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Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths
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1996
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For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1998
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NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
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1998
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Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
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1998
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Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
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1998
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World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
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BIRTHS
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1081
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Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
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1583
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Simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist
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1587
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Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots)
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1589
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Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
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1628
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Franois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier
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1632
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Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist
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1658
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Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
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1668
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Jean Gilles, composer
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1767
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Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
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1777
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Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
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1779
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John White, composer
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1786
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Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank
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1787
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Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer
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1788
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Erik Drake, composer
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1791
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Jacob Collamer, (Sen-Vt)
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1792
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Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, organist/composer (Zebulo)
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1810
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Robert Schumann, Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
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1812
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Sigismond Fortune Franois Thalberg, composer
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1812
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William Henry Holmes, composer
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1814
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Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist
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1814
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Thomas Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1815
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George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
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1815
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Lawrence Pike Graham, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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1817
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John Selden Roane, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
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1821
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James Longstreet, Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV)
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1822
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Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer
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1823
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Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer (evolution)
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1824
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Per August Olander, composer
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1824
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William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White)
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1830
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Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
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1830
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Hans von Blow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
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1836
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Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
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1836
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Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps
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1846
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Albert Cahen, composer
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1846
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William Wallace Gilchrist, composer
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1851
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Grard Leman, Belgian count/general
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1860
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Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa
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1862
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Frank Nelson Doubleday, publisher/founder (Doubleday & Co)
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1863
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Paul Scheerbart, [Bruno Kfer], German writer (The Seasnake)
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1867
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Emily Green Balch, US, sociologist/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1946)
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1868
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Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
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1870
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Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30)
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1873
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Lucien Capet, composer
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1883
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Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer
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1885
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John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45)
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1886
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Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple)
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1888
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Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (Coquette, Deluge)
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1888
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Richard Courant, German/US mathematician (What is mathematics?)
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1889
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Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)
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1890
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Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst
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1891
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Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
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1891
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Storm Jameson, English novelist (The Green Man, Cousin Honor)
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1891
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Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954)
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1892
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Werner Wehrli, composer
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1896
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Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera)
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1896
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Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
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1899
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Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon (1956-59)
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1900
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Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
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1901
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Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
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1902
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Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
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1902
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Carl R[ansom] Rogers, US, psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
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1902
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Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55)
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1902
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Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
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1903
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Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], SD, actor (She Demons, Spider)
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1904
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Peter Arno, NYC, cartoonist (New Yorker)
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1905
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Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
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1905
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Giacinto Scelsi, composer
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1906
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Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker (Calv-Delft)
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1906
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Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)
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1906
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Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
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1908
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(Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
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1908
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William Hartnell, London England, actor (Agitator, Jackpot)
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1909
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Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
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1909
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Jos Ferrer, Santurce PR, oscar winning actor (Cyrano de Bergerac)
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1910
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Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA Calif, actor (Jezebel)
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1911
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Andrej Ocenas, composer
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1911
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Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
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1912
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Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, actor/director (Blood Tide, Dune)
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1912
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Jose Ferrer, Santurce PR, B01051840 John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (C
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1912
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Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
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1913
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Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
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1914
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Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
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1917
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Peter Taylor, US writer
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1917
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Stanley Prager, NYC, comedian (College Bowl)
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1920
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Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter
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1922
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Abbey Simon, NYC, pianist
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1923
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Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
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1923
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Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
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1923
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Johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's)
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1923
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Joseph Wiezenbaum, artificial intelligence pioneer
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1923
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Larry Storch, NYC, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
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1924
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Antai Ribari, composer
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1924
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Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, composer
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1924
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Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
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1924
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Ron Moody, London England, actor (12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
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1925
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James Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark)
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1926
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Evelyn Lear, [Shulman], Brooklyn, NY, soprano
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1926
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Jani Christou, composer
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1926
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Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], NC, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
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1928
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Sander Vanocur, Cleve Ohio, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
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1930
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Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1931
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Bill Graham, Germany, rock promoter (Fillmore)
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1931
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May Wynn, [Donna Lee Hickey], NYC, actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark)
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1933
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Charles Osgood, NYC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News)
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1933
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Jean-Marie Straub, France, director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach)
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1934
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Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner)
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1934
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Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist
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1934
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Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA)
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1934
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Roy Kinnear, Lancashire England, actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers)
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1935
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Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
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1935
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Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin brother of Elvis
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1935
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Nolan Miller, Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
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1936
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Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education (1979-82)
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1937
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Robert Moran, composer
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1937
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Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
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1938
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Bob Eubanks, Flint Mich, TV host (Newlywed Game)
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1939
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Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
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1940
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Anthony Gaurdine, (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
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1940
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Cristy Lane, US, country/gospel singer
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1940
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Little Anthony [Gourdine], rocker (& Imperials)
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1941
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Graham Chapman, England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
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1941
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Robby Krieger, rocker (Doors)
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1942
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John Peterson, rocker
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1942
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Stephen Hawking, English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
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1942
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Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
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1943
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Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice)
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1943
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Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers)
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1944
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Terry Brooks, US, sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
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1945
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John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre)
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1945
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Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies)
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1946
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Elaine Cheris, Dotham Al, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
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1946
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Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing)
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1946
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Robbie Kreiger, LA Calif, guitarist (Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire)
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1946
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Tod Brannan, VP (Logos Network Corp)
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1947
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David Bowie, [Jones], London, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
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1947
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Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- )
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1947
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Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe)
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1948
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Gillies Mackinnon, director (Playboys)
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1948
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Mel Pritchard, rocker
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1948
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Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
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1949
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Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974)
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1951
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Grard Leman, Belgian general
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1951
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John McTiernan, Albany NY, actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
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1951
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Paul Dresher, composer
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1952
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Lauri Walters, SF Calif, actress (8 is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
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1952
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Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack)
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1953
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Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
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1955
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Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)
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1959
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Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
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1960
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Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switz, playmate (June, 1983)
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1961
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Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer (son of Hanif Patient & prolific batsman)
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1963
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Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
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1964
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Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or 3/5]
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1964
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Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1965
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Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
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1965
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Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Maria Pitillo, Matwah NJ, actress (Ryan's Hope)
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1965
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Michelle Forbes, actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide)
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1966
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Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
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1966
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Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost)
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1967
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Hollis Conway, Chicago Ill, high jumper (Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92)
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1967
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Kent Jones, Portales NM, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91)
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1967
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Roger Rowland, Jacksonville FL, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-2nd)
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1967
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Willie Anderson, US, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988)
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1968
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Alexander Alexeev, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
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1968
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Ami Dolenz, LA Calif, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
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1968
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Brian Johnson, Oakland Calif, catcher (San Diego Padres)
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1968
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Mark Duane Croghan, Akron Ohio, 3k steeplechase (Olympics-5th-96)
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1968
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Paul Carey, US baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
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1969
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Brian Boehringer, St Louis MO, pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1969
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R Kelly, singer (I Wish I Could Fly)
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1970
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Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
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1971
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Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
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1971
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Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
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1971
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Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea Minn, Miss Minn-America (1991)
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1971
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Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe/Miss USA (1997-Hawaii)
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1971
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Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
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1971
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Jason Giambi, West Covina CA, infielder (Oakland A's)
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1971
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Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
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1971
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Stephane Barin, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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1972
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Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd)
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1972
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Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
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1974
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Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
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1974
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Brian Roberson, wide receiver (NY Giants)
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1975
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Jenny Lewis, Las Vegas Nv, actress (Becky-Life With Lucy)
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1975
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Star Behl, Miss Delaware USA (1996)
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1975
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Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing (LA Kings)
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1976
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Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)
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1977
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Ryan Frances, actor (Trevor-Sisters)
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1978
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Petra Minarova, Miss Czech Republic Universe (1997)
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1979
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Sarah Polley, actress (Sweet Hereafter)
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1979
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Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
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1982
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Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)
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DEATHS
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482
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Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
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482
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Severinus, saint, dies
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624
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Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle
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1198
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Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
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1324
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Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
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1336
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Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
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1455
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Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
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1567
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Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
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1598
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Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
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1642
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Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
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1651
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Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
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1696
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Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
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1711
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Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
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1713
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Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
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1775
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John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
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1790
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John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
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1796
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Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
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1808
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Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
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1811
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Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
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1811
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Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
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1815
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Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
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1819
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Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
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1831
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Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
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1842
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Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
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1858
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Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
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1859
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Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
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1864
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Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
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1880
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[Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mxico, dies at 60
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1891
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Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
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1892
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John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
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1894
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Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
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1896
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Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elgies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51
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1900
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Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
|
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1906
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Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calv-Delft), dies at 60
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1907
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Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
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1918
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Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
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1919
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Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
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1919
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Richard Englnder, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
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1921
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Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
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1922
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Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
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1926
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Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
|
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1928
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Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
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1934
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Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
|
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1937
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John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72
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1941
|
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Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83
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1942
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Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44
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1945
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Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
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1948
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Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
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1948
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Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lhar), dies at 55
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1950
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George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
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1950
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Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
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1950
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Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
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1952
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Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies
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1952
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Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
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1953
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Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
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1963
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Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
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1964
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Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
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1964
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Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
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1965
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Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
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1967
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Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
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1970
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Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday
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1971
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Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
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1972
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Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
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1975
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Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
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1975
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Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
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1975
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John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
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1975
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John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
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1975
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Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
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1975
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Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
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1976
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Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
|
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1978
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|
Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
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1980
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Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
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1981
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Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies
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1981
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Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
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1982
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Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
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1982
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Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
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1983
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Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
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1983
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Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
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1986
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Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
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1987
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P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
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1987
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Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69
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1988
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Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
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1989
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Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
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1989
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Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
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1989
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Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
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1990
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Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
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1991
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Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
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1992
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Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
|
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1992
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Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
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1992
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Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
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1993
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Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
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1993
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Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
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1993
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Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
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1994
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Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
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1994
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Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
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1994
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Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
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1994
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Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
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1994
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Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
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1994
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Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
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1994
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Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
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1995
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Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
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1995
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Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68
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1995
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Louis "Loulou" Gast, guitarist/comp (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88
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1996
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Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
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1996
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Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
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1996
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William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
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1997
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Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
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1997
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Jesse White, actor (Maytag repairman), dies at 77
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1997
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Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76
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1997
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Melvin Calvin, scientist, dies at 85
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1997
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Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, dies at 90
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1997
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Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60
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1998
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Michael Tippett, composer, dies at 93
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1998
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Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
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