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1219
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Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
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1325
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Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
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1493
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Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
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1531
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English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
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1547
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Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow
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1556
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Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
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1581
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English parliament passes laws against Catholicism
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1756
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England & Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster
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1759
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British Museum opens in London
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1765
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Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
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1776
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Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
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1777
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Vermont declares independence from NY
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1780
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Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
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1795
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French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth
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1819
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Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
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1832
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Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
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1863
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-Aug 23rd) Cruise of CSS Florida
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1864
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Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
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1865
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Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary
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1865
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Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft Fisher NC, 40 die
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1865
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Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
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1865
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SF Dramatic Chronicle started
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1868
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Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
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1870
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Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to US after Civil War
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1871
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Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
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1877
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Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
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1879
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January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan 7, 1996)
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1883
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Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system
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1883
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Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
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1887
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Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
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1889
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128øF (53øC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
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1897
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John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
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1905
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Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
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1905
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cu
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1906
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-13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
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1906
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-Apr 13] Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
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1908
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Pinnacles National Monument, Calif established
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1909
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British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
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1909
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David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole
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1911
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Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
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1913
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British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
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1914
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Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
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1915
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Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panama-Pacific Intl Expo gold coin
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1919
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Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th
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1920
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18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
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1920
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1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
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1920
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Georgia declares independence
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1925
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Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense
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1925
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Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council
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1931
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Bradman scores 223 Australia v WI, 297 mins, 26 fours
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1933
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Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test
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1936
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1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla
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1936
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Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
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1936
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Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular
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1938
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Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing
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1939
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Comic strip "Superman" debuts
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1941
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US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
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1941
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War Dept forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
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1942
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William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in US army
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1943
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-60øF (-51øC), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
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1943
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1st US air raid on Ambon
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1943
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German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow
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1943
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Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
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1944
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Gen Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London
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1945
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Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
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1945
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US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
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1947
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Vincent Aurial elected president of France
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1948
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35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon
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1949
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"Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs
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1949
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KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1949
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WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1950
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Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
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1951
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Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi
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1951
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World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, NYC)
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1952
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New Dutch bible translation finished
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1952
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US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
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1953
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27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62)
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1953
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41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64)
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1953
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Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties
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1953
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KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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"South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances
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1955
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Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
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1955
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NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
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1956
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Egyptian pres Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine
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1957
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3 B-52s leave Calif for 1st non-stop round world flights
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1957
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Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England
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1958
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William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in NYC
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1961
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"Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1961
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Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain
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1962
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Shooting begins on "Dr No"
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1962
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Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
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1963
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Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
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1963
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Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres
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1964
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"Hello, Dolly!" opens at St James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances
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1964
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AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving KC A's to Louisville
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1965
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"Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances
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1965
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"Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV
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1965
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AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14
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1965
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Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3
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1965
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1966
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Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
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1966
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Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
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1967
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1st black government installed in Bahamas
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1967
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Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
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1968
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21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto
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1968
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Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in NYC
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1969
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Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
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1970
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AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3«" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was al
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1970
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Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
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1970
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Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
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1970
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NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
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1971
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Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7)
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1972
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Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
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1972
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Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
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1973
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NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza"
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1973
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USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon
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1974
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"Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
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1974
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L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon
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1974
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NY Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame
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1976
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"Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
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1976
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Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
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1977
