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1370
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Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
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1568
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Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
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1598
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Boris Godunov chosen tsar of Russia
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1621
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Miles Standish appointed 1st commander of Plymouth colony
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1634
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William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti
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1670
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France & Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
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1676
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Kings Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty
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1691
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Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service
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1714
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Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree
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1772
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1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria
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1776
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1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published
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1791
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Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra)
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1795
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Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England
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1801
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House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr
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1817
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1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
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1818
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Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle)
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1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
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1841
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Dutch ex-king Willem I marries Henriette d'Oultremont de Wgimont
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1848
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Toscane gets liberal Constitution
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1854
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British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
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1859
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premieres in Napoli
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1864
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Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic"
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1865
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-18] Battle of Charleston SC
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1865
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Columbia SC burns down during Civil War
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1867
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1st ship passes through Suez Canal
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1867
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Gyula Andressy becomes premier of Hungary
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1870
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Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge
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1870
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Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War
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1876
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Sardines 1st canned (Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine)
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1878
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1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones
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1880
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Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt
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1882
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1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
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1883
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A Ashwell patents free-toilet in London
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1885
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Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa
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1896
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London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective
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1897
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National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
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1904
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Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan
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1905
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Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall
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1906
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Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
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1911
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1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego)
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1913
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1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
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1913
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NY Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public
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1915
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Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded
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1916
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Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in NYC
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1921
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Arthur Honegger's "Pastorale D't," premieres
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1923
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Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals)
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1924
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
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1926
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Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die
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1926
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Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
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1930
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French govt of Tardieu, falls
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1931
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1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
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1931
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Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game
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1932
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Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in NYC
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1933
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1st issue of "Newsweek" magazine published
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1933
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Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead in the comic Blondie
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1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe arrives in Glindow, at Potsdam
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1933
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US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition
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1934
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1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
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1936
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"Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
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1936
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-58øF (-50øC), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record)
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1936
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SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in NYC
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1938
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1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
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1939
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Katwijk soccer team forms
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1940
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Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia
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1940
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British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
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1941
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Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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1943
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-19] Hitler visits fieldmarshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje
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1943
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Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews
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1943
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Gen-major Bradley flies to Wash DC
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1943
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NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army
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1944
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Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; US victory on Feb 22
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1944
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US begins night bombing of Truk
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1946
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Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam
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1947
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Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
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1947
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Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
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1949
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Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
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1949
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN
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1949
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Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE
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1949
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
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1949
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Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris
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1950
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31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NY
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1953
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Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
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1953
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DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
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1955
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Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB
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1955
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Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe & Bowden of CAN
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1955
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KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright US
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1955
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Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
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1956
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Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
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1956
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Ice Pairs Championship at Garmisch won by Schwarz & Oppelt of AUT
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1956
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA
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1956
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA
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1957
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Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72
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1957
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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1957
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Suez Canal reopens
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1958
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Comic strip "BC" 1st appears
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1958
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WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1959
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1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
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1962
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Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin"
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1962
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Storm in Hamburg, kills 265
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1962
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Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis
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1963
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Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon (2:15:15.8
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1964
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101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
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1964
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US House of Reps accept Law on the civil rights
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1964
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US Supreme court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry v Sanders)
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1964
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WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1965
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US Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures
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1965
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US-Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute
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1966
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French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit
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1967
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Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
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1967
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Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
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1968
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens
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1969
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Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash record an album (never released)
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1969
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Golda Meir sworn in as Israel's 1st female prime minister
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1970
