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374
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9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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600
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Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
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1486
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Diet of Frankfort
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1512
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Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen
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1559
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Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy
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1641
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English king Charles I accept Triennial Act
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1655
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Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker
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1659
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1st known check (400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
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1666
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Netherlands & Brandenburg sign treaty
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1677
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Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower
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1741
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Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine (2nd US Mag) begins publishing
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1742
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Earl of Wilmington becomes British premier
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1751
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1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
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1760
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Native American hostages killed in Ft Prince George SC
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1771
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Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy
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1777
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Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice)
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1804
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Lt Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor & burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it
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1824
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Athenaeum founded
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1832
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches St-Pauls (1øN, 29øW)
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1838
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Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
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1840
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American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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1846
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Battle of Sobraon ends 1st Sikh War in India
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1854
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Franz Liszts symphony "Orpheus," premieres
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1857
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Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Wash DC)
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1860
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Dutch Rochussen/Van Bosse govt resigns
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1862
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Ft Donelson captured by Gen Grant (1,400 confederates surrender)
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1864
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Battle of Mobile, AL - operations by Union Army
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1868
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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms (NY)
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1878
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Silver dollar became US legal tender
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1880
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (NYC)
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1883
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"Ladies Home Journal" begins publishing
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1887
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1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
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1887
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Eduard Douwes Dekker writes his last text (Lf8-c5)
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1892
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Opera "Werther," premieres in Vienna
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1894
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British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast
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1899
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Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg)
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1900
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1st Chinese daily newspaper in US publishes (Chung Sai Yat Po-SF)
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1900
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1
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1903
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-59øF (-51øC), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record)
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1905
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1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston
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1909
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1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
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1909
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Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
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1912
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VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
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1913
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President Taft agrees not to intervene in Mexico
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1914
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1st airplane flight (LA to SF)
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1915
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Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
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1916
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Russian troops conquer Erzurum Armenia
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1917
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1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
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1918
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Lithuania declares independence from Russia & Germany (National Day)
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1923
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Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory
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1923
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Howard Carter finds Pharoah Tutankhamen
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1923
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard
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1923
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
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1926
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Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France
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1927
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Nol Coward's "Marquise," premieres in London
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1927
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US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey
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1929
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KID-AM in Idaho Falls ID begins radio transmissions
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1931
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Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes president of Finland
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1932
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1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
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1933
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Catholic newspaper Germania warns against nazis/communists
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1933
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England regains the Ashes, thanks to bodyline tactics
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1936
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4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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1936
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Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections
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1937
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DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers
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1937
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Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris
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1938
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US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
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1940
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British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway
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1942
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German submarines attack Aruba oil refinery
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1943
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-32øF (-36øC), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record)
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1943
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British premier Winston Churchill gets pneumonia
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1943
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Red army conquers Kharkov
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1943
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Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/
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1943
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Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa
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1945
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US forces land on Corregidor, complete conquest on March 3
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1945
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Venezuela declares war on nazi-Germany
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1946
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"Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 5 perfs
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1946
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1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport Ct
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1947
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Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
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1948
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1st newsreel telecast, "20th Century Fox-Movietone News" shown on NBC
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1948
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Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
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1950
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Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
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1950
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Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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1951
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NYC passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
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1951
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SF City Hall dome fire
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1952
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Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33