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Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
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1978
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5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & C Twitty
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1978
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Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
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1979
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Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt
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1980
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Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession
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1981
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Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth
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1981
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Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg
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1981
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John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK
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1981
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Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband
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1984
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11th American Music Award: Michael Jackson
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1984
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Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
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1985
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"Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds
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1986
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Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam
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1988
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4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
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1988
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Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
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1988
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NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
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1989
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Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
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1989
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USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars
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1990
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2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
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1991
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7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
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1991
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US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time)
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1992
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"2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 29 performances
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1994
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Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54)
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1995
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UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC)
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1997
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Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus v Pakistan, MCG
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BIRTHS
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1587
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Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter
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1672
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Francesco Mancini, composer
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1697
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Richard Savage, poet
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1728
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Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola)
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1749
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Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda)
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1757
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Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
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1804
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Karl August Krebs, composer
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1807
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Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
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1815
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Adolph Trube, composer
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1815
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Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, Maj-General (Union Army)
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1834
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Albert Lindley Lee, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
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1837
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James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
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1847
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K lm n Miksz th, Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
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1853
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Andr Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer (Michelin)
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1853
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Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor/theater director (Kathleen)
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1864
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Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
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1868
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Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer
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1870
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Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
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1872
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Edward G Craig, actor/director (On the art of theatre)
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1872
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Henri-Paul Busser, composer
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1873
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Boyd Alexander, English explorer
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1874
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Robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)
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1878
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Harry Carey Sr, Bronx NY, actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force)
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1878
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Henry Dewitt "Harry" Carey II, US actor (Informer)
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1878
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Robert Garbe, German poet (Grniek)
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1885
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Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)
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1887
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John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)
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1890
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Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director
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1890
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Lloyd Bacon, San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)
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1893
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Henry C Rmke, Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life)
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1894
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Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
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1901
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Fulgencio Batista, president/dictator of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59)
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1902
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Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1924)
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1902
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Evelyn Levine, composer
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1904
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Max Vredenburg, composer
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1905
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Ernesto Halffter, composer
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1906
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Clement Greenberg, art critic
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1906
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Diana Winyard, London, actress (Cavalcade)
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1907
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Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
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1907
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Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist
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1908
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Ethel Merman, stage & screen actress (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam)
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1910
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David McCampbell, US pilot/capt (WW II-Pacific-downed 34 Jap planes)
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1911
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Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar
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1911
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Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1912
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Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
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1914
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Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
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1916
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Frederick Stewart, British geologist
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1917
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Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
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1918
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Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter
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1919
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Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orch leader (Music on Ice)
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1920
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Elliot Reid, NYC, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
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1923
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Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
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1923
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Roy Lanham, rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
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1923
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Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
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1924
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Katy Jurado, Mxico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
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1926
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John "Jack" Layden, local politician
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1928
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Ezra Sims, composer
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1928
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John William Fozard, aircraft designer
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1928
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William Kennedy, US writer
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1929
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Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
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1929
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Francesco Scavullo, Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer
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1929
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Tage Nielsen, composer
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1930
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Norman Podhoretz, Brooklyn NY, author/editor (NY Post)
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1931
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Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist
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1932
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Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist)
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1932
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Jim Berry, cartoonist (Berry's World)
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1933
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Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3)
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1933
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Susan Sonntag, writer
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1934
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Bill Alexander, (Rep-D-AR, 1969- )
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1934
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Marilyn Horne, Bradford, Pa, mezzo-soprano
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1934
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Richard Wernick, Boston Mass, composer
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1935
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A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
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1936
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Michael White, theater/film producer (From Russia With Love)
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1937
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Bob Bogle, Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
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1937
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Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
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1938
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Michael Pataki, Youngstown Ohio, actor (Get Christie Love)
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1939
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Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player
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1941
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Christine Janes, tennis player
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1941
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Richard Bohringer, Paris France, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow)
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1941
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Tmen G J "Tim" Beekman, actor (Nosferatu)
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1942
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Barbara Lynn, rocker
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1942
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Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker (Dr Hook)
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1942
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Tony P Hall, (Rep-D-OH, 1979- )
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1942
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William Francis, rocker
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1943
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Brian Ferneyhough, composer
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1943
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Gavin Bryars, composer
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1944
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Chris de Marigny, painter/designer
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1944
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Jim Stafford, Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
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1944
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Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time)
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1945
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Kabir Bedi, actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
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1946
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Michael L Coats, Sacramento Ca, Capt USN/astr (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
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1947
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Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
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1947
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Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
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1948
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Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov, Riga, cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71)
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1948
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Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire
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1948
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Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player
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1948