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Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife & daughter
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1970
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Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
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1970
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Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in NYC
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1971
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England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
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1972
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British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
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1972
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President Nixon leaves Washington DC for China
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1973
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Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut v Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
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1974
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49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
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1974
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
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1976
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"Rockabye Hamlet" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 7 performances
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1976
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Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
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1976
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NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India
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1976
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Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 v India, his 1st match-winning spell
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1979
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China invades Vietnam
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1979
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Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99)
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1980
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Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph)
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1980
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Dot Germain wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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1981
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Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history
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1982
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Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England
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1983
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Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
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1983
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Netherlands adopts constitution
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1983
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1985
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1st class postage rises from 20 to 22
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1985
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1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia v England
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1985
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3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
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1985
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Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
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1985
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Laffit Pincay Jr is third to ride 6,000th winners at Santa Anita
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1986
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1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
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1986
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Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC morning radio (WXRK 92.3 FM)
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1986
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Johnson & Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs
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1986
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Libyan bombers attack N'djamena Airport in Chad
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1987
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Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
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1987
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Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
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1988
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Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
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1988
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US Lt Col Wm Higgins kidnapped by Lebanese terrorists & later killed
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1989
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6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
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1989
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Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
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1989
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Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia & Libya form common market
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1989
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Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
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1989
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1989
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Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
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1991
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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1993
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Haitian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die
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1993
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Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
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1995
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11th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1995
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Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY
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1995
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Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers
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1995
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Tiger mgr Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike
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1996
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1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
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1997
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Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena Calif
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1997
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Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
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1998
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Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
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1998
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Larry Wayne Harris & Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax
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BIRTHS
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1444
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Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist
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1490
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Charles de Bourbon, officer/governor (Lombardy)
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1519
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Franois de Guise, [Balafr], French general strategist (Calais)
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1583
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J Henry Alting, Dutch theologist
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1653
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Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto Grossi)
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1667
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Georg Bronner, composer
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1675
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Johann Melchior Conradi, composer
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1696
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Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer
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1697
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Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer
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1699
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Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, German architect (Sanssouci)
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1723
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Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination
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1740
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Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
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1747
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Narciso Casanovas, composer
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1752
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Friedrich M Klinger, German playwright (Wirrwarr)
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1754
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Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer
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1758
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John Pinkerton, Scottish historian
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1774
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Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
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1781
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Ren-Thophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor (stethoscope)
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1796
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Giovanni Pacini, composer
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1804
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Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
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1816
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Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer
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1820
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Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons)
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1824
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William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903
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1831
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Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer
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1837
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Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
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1837
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Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)
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1844
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A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business (Montgomery Ward)
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1849
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Selwyn Image, Bodiam Sussex, painter
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1850
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Anton Urspruch, composer
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1850
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Ludwig Bonvin, composer
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1853
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Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein)
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1854
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Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer
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1855
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Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)
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1857
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Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher
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1858
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Ernest Ford, composer
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1862
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Edward German (Jones), Whitchurch Shropshire, British composer
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1862
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Mori Ogai [Mori Rintar), Japanese author (Maihime/Gan)
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1864
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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda)
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1867
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William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer (Cadbury)
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1870
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Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemish People's Party)
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1874
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Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM)
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1877
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Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
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1879
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
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1880
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Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
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1882
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Kurt Schindler, composer
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1882
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Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor (Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro)
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1884
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Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish minister of Internal affairs (1940)
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1887
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Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
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1888
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Henrietta P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Bouwmeester Award)
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1888
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Otto Stern, German/US physicist (Stern-Gerlach-experiment, Nobel 1943)
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1888
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Ronald Aburthnott Knox, English priest/writer (Viaduct Murder)
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1889
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H[aroldson] L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire
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1891
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Georg Britting, writer
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1892
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Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad)
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1895
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Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)
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1895
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Edna Park Edwards, PA
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1897
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Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
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1898
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Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)
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1902
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Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto (banned by D.A.R.)