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1952
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Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
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1954
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WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Britain abolishes death penalty
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1958
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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1959
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Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
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1959
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Leonard Spigelgass' "Majority of One," premieres in NYC
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1960
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US nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip
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1961
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1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va
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1961
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China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
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1961
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US satellite Explorer 9 is launched
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1962
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Darius Milhaud's 12th Symphony, premieres
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1962
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US Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win
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1963
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1st round-trip swim of Strait of Messina, Italy (Mary Revell of US)
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1963
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Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
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1963
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C & A Building in Amsterdam burns down
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1964
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"Foxy" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
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1964
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Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
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1965
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"Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 313 performances
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1965
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Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors
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1966
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Bob Cowper makes 307 v England at the MCG, 727 mins, 20 fours
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1966
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End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
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1966
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France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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1967
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Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame
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1968
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Beatles George Harrison & John Lennon & wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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1968
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Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala
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1968
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Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
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1970
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Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1972
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1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
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1972
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German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
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1972
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Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
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1972
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Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
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1973
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WI v Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers
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1975
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Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating KC Scouts 3-0
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1977
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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1978
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1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
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1979
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George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
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1979
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1980
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Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
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1980
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Eric Heiden skates 5k in 7:02.29 (Olympic Record)
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1982
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Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
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1982
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Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
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1982
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Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
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1984
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Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold
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1984
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NJ Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5
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1985
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Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Phila at Detroit
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1985
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Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champ
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1985
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NJ Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
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1986
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"Uptown... It's Hot!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 24 perfs
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1986
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French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad
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1986
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Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
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1986
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Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
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1986
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Mario Soares (Socialist) elected Portugal's 1st civilian pres
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1987
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John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
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1988
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1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
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1989
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Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
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1989
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Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
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1989
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Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract
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1989
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Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract
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1989
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William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia
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1991
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Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
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1991
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
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1992
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Former silver Goodyear blimps are now painted yellow & blue
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1992
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LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
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1993
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Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
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1994
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6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
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1994
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Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29)
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1994
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Premier Alfonso Bustamente ends govt in Peru
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1996
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Gary Kirsten scores 188* for S Africa v UAE at Rawalpindi
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1997
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At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
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1997
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GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
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1997
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Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
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1997
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Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
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1998
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Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
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BIRTHS
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1075
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Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet
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1497
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Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)
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1514
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Rhticus, [Rheticus], Austrian astronomer/mathematician
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1519
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Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral
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1620
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Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
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1669
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Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
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1684
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Bohuslav M Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
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1684
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Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky, Czech monk/composer
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1698
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Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
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1709
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Charles Avison, composer
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1740
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Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)
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1746
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Johann Heinse, German Sturm und Drang novelist/art critic
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1774
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Pierre Rode, composer
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1787
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Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch painter/etcher/lithographer
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1788
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Juan van Halen, Dutch/Spanish officer/adventurer
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1790
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Chretien Urhan, composer
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1807
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Lysander Cutler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
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1812
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Henry Wilson, (R) 18th VP (1873-75)
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1813
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Joseph Reid Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1892
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1813
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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer
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1821
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Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer (Central Africa)
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1822
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Francis Galton, Birmingham England, anthropologist & geneticist
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1822
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James Patton Anderson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
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1823
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John Daniel Imboden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
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1826
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Franz von Holstein, composer
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1826
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Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Gaudeamus)
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1831
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Nikolai Leskow, writer
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1832
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Camille Armand Jules Marie de Polignac, Mjr General (Confederate Army)
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1834
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Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist (Causes of Evolution)
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1836
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Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
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1838
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Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
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1838
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Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
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1847
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Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, German composer (Album polonaise)
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1848
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Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist (How species emerge)
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1850
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Octave Mirbeau, France, writer (Journal of a Lady's Maid)
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1852
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Charles Taze Russell, religion founder (Jehovah's Witnesses)
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1852
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William Scarborough, Macon Ga, linguist/author (Birds of Aristophanes)
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1854
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Oscar Fetras, composer
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1856
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Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam)
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1858
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Laurence "Lon" Myers, US, track star (top US miler)
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1866
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Johann Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King)
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1866
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Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [NS=Feb 28]
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1866
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William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, NJ, hall of fame baseball player
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1868
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Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist/linguist (Anthropos)
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1876
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George Macauley Trevelyan, England, historian (Giuseppi Garibaldi)
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1878
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Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
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1881
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Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet/writer (Youth of a Poet)
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1884
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Robert Flaherty, Mich, father of documentary film (Nanook of North)
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1886
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Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl)
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1886
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Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain)
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1890
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Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer
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1893
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Ivor Armstrong Richards, England, literary critic [OS]
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1896
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Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist (Chopin)
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1896
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Charles A L Panzra, French baritone (L'horizon Chimrique)
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1898
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Katharine Cornell, actress (Barretts of Wimpole St)
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1900
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Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter
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1901
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Chester Morris, NYC, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown)
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1901
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Wayne King, Savannah Ill, saxophonist/bandleader (Waltz King)
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1903
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Edgar Bergen, Chicago, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy)
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1904
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Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
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1904
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George F Kennan, Milwaukee Wisc, US ambassador (to Moscow)
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1905
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Jose Munoz Molleda, composer
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1905
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Lord Franks, British ambassador (to US)
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1906
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Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front)
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1906
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Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
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1907
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Anghlos Terzakis, Greece, writer (Without God)
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1907
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Fernando Previtali, composer
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1907
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Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor (Charles V)
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1909
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Hugh Beaumont, Lawrence Ks, actor (Ward Cleaver-Leave it to Beaver)
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1909
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Jeffrey Lynn, Auburn Mass, actor (My Son Jeep, Roaring Twenties)
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1910
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Michael Milne-Watson, CEO (BUPA)
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1910
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Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer
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1911
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Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase)
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1912
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Arthur Crook, British editor (Times Literary Supplement)
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1912
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Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch (female) author
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1912
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Del Sharbutt, Cleburne Tx, TV announcer (Your Hit Parade)
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1912
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Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader (created salsa music)
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1912
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Maitland Mackie, Lord Lt (Aberdeenshire)
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1914
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J Tobin, British anaesthetist
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1914
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Jimmy Wakely, Mineola Ark, country vocalist (5 Star Jubilee)
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1916
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William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician
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1918
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K roly earl Khuen-Hderv ry, Hungarian governor/premier (1910-12)
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1920
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Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist
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1920
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Lee Russell, Cleveland Oh, vocalist (Vincent Lopez)
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1920
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Patty Andrews, Minneapolis MN, vocalist (Andrews Sisters)
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1921
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Jean Behra, auto racer
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1922
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Geraint Evans, British opera vocalist (Knaben Wunderhorn)
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1922
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Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist/writer (Het Vrije Volk)
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1924
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James Swaffield, director-general (Swaffield & Clerk to the GLC)
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1924
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Peter Webster, British High Court Judge
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1925
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David Emms, director (London Goodenough Trust for Overseas Graduates)
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1925
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John Schlesinger, London England, director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling)
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1925
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PER Bailey, director (Gatwick & Stansted Airports)