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John Carpenter, Carthage NY, director (Halloween, The Thing)
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1950
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Caroline Munro, Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me) [or 12/16]
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1950
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Debbie Allen, Houston Tx, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)
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1950
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Jesse Dizon, Oceanside CA
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1951
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Richard Thompson, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
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1952
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Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr, Savannah Ga, Major USAF/astr (STS 39, 64)
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1952
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Roberta Baskin, NY, correspondent (48 Hours)
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1955
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Jerry M Linenger, Mt Clemens Mich, PhD/Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 81/84)
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1956
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Wayne Daniel, cricketer (WI fast bowler 1976-84)
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1958
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Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer
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1960
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Sad, [Helen Ady] Nigeria, rocker (Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)
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1962
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Jan Koster, Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool)
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1962
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Kevin Ross, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, KC Chiefs)
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1962
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Paul Webb, rocker (TalkTalk)
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1964
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Gail Graham, Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon)
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1964
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Mark Collins, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Giants, KC Chiefs, GB Packers)
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1964
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Trevor Barsby, cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85)
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1966
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Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympics-4th-96)
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1966
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Jack McDowell, Van Nuys CA, pitcher (NY Yankees, White Sox, Indians)
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1967
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Jeff Branson, Waynesboro Miss, infielder (Cin Reds)
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1967
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Maxine Waters Jones, rocker (En Vogue)
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1968
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David Chokachi, actor (Baywatch)
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1969
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Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Roy Jones, Pensacola Fla, Light-MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1988)
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1970
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Don MacLean, NBA forward (NJ Nets, Denver Nuggets)
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1970
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Ron Villone, Englewood NJ, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
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1971
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Josh Evans, actor (Ricochett, The Doors)
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1971
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Jukka-Pekka Nummi, WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
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1971
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Junior Bryant, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
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1971
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Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
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1971
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Scott Williams, Orange Calif, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star
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1971
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Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1972
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Desiree Leipham, Spokane Wash, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
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1972
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Joe Horn, wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
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1972
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Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Aust, golfer (T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ)
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1973
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Josie Davis, LA Calif, actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge) [or Jun 19]
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1973
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Mario Bates, NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
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1973
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Willie Whitehead, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1974
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Kate Moss, Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein)
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1976
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Trisha Stillwell, Miss USA-Oklahoma (1997, top 10)
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1986
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Mason Gamble, actor (Dennis the Menace)
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DEATHS
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308
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Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies
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429
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Honoratius of Arles, bishop/saint, dies [or 430]
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1343
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Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
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1595
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Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
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1697
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Richard Savage, poet, dies
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1703
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Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
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1794
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Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline & Fall), dies in London at 56
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1817
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Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55
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1838
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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
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1842
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Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
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1849
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Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
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1864
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Anton Schindler, German violinist/biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
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1886
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Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
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1891
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Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54
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1891
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Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakm), dies at 54
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1892
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Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
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1893
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Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
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1901
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Arnold Bcklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73
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1901
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Hiram Revels, dies at 73
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1907
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Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies
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1912
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Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24
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1916
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Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
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1919
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Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
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1920
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Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60
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1934
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Annie Patterson, composer, dies at 65
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1935
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Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59
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1939
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Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
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1942
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Barbara Lynn, [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies
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1942
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Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), & mom killed in plane crash at 32
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1943
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Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88
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1945
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Dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
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1946
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Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
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1954
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Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
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1955
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Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies
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1955
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Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94
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1957
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Alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82
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1957
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Arturo Toscanini, Italian US conductor (NBC), dies in NYC at 89
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1961
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Janos Viski, composer, dies at 54
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1962
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Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
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1963
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Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73
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1966
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Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91
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1967
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Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
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1967
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Robert J Van De Graaff, US nuclear physicist, dies at 65
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1968
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Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
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1969
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Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czech, self immolates at 20
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1969
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Vernon Duke, composer, dies at 65
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1970
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Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
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1971
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Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
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1972
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David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
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1973
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Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
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1979
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Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
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1979
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Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
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1980
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Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
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1981
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Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr No), dies at 73
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1987
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Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
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1987
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Ilse Langen, writer, dies at 87
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1987
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Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
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1989
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Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
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1989
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Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
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1989
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Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
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1992
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Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
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1993
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Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
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1993
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Glenn Corbett, US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
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1993
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Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
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1994
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Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52
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1994
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Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
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1994
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Nol For, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61
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1994
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Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
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1995
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William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
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1996
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Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75
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1996
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Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81
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1997
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Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76
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1997
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Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29
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1997
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Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
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1997
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Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur, dies at 59
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1998
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David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
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1998
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Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84
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