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1903
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Johannes Linthorst Homan, director of the queen in Groningen
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1904
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Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], Dutch writer (Jesus' Robe)
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1906
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Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75)
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1906
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Ramon Tapales, composer
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1907
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Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award)
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1907
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Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer (Russia Black on White)
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1908
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Staats Cotsworth, Oak Park IL, actor (Peyton Place)
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1908
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Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks)
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1909
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Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37)[NS]
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1909
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Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhuser)
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1910
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Ai Qing, poet
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1910
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Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun)
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1911
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Arthur Hunnicutt, Gravelly AR, actor (Big Sky, Apache Uprising)
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1913
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Josphine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director
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1913
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Oskar Danon, composer
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1913
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Rene Leibowitz, composer
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1914
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Albert Westerlinck, [Jos J M Aerts], Flemish literary
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1914
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Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place)
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1914
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Per-Jakez Helias, writer/teacher
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1914
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[Bert de] Wayne Morris, LA Calif, WW II-pilot/actor (Paths of Glory)
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1915
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Homer Keller, composer
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1916
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Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)
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1916
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Raf Vallone, Tropea Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon)
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1918
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Charles A Hayes, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
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1918
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Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner
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1919
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Jock Mahoney, Chicago, actor (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury)
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1919
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Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
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1919
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Kathleen Freeman, Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
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1920
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Colin Franklin, doctor
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1920
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Paul Fetler, composer
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1920
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Trevor Oswald Ling, religious studies professor
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1922
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Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It's All in the Game)
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1923
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Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
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1924
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Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
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1925
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Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character (The Slogan)
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1925
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Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain)
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1926
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Friedrich Cerha, composer
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1926
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Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters)
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1929
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Chaim Potok, NYC, novelist (Promise)
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1929
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Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader (Achille Lauro, Nobel 1994)
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1930
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Usko Merilainen, composer
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1932
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Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
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1933
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Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' & Turnin')
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1933
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Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming)
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1934
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Alan Bates, Allestree Engld, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman)
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1934
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Barry Humphries, Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage)
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1934
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Buddy Ryan, NFL coach (Phila Eagles, Phoenix Cardinals)
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1935
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Johnny Bush, country singer
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1936
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Barry Jarman, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper in 60's)
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1936
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Jim Brown, Ga, NFL full back (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen)
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1936
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Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960)
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1937
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Mickey McGill, US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
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1938
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Mary Frances Berry, educator/head (US Commission on Civil Rights)
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1939
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Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes)
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1940
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Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (S African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970)
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1941
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Gene Pitney, Hartford Ct, vocalist/songwriter (Town Without Pity)
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1941
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Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1942
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Huey Newton, Black Panther leader
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1944
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Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour)
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1945
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Brenda Fricker, Dublin Ireland, actress (My Left Foot)
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1945
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Patricia Morrow, actress (Rita-Peyton Place)
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1945
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Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1946
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Andr Dussollier, Annecy France, actor (3 Men & a Cradle)
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1946
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Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1946
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Zina Bethune, NYC, actress (Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door)
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1947
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Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown)
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1947
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Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer (Terror From Within)
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1947
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Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hartman!)
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1949
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Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew)
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1950
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Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot)
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1952
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Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open)
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1952
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Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92)
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1953
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Janice Dickinson, Bkln NY, model (Vogue)
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1954
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Rene Russo, actress (Ransom)
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1958
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Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place)
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1958
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Karen Lende O'Connor, Concord Ma, equestrian 3-day (Oly-silver-96)
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1959
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Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1959
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Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball & football star
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1959
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Richard Karn, Seattle WA, actor (Al-Home Improvement)
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1959
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Rowdy Gaines, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
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1960
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Michael Jordan, NBA guard/forward
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1961
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Deb[ra] Richardson, Minneapolis MN, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
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1961
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Guy McIntyre, NFL guard (Phila Eagles)
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1961
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Michael "Air" Jordan, Bkln NY, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls)
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1962
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David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids)
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1962
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Hennie Meijer, soccer player (Cambuur L, FC Heerenveen)
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1962
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Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver)
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1962
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Tony Blain, cricketer (NZ Test wicket-keeper)
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1963
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Dan Reed, rocker/actor (HOTS, Lake Consequence)
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1963
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Michael Jordan, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
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1964
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Mike Campbell, Seattle WA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
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1965
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Clayton Prince, Phila, actor (Hairspray, Reuben-Another World)
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1965
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Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics)
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1966
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Luc Robitaille, Montreal, NHL left wing (NY Rangers, Pitts Penguins)
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1966
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Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee)
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1967
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Gary Shuchuk, Edmonton, NHL center (LA Kings)
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1967
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Michelle Forbes, Austin TX, actress (Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen)
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1968
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Bryan Cox, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
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1968
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Celita Schutz, Riverdale NJ, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Patrick Uterwijk, pop guitarist (Pestilence, Consuming Impulse)
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1969
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David Klingler, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders, Cin Bengals)
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1969
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Joel Steed, NFL nose tackle (Pitts Steelers)
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1969
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Levon Kirkland, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1969
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Traci Adell, New Orleans La, playmate (July, 1994)
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1970
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Tommy Moe, Anchorage Alaska, nordic skiier (Olympic-gold/silver-1994)
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1972
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Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician (Green Day)
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1972
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Lloy Ball, Ft Wayne Ind, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Stephen Robinson, Arlington Va, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Vladimir Vujtek, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Tampa Bay)
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1972
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William Floyd, full back (San Francisco 49ers)
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1973
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Chris Robinson, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1973
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Drew Barry, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
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1973
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Frank Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
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1973
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Raymond Jackson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
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1974
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Jerry O'Connell, NYC, actor (Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity)
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1974
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Valeria Mazza, Rosario Argentina, model (Cosmo-July 1995)
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1975
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Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star (1993 Futures-Seoul)
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1975
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Todd Harvey, Hamilton, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
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1975
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Vaclav Prospal, NHL forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998, Philadelphia)
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1980
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Shanyn MacEachern, Brampton Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)
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1981
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Donielle Thompson, Wheatridge CO, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96)
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1981
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Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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1982
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor (Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
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DEATHS
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364
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Flavius Jovianus, Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
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956
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Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
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1600
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Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake
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1612
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Ernst of Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Cologne, dies at 57
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1612
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Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48
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1652
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Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer/composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
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1654
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Michael Lohr, composer, dies at 62
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1673
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Moliare, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French author (Learned Lady), dies
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1688
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Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
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1715
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Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68
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1732
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Louis Marchand, composer, dies at 63
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1796
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James Macpherson, poet, dies
|
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1803
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Louis R E prince de Rohan-Gumen, archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68
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1804
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Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80
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1815
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Franz Gotz, composer, dies at 59
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1827
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81
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1841
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Ferdinando Carulli, composer, dies at 70
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1847
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William Collins, landscape painter, dies
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1852
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Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
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1854
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Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71
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1856
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Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris
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1856
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John Braham, singer/composer, dies at 81
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1874
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[Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
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1875
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Lu¡s NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
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1878
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Jos Amador de los R¡os, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59
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1883
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Napoleon Coste, composer, dies at 76
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1901
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Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, composer, dies at 38
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1903
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Joseph Parry, composer, dies at 61
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1905
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Serge Alexandrovich, gov-gen Moscow, murdered
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1907
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Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies
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1907
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Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74
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1908
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Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79
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1912
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Aloys von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies at 57
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1912
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L Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), dies
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1917
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Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
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1918
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Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian PM (1896-1911), dies
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1924
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Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55
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1929
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John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
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1932
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Frans Gailliard, Belgian painter/graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
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1933
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Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
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1934
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Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
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1936
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Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
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1944
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Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
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1951
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Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer, dies at 94
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1954
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Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72
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1955
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Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52
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1959
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Kathryn Adams, actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl), dies
|
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1959
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Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
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1961
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Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63
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1962
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Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
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1962
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Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55
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1966
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Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75
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1966
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Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81
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1966
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Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
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1968
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Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at 65
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1970
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Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81
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1970
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Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at 69
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1970
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Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel 1966), dies
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1971
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Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73
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1972
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Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies at 67
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1972
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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), « ashes buried
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1976
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Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Every Man is My Enemy), dies at 65
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1976
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Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
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1977
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Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
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1979
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William Gargan, actor (Rain, Bells of St Mary), dies at 73
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1980
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Graham Sutherland, painter, dies
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1980
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Jerry Fielding, composer (Bewitched, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57
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1982
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Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81
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1982
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Theolonious S Monk, US, jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64
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1984
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Lucille Benson, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69
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1985
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Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67
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1986
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
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1986
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Paul Stewart, actor (Opening Night, In Cold Blood, Window), dies
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1987
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Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies
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1987
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Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies
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1989
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Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
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1990
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Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84
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1990
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Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39
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1990
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Keith Haring, US graffiti-artist, dies at 31
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1990
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Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies
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1991
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Enrique Bermudez, commandant (Contra), dies
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1993
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Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
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1993
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George E Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
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1993
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Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
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1994
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Randy Shilts, US journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41
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1995
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Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50
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1995
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Thelma Hulbert, painter, dies at 81
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1995
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Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at 52
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1995
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Uta Graf, singer/teacher, dies at 80
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1996
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Bentley Bridgewater, british Museum secretary, dies at 84
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1996
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Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at 87
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1996
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Jean Writer-Pierre Herve Bazin, dies at 84
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1996
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Michael Raptis, writer/recolutionary, dies at 84
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1996
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[Elsie] Evelyn Laye, actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
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1998
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Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102
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