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1086
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Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
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1153
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Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland
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1300
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King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
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1370
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Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
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1487
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Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
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1626
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Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24
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1653
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German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria
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1658
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Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
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1660
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English king Charles II visits Netherlands
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1667
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French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
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1689
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English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
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1697
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English king Willem III travels through northern Europe
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1726
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-26] People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
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1738
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Methodist Church forms
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1809
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Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
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1815
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George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
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1818
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Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida
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1822
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Battle of Pichincha, Bol¡var secures independence of Quito from Spain
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1824
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Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
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1829
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Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate
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1830
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"Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written
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1830
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1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)
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1844
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Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg)
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1846
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Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mxican War
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1854
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Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston
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1854
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Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in US forms by Prebyts
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1856
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Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas
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1861
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Alexandria, VA occupied by Federal troops
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1861
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Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
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1862
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Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time
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1862
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Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
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1866
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Berkeley, Calif named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)
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1870
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Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US
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1873
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Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris
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1877
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5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45«
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1878
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CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
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1879
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7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40«
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1881
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Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die
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1883
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Brooklyn Bridge opened by Pres Arthur & Gov Cleveland
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1884
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Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People's Party in US
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1887
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Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Assn at East African harbors
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1890
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Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
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1890
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Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
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1890
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Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
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1895
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Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
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1899
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1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
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1900
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34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¬
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1900
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Britain annexes Orange Free State
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1902
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Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
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1902
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Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
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1905
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39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
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1908
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Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
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1908
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John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan," premieres in London
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1909
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Bristol University granted Royal Charter
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1915
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
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1915
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Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
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1916
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Conscription begins in Britain
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1916
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French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
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1916
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Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
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1916
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US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker
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1918
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Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning
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1921
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1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
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1921
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British Legion forms
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1922
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Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6øC)
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1922
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Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
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1926
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Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4)
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1928
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Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7
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1928
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Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again
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1929
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Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
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1930
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1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
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1930
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Bradman scores 252* Australia v Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours
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1930
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Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
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1931
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1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
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1933
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Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow
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1934
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Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
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1935
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1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
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1935
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Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
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1936
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Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party
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1936
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Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2
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1940
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1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
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1940
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1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
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1940
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Dutch army demobilizes
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1940
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Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
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1940
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German tanks reach Atrecht France
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1940
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Hitler affirms Gen von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"
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1940
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NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
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1941
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Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
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1943
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Admiral Dnitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean
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1943
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U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje
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1944
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Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists
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1944
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Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
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1946
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Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
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1948
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Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge
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1951
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Racial segregation in Wash DC restaurants ruled illegal
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1951
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1951
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Willie Mays begins playing for NY Giants
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1953
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
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1954
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1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
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1954
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Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
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1954
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German airline Lufthansa forms
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1954
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IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
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1957
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Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
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1957
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Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
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1958
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"New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 432 perfs
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1958
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Pres Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
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1958
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UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
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1959
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1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills Pa)
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1959
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Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
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1960
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1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
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1961
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27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
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1961
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Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
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1962
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M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit
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1963
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1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
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1964
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18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win
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1964
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Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
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1964
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
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1964
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Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn)
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1964
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Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
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1965
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Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional
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1966
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"Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances
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1967
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AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
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1968
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Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
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1968
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Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
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1968
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Pres De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse
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1969
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Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
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1970
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Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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1970
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Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
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1971
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A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
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1972
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Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
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1972
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1974
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Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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1975
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Dutch Govt of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
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1976
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1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Wash DC)
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1976
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1977
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USSR President Podgorny resigns
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1978
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Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
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1979
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Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
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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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"Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
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1980
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Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages
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1980
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Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 2
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1981
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Al Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
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1981
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Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
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1981
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Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1983
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Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
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1983
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Supreme Court rules govt can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
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1984
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"Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
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1984
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Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
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1985
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"View to a Kill" premieres in US
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1985
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-25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
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1986
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Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy
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1986
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Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British PM to visit Israel
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1986
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Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs
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1986
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
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1987
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33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
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1987
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Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
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1988
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John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
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1988
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Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe
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1988
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Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
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1989
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"Indiana Jones & Last Crusade" premieres
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1989
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AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
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1989
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French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
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1989
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NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
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1989
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NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
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1989
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Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
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1990
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Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
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1990
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
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1992
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Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
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1992
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Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1992
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Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
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1992
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Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
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1993
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Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
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1993
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Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement
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1993
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Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey
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1994
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Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
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1996
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"Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released
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1997
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Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Mich
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1997
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STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
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1997
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Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
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1998
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Indianapolis 500 race
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1998
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wins J C Penney LPGA Skins Game
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BIRTHS
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15
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Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant
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1544
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William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
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1605
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Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church
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1610
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Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer
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1619
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Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter
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1650
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John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist
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1677
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Alexandre de Villenueve, composer
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1736
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Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
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1738
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George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820)
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1743
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Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist
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1751
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Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardina (1796-1802)
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1753
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Oliver Cromwell, Burlington NJ, black who served with Washington
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1754
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Giacomo Conti, composer
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1767
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Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer
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1781
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Louis-Franois Dauprat, composer/horn player
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1794
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William Whewell, British philosopher (History of Inductive Science)
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1803
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Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano
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1807
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Cornelis E van Koetsveld, vicar/literature
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1807
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Thomas Duncan, painter
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1810
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Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
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1811
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Charles Clark, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
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1816
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Emanuel Leutze, US, painter (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
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1816
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Robert Seaman Granger, (Union Army Bvt Major general, died in 1894)
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1819
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Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
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1831
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Richard Hoffman, composer
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1838
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Paul Laband, German lawyer
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1840
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Frederick Walker, painter
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1841
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Charles Napier Henry, painter
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1841
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Tito Mattei, pianist/composer
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1850
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Ernest Albert Waterlow, water-color painter
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1852
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Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, author/politician
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1854
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Louis Mountbatten, admiral (WW I)
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1855
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Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright
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1858
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Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist (Green Amsterdammer)
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1866
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Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years)
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1870
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Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth & League of Nations
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1878
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Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)
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1881
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Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer
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1882
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Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East)
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1886
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Paul Paray, Le Trport Normandy, conductor/composer (Artemis Trouble)
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1891
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Benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist
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1891
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William F Albright, US old testament scholar/archaeologist
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1893
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W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda)
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1895
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H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)
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1895
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Samuel I Newhouse, US millionaire publisher (Parade, Vogue, Glamour)
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1898
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Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)
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1899
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Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
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1903
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Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)
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1903
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Hilding Hallnas, composer
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1904
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George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It)
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1904
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Kenneth Buckley, British rear-admiral
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1904
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Patrick Johnson, physicist
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1905
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Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965)
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1905
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Zdenek Blazek, composer
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1906
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Edmund Sargant, solicitor
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1906
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John Mayo, director-general (Help the Aged)
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1908
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Kresimir Fribec, composer
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1908
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Michael Roberts, historian
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1909
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Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)
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1909
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Louis Frnberg, writer
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1909
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Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe
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1910
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Margers Zarins, composer
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1910
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Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer
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1912
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Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano
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1912
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Joseph Anthony, [Deuster], US director/actor (Matchmaker, Tomorrow)
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1913
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Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)
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1913
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Willi Daume, olympic organizer
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1914
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Clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)
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1914
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George Tabori, writer
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1914
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Lilli Palmer, [Peiser], Germany, actress (Gentle Sex, Lotte in Weimar)
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1916
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Roden Cutler, Governor (New South Wales)
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1917
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Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
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1917
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Lord Campbell of Alloway, QC
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1917
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Theodore Hesburgh, Syracuse NY, president (Notre Dame)
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1918
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Coleman A Young, civil rights leader (Mayor-D-Detroit)
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1918
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D V Jennings, solicitor
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1922
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Sadao Bekku, composer
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1923
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Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
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1923
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Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress (Saint Joan)
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1925
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Franois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip (South Afr Conserv Party)
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1925
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Mai Zetterling, Sweden, actress (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm)
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1926
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Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50's)
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1927
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John Kelly Jr, US, sculls (Oly-bronze-1956)/brother of Grace Kelly
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1927
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Martinus J Mentz, South African MP (Conservative)
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1927
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Timothy Beven, CEO (Barclays Bank)
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1928
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Peter Griffiths, MP
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1928
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Stanley Baxter, British comedian (Joey Boy, Fast Lady)
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1928
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William Trevor, Brit writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune)
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1930
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Hans-Martin Linde, composer
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1930
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Ivor Richardson, Judge (NZ Court of Appeals)
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1932
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Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Bratkartoffeln Inbegriffen)
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1932
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Elaine Malbin, opera singer
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1932
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Graham Arnold, artist
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1932
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James Anderton, Chief constable (Manchester England)
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1932
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Terence Heiser, British senior civil servant
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1933
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Christopher Staughton, British Lord Justice of Appeal
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1933
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Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)
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1933
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Joaqu¡n Vaquero Turcios, Spanish painter
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1933
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Tony Mullett, dir-general (National Criminal Intelligence Service)
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1934
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Jane Byrne, (Mayor-D-Chic)
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1936
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Harold Budd, composer
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1938
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Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (S African in one Test v England 1964)
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1938
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Tommy Chong, Edmonton, Alberta, comedian/actor (Cheech & Chong)
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1939
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Gert J Schutte, Dutch MP (GPV)
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1940
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Gary Burghoff, Bristol CT, actor (Radar-M*A*S*H)
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1940
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Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
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1941
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Andres Garcia, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, actor (Tiger Shark)
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1941
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Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer (U of East Anglia)
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1941
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Bob Dylan, [Zimmerman], Minn, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
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1941
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Brian Dennis, composer
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1941
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Konrad Boehmer, composer
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1941
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Martin Mogg, governor (British Durham Prison)
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1941
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Tony Valentino, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water)
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1942
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Ali Bacher, cricketer (South African batsman & capt in 60's)
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1942
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Derek Quinn, guitarist (Freddie & Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
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1942
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Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
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1943
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James Levine, British conductor
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1944
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Arthur Brown, rock vocalist (Fire) [or Jun 24]
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1944
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Patti LaBelle, [Holt], Phila Pa, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
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1945
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Priscilla Presley, Bkln NY, actress (Jenna-Dallas, Naked Gun)
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1945
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Richard Ottaway, MP
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1945
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Steven Norris, British MP
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1946
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Irina Kirszenstein Szewinska, Lenningrad, long jumper (Oly-bron-1972)
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1946
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Jeremy Treglown, English scholar/editor (TLS)
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1946
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Steve Upton, rock drummer (Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In)
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1947
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Luke Rittner, sect-gen (Arts Council)
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1947
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Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith)
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1949
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John Illsley, rocker (Dire Straits)
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1950
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Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Pat Bradley, golfer (leader in LPGA career earnings)
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1951
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Rob Baker, rock drummer (Red Rider)
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1951
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Ronald A Parise, Warren Ohio, PhD/astronaut (STS 35, STS 67)
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1953
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Alfred Molina, London, actor (Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears)
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1953
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Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror)
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1955
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Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
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1955
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Thad Ackel, horse trainer
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1956
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Helen Terry, rocker (Now You're Mine)
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1957
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John G Rowland, (Rep-R-CT, 1985- )
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1959
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George Glanos, horse trainer
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1960
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Pete Metzelaars, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, Lions)
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1962
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Bev Lidyoff, Huntington Park Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1994)
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1962
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Dorothy Trapp, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Gene Anthony Ray, Harlem NY, dancer/actor (Leroy-Fame)
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1963
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Horace Holden Jr, Atlanta GA, slalom double canoe (Olympics-11th-96)
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1963
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Joe Dumars, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
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1963
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Ken Ftach, St Louis Mo, tennis star
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1964
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Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1964
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Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor)
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1964
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Pat Verbeek, Sarnia Ont, NHL forward (Team Canada, NY Rangers)
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1965
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Chris Jorgis, Palo Alto Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
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1966
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Tommy Turner, jockey
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1966
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Tony Jones, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1967
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Heavy D, rapper
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1967
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Margaret Crowley, Australian 800m/1500m runner (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Steve McDonald, rocker (Redd Kross)
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1968
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Jerry Dipoto, Jersey City NJ, pitcher (NY Mets)
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1969
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Martin McCague, cricketer (in Ulster AIS product, Eng quickie 1993-94)
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1969
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Rich Robinson, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
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1970
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Jeff Zgonina, NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams)
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1970
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Nick Castaneda, Birmingham Ala, pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink)
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1970
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Thomas Alden Page, Glenridge NJ, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
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1971
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Paul Ragusa, Bulach Switz, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
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1971
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Troy Barnett, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
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1972
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Danny Bautista, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
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1972
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Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star (1988 Futures-Bari-ITA)
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1972
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Tito Paul, NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals)
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1972
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Viktor Ujcik, Jihlava CZE, hockey (Team Czech Rep)
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1973
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Karim Alami, Morocco, tennis star
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1973
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Ville Peltonen, Vantaa FIN, NHL forward (Team Finland, San Jose)
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1974
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Ace Custis, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
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1974
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Marcus Coleman, free safety (NY Jets)
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1974
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Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz)
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1974
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Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak Mich, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Katie King, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1978
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Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1979
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Tracy McGrady, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
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1980
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Billy L Sullivan, LI NY, actor (Will Pacino-Something So Right)
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1981
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Shelby Lyons, Oswego NY, pairs skater (& Wells-1995 Midwest champ)
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1982
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? Samane, S Afr, son of Christine, heaviest baby (22 lbs 8 oz/10.2 kg)
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1996
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Matthew Eappen, Boston Mass, baby murdered by nanny Louise Woodward
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DEATHS
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1144
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Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
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1153
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David I, King of Scotland, dies
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1543
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Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
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1612
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48
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1665
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Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
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1669
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Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
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1670
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Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
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1696
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Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62
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1751
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William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies
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1762
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Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
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1773
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Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73
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1792
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George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
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1792
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Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies
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1804
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Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
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1817
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Juan Melndez Valds, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63
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1826
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Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
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1831
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Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
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1844
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William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
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1848
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A V Droste-Hlshoff, writer, dies at 51
|
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1850
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Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74
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1851
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Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40
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1861
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Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23
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1861
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James T Jackson, US landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead)
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1871
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Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
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1872
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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
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1876
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Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
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1879
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William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
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1881
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Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies
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1894
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William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63
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1895
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Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
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1919
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Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
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1941
|
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Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
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1943
|
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Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84
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1948
|
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Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
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1953
|
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Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63
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1956
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Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74
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1959
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John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
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1963
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Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
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1968
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Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75
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1969
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Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48
|
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1972
|
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Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
|
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1972
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Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
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1974
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Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
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1976
|
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Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
|
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1976
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Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65
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1979
|
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Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
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1981
|
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George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
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1981
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Jack Warner, [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84
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1981
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Jaime Rold¢s Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash
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1986
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Gunnar Bjrnstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
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1986
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Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
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1986
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Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
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1987
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Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
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1988
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James "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87
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1988
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Tom Burtt, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies
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1989
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Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72
|
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1991
|
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Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
|
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1992
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Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79
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1993
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Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
|
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1993
|
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Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66
|
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1994
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Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48
|
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1994
|
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John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69
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1994
|
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Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
|
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1994
|
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Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
|
|
1995
|
|
Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79
|
|
1995
|
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Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54
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1996
|
|
Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83
|
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1996
|
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Harry Campion, statistician, dies at 91
|
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1996
|
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Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81
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1996
|
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Jacob R Druckman, composer, dies at 67
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1996
|
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John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at 90
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1996
|
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Joseph Mitchell, writer, dies at 87
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1997
|
|
Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74
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