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1926
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Jack Levy, mechanical engineer
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1926
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John Schlesinger, film director, (Midnight Cowboy)
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1926
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Vera-Ellen, [Westmeyr Rohe], Cincinnati, actress/dancer (Wonder Man)
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1929
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Peter NF Porter, Australian/British author/poet (Chair of Babel)
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1930
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F G R Cuming, painter
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1930
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Peggy King, Greensburg Pa, vocalist/actress (George Gobel Show)
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1930
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Ricou Browning, Florida, director/actor (Thunderball)
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1931
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A Kolleritsch, writer
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1931
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Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts)
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1931
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George E Sangmeister, (Rep-D-Illinois)
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1931
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Ken Takakura, [Goichi Oda], Kita Japan, actor (Story of Antarctic)
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1932
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A Appelfeld, writer
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1932
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Gretchen Wyler, Bartlesville Okla, actress (Silk Stockings)
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1932
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Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
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1932
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Otis Blackwell, composer/singer
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1934
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Austin "Ted" Taylor, US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful)
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1934
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Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete)
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1935
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Brian Bedford, England, actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue)
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1935
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Robin Clark, chemist (FRS)
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1935
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Sonny Bono, Detroit, vocalist (Sonny & Cher)/(Rep-R-Ca, 1995-98)
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1937
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Paul Bailey, novelist
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1937
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Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut
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1938
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Barry Primus, NYC, actor (Sgt McKenna-Cagney & Lacey, Boxcar Bertha)
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1938
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John Corigliano, NYC, composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles)
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1939
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David Griffiths, portrait painter
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1939
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Harold Kalin, singer
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1940
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Karoli Ruth Needles, painter
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1941
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Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, judo (Olympic-silver-1972)
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1942
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Gabriel Brncic, composer
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1942
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Kim Chong-Il, [Yura], president of North-Korea (1994- )
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1943
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Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet)
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1943
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J D Moore, headmaster (St Dunstan's College)
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1943
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James Beaton, British GC
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1944
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Richard Ford, US author (Sportswriter)
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1946
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Aleksandr Shaparenko, USSR, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1946
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Ian Lavender, British actor (Stupid Boy in Dad's Army)
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1946
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J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon
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1949
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Dorus Vrede, Surinam poet (Otobanda; the Other Bank)
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1950
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Peter Hain, British MP
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1950
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William Katt, LA Calif, actor (Greatest American Hero, 1st Love)
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1953
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Andre St Lauren, NHLer
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1953
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George Martin, NFLer (NY Giants)
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1953
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Mike Ford, NYC, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Port Jefferson Open)
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1954
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David Lombardo, rocker
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1954
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Iain [Menzies] Banks, UK, sci-fi author (Wasp Factory)
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1954
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Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for WI)
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1955
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George Martin, NFL defensive back (NY Giants)
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1955
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Guy Gallo, New Orleans LA, writer (Under the Volcano)
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1955
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Jeff Clayton, US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop)
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1956
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James Ingram, vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
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1957
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LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, (Roots, Star Trek Next Generation)
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1958
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Herb Williams, NBA center (Toronto Raptors, NY Knicks)
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1958
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Ice-T, rap singer/actor (New Jack City, Tank Girl, Crazy Six)
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1958
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John Paul Morse, Marshall MI, PGA golfer (1995 United Airlines)
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1958
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Lisa Loring, actress (As the World Turns, Wednesday-Addams Family)
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1959
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John P McEnroe, tennis player (US Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84)
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1959
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Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz)
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1961
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Andy Taylor, Engld, rock guitarist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)
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1962
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Alexa Kenin, NYC, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever)
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1962
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Tony Kiley, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
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1964
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Mark Price, NBA guard (Cleveland Caveliers)
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1966
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Eric Uptagrafft, Spokane Wash, prone rifle (Olympics-1996)
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1967
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Robert Massey, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions)
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1968
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Cecil Gray, NFL tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
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1968
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Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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1969
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Claude Lambert, Montreal Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Fermin Cacho, Barcelona Spain, 1500m (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
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1969
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Tim Costo, US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
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1970
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Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate (Jun, 1991)
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1971
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Anthony Abrams, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs)
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1971
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Chi Kredell, Long Beach Ca, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Larry Jones, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
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1971
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Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
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1971
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Mike Hubbard, Lynchburg VA, catcher (Chic Cubs)
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1971
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Shivanthini Dharmasiri, Miss Universe-Sri Lanka (1996)
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1971
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Van Tuinei, defensive end (San Diego Chargers)
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1972
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Jerome Bettis, running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1973
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Cathy Freeman, Mackay Aust, 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
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1973
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James Young, Australian water polo player (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Jevon Langford, defensive end (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1974
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Kathy McCormack, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-Silver-98)
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1974
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Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
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1975
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Casey Barrett, Montreal Quebec, 200m Butterfly (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Marty Murray, Deloraine, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
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1977
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Alexei Morozov, NHL forward (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Pittsburgh)
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1977
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Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
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1978
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Caroline Hunt, Chic Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
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1979
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Emma Louise DeSilets, Miss Washington Teen USA (1997)
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1998
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Mr Jefferson, Virginia, 1st cloned calf
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2335
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Geordi La Forge, character on Star Trek Next Generation
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DEATHS
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309
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Pamphilus van Caesarea, Palestinian scholar/martyr, beheaded
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923
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Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, islamic historian, dies at 83
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1247
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Hendrik Raspe, [Papenking], count of Thringen, dies
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1279
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Afonso III, King of Portugal (1248-79), dies
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1391
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Johannes V Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantium (1341-91), dies
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1538
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Everhard/Erardus van de Mark, prince-bishop of Liege, dies at 65
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1653
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Johannes Schultz, composer, dies at 70
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1754
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Richard Mead, physician, dies
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1779
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William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
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1791
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Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58
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1799
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Charles Theoby, ruler (Palts & Bayern), dies at 74
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1803
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Jan V clav Stich, Bohemian composer, dies at 56
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1823
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Johann Gottfried Schict, composer, dies at 69
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1825
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George Gerson, composer, dies at 34
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1829
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Franois-Joseph Gossec, Belg/Fr composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95
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1834
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Lionel Lukin, life boat pioneer, dies
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1851
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Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician, dies at 95
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1857
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Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
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1857
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Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic explorer (Kane Basin), dies at 37
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1858
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Georg F Creuzer, German philological/historian, dies at 86
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1864
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Vaclav Jindrich Veit, composer, dies at 58
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1892
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Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies
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1899
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Franois Flix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57
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1900
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George Labram, US mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
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1907
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Giosu Carducci, poet (Nobel 1906), dies
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1910
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Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
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1912
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Edgar Evans, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
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1915
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Emil Waldteufel, [Charles Levy], French composer (Estudiantina), dies
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1916
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Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79
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1916
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[Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot & Sien), dies at 57
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1931
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Dirk Schfer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57
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1933
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Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies
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1934
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Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzjubin], Russ poet/journalist, dies at 38
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1936
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Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
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1938
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Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
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1939
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Jura Soyfer, writer, dies at 26
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1944
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Edmund von Borck, composer, dies at 37
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1945
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Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies
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1945
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Rudolf Vrnlund, Swedish playwright (Upproret), dies at 45
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1950
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David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
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1951
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Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65
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1952
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Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies
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1957
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Leslie Hore-Belisha, [Lord Halifax], Brit min of Transport, dies at 63
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1963
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Laszlo Lajtha, composer, dies at 70
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1966
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Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at 81
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1967
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Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
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1968
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Healey Willan, composer, dies at 87
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1973
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Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
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1979
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Louise Allbritton, actress (Celia-Stage Door), dies at 58
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1979
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Nematullah Nassiri, Iran general/head of Savak, executed
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1979
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William Gargan, actor (New Adventures of Martin Kane), dies at 73
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1981
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Howard Hanson, composer, dies at 84
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1984
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Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69
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1985
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Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69
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1986
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Howard Da Silva, Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776), dies at 76
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1987
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Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
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1990
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Keith Haring, artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDs at 31
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1991
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Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contra's, dies
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1992
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Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated
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1992
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Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51
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1992
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George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies
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1992
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Janio Quadros, president of Brazil (1961), dies
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1992
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Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amster (squaters), dies at 78
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1993
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Donald Phelps, dies of AIDS at 61
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1993
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Richard Salant, news president (CBS-60 Minutes), dies at 78
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1995
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John Everett Allen, US businessman, dies at 91
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1995
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Martin Soames, traveller, dies at 91
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1996
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Brownie McGhee, blues guitarist, dies at 81
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1996
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Charles McCorquodale, art historian, dies at 47
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1996
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Edmund G "Pat" Brown, politician, dies at 90
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1996
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Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84
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1996
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MacLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H), dies of heart attack at 66
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1996
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Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
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1996
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Susan Bosence, textile designer, dies at 82
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1996
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Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
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1998
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Martha Gellhorn, war reporter (Reuthers), dies at 89
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