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1014
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King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf
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1154
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Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
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1348
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1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)
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1500
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Pedro Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz)
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1501
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Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral & 6 ships return to Lisbon
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1504
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King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
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1616
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Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England
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1633
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Sweden & Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn
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1661
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English king Charles II crowned in London
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1662
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Connecticut chartered as an English colony
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1705
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Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London
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1723
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Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht
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1775
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Opera "Il R Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)
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1789
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President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, NY
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1795
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William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
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1798
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Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution
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1826
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Missolonghi captured by Turks
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1838
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English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in NYC
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1851
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Canada issues its 1st postage stamps
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1860
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Dem convention in Charleston SC divided over slavery
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1861
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Arkansas troops seize Ft Smith
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1861
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Battle of San Antonio, TX
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1864
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Battle of Cane River, LA (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry)
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1867
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Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel
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1871
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Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
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1878
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1st Dutch test drive of steam tram
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1881
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Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London
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1883
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John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch govt
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1891
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Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia
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1896
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Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)
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1896
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Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC)
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1900
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1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (NY Journal)
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1903
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NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Wash Senators 7-2
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1904
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American Academy of Arts & Letters forms
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1908
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Denmark, Germany, Engld, France, Neth & Sweden signs North Sea accord
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1910
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International Exhibition opens in Brussels
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1915
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ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA)
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1916
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Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in NYC
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1918
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Battle of Zeebrugge ends
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1918
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Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea
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1918
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National Urban League forms
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1919
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Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
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1920
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Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
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1921
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Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 secs)
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1924
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British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley
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1925
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1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged
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1925
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Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms
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1932
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Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon
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1933
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Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal
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1936
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Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
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1938
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Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
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1939
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1st performance of Bla Bart¢k's 2nd Concerto for violin
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1939
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Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR
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1940
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Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
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1940
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NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
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1941
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Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt
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1942
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4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins
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1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
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1943
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British & US offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta
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1945
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Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated
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1945
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US troops in Italy cross river Po
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1946
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Bkln Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
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1948
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KSTP TV channel 5 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1949
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Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
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1949
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Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
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1949
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Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen
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1950
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1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
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1950
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4th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
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1950
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Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
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1950
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Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 3
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1951
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
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1952
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Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter
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1952
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NY Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR
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1952
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Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed
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1953
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General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
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1953
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KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
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1955
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"Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 583 performances
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1955
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open
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1956
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US Supreme court ends race segregation on buses
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1958
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Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game
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1959
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"Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 perfs
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1959
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1st heliport in Britain opens in London
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1960
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1st performance of Ferde Grof's "San Francisco Suite"
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1961
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"Tenderloin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 216 performances
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1961
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1962
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1st US satellite to reach the moon launched
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1962
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NY Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1
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1962
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Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral
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1963
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"She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 302 perfs
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1963
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Jerry Bock & S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in NYC
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1964
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Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0
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1964
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James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie," premieres in NYC
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1964
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New York State Theater opens
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1965
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Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite
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1967
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
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1967
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Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
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1968
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"I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 7 performances
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1968
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1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 & 10 pence)
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1968
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United Methodist Church forms
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1969
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
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1969
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LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
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1969
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Over 1000ý mi flooded in Shantung Province China
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1969
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Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy
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1971
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Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
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1971
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Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
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1972
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26th Tony Awards: Sticks & Bones & 2 Gentlemen of Verona win
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1972
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Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
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1972
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Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic
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1974
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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1975
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Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London
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1977
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ADO The Hague soccer team forms
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1977
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Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously & only loses 10
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1977
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Dr Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops
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1977
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Milt workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa
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1978
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic
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1978
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Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd
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1978
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1980
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Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die
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1983
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David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka
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1984
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AIDS-virus identified (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
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1985
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Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational
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1985
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Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
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1985
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Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
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1985
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New Coke debuts
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1986
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Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking
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1986
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Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
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1987
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28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
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1987
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NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
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1988
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A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
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1988
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Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hrs or less
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1988
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Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
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1989
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Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic
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1989
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
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1989
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Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning
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1989
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Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
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1990
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11th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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1991
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Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off
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1991
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Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
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1991
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USSR grants republics right to secede under certain conditions
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1992
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"Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
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1992
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Marion Berry (former mayor of Wash DC) let out of prison
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1992
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McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
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1993
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Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia
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1993
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Mtley Cre's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn
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1993
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Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in NYC
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1994
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Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti
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1994
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General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke
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1994
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Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of NY
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1995
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Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
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1995
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Pres Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Okla City
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno NV on KRZQ 96.5 FM
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1996
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Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million
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1997
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"Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
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1997
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32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn
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BIRTHS
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1464
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Johanna van Valois, Queen of France
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1464
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Robert Fayrfax, composer
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1484
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Julius Csar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
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1500
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Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician
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1547
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quioxite)
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1598
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Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
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1623
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Jan Adam Reincken, composer
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1629
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John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)
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1649
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Andreas Kneller, composer
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1697
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George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
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1708
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Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
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1715
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Johann Friedrich Doles, composer
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1728
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Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island)
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1735
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Ildephons Haas, composer
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1747
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Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer
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1756
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Alexander Reinagle, composer
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1775
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Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)
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1791
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James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)
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1791
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W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
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1803
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Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
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1804
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Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)
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1809
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Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer
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1810
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Thomas Wright, historian
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1812
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Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
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1813
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Stephen Arnold Douglas, (Little giant), US senator (Lincoln debates)
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1818
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James Anthony Froude, historian
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1818
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John Gill Shorter, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1872
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1821
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Pierre Dupont, song writer
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1823
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Abdl-Medjid, 31st sultan of Turkey (1839-61)
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1827
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Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer
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1828
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Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902)
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1838
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Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter
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1852
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Edwin Markham, US, poet (1st winner of Amer Acad of Poets Award 1937)
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1855
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Ernst L Wolzogen, German writer/founder (Cabaret berbrettl)
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1858
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Max K E Ludwig Planck, German physicist (Planck Constant, Nobel 1918)
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1861
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Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal
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1867
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Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher/writer (For the Young Ones)
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1877
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Arthur Farwell, composer
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1881
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Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)
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1881
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Otakar Sini, composer
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1882
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Albert Coates, St Petersburg Russia, conductor/composer (Eagle)
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1882
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Max [G M J] Winders Maximilien, Belgium, architect (WW II)
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1889
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Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher
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1890
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Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer
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1890
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Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)
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1891
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Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter & the Wolf)
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1892
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Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Voort], Flemish writer
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1892
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R Huelsenbeck, writer
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1893
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Frank Borzage, Salt Lake City, director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo)
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1894
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Basil Sydney, England, actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife)
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1894
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George Renevant, Paris, actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X)
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1896
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Margaret Kennedy, novelist
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1897
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Harold French, director (Encore)/actor
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1897
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John Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)
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1897
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Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
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1897
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Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)
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1898
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Edwin E Dwinger, German writer (General Vlassov)
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1899
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Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech & Honeydew)
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1899
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Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada)
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1900
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Ary Verhaar, composer
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1900
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Henry Barraud, composer
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1900
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Joseph Green, film maker
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1902
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Halld¢r Laxness, Iceland, novelist (Salka Valka) (Nobel 1955)
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1904
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Duncan Renaldo, Spain, actor (Cisco Kid)
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1904
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Leslie French, actor/singer (More than a Miracle)
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1905
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Lord Carew, Ireland, judge (dressage)
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1906
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Marcel Hillaire, Cologne Germany, actor (Adv in Paradise)
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1906
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Maria Arnoldo, [Adrianus Broeders], photographer/writer
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1907
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Baroness Dudley
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1908
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Frederick Hawkins, dancer
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1908
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Herbert Telley, British actuary
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1909
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Thomas Padmore, senior civil servant
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1911
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Ronald Neame, director (1st Monday in Oct, Poseidon Adventure)
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1911
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Simone Simon, France, actress (All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love)
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1913
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Jan Meyerowitz, composer
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1914
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Andrew Martin, Lord-Lt (Lechestershire England)
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1914
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John Hubbard, Indiana Harbor Indiana, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie)
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1914
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Mitsu Suzuki, teacher of tea ceremony at SF Zen Center
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1915
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Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
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1916
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Bud Wilkinson, college football coach (Oklahoma)
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1917
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Jacob Kistemaker, nuclear physicist (ultra centrifuge)
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1918
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Anthony Craxton, British TV producer
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1918
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Maurice Druon, [Kessel], French writer/journalist (Prix Goncourt)
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1919
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Dorian Leigh, San Antonio TX, model, sister of Suzy Parker
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1919
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Talivaldis Kenins, composer
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1920
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Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
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1920
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Louis Barron, composer
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1921
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Janet Blair, Altoona Pa, actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family)
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1921
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Warren Spahn, left-handed pitcher (Boston/Milwaukee Braves)
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1922
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Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter
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1922
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Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer
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1923
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Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
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1923
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James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland)
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1923
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Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer
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1924
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Arthur Frackenpohl, Irving NJ, composer (Natural Superiority of Music)
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1924
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Colin Welch, columnist/critic
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1924
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James Colin Ross Welch, journalist
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1924
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Malcolm Anson, CEO (Wessex Water Authority)
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1926
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James P Donleavy, Brooklyn, novelist (Ginger Man, Onion Eaters)
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1926
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Richard Laws, Master (St Edmunds College Cambridge)
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1927
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Russell Smith, composer
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1928
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Bill Cotton, CEO (Noel Gay TV)
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1928
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Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet
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1928
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Shirley Temple Black, Ca, actress (Heidi)/ambassador (UN)
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1929
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George Steiner, professor (English)
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1930
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Alan Oppenheimer, NYC, actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied)
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1930
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Michael Bowen, RC Archbishop (Southwark)
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1932
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Halston, [R Halston Frowick], fashion designer (1972 Hall of Fame)
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1932
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Jim Fixx, jogger/writer (Jim Fixx on Running)
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1933
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Roger Wittevrongel, Flemish painter
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1935
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David Evans, MP
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1936
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Elias, [Etienne Michiels], Flemish painter
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1936
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Estelle Harris, actress (Estelle Castanza-Seinfeld)
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1936
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John D'Arcy, cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour)
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1936
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Joseph Willaert, Flemish painter
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1936
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Roy Orbison, Vernon Tx, rocker (Pretty Woman)
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1937
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Barry Shepherd, cricketer (Australian lefty bat early 60's)
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1937
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Don Massengale, Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity)
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1937
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Victoria Glendinning, author (Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions)
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1938
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Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker
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1938
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Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office
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1938
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Steven D Symms, (Sen-R-ID, 1981- )
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1939
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David Birney, Wash DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere)
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1939
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Ray Peterson, Denton Tx, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
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1939
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William Hagerty, editor (People)
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1940
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Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], Mich, TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
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1940
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Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
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1941
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Ed Stewart, British DJ
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1941
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Hal Daub, (Rep-R-NB, 1981- )
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1942
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Sandra Dee, [Zuck], Bayonne NJ, actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life)
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1943
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Carmen von Thyssen, Barcelona Spain, Baroness
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1943
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Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!" (Fantasy Island)
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1943
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Hugh Davies, composer
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1943
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Tony Esposito, Ontario, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1943
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[Gerardus] Bob van Toll, actor/interpreter/director (Pastorale 1943)
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1944
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Niklaus Schilling, Basel Germany, director (Dormire, Atem, Rheingold)
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1947
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Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist [or 1940]
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1947
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Saskia, [Trudy van den Berg], singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel)
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1948
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Richard Day, engineer/development expert
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1948
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Tessa Wyatt, actress (Beast in the Cellar, Wedding Night)
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1949
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Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd)
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1949
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John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon)
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1949
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Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company)
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1949
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Walter Sweeney, MP
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1951
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Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch MP (VVD)
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1952
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Lionel Johnston, Augusta Ga, actor (Sons & Daughters)
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1952
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Narada, [Michael Walden], Mich, rocker (Don't Want Nobody Else)
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1952
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Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star
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1952
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Tony Maselli, (fictional character on "Who's the Boss")
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1953
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Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan)
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1953
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James Russo, NYC, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl)
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1955
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Captain Sensible, rocker
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1955
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Judy Davis, Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives)
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1955
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Mike Smith, British DJ
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1955
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Su Ingle, British TV hostess
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1955
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Tony Miles, chess player
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1956
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Peter Teravainen, Plymouth MA USA, Australasia golfer
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1957
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Jan Hooks, Decatur Georgia, comedienne actress (SNL, Designing Women)
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1957
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Kathleen Lynch, Motueka NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1958
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Max Planck, physicist (Quanta Physics)
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1959
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Terri Luckhurst, LPGA golfer
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1960
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Joseph Martin Mudd, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1988 Federal Express)
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1960
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Steve Clark, Hillsborough England, rock guitarist (Def Leppard)
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1960
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Valerie Bertinelli, Del, (1 Day at a Time, Sydney); Ms Eddie Van Halen
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1963
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Benoit Doucet, Montreal Quebec, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1964
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Dan Frischman, Whippany NJ, actor (Arvid Engen-Head of the Class)
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1964
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Gen, [Simon Matthews], English pop drummer (Jesus Jones-Zeroes & Ones)
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1964
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Martin Lopez-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m)
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1965
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Donna Weinbrecht, skier (Olympic-gold)
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1966
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Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player (NAC)
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1966
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Richard Greenwood, LA Calif, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Napa Valley)
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1966
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Wayne Drinkwalter, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
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1967
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Brent Muscat, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
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1967
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Melina Kanakaredes, Akron Ohio, actress (Eleni Andros-Guiding Light)
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1967
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Rheal Cormier, New Brunswick, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
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1968
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Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence RI, Miss RI-America (1991)
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1969
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Nadeem Shahid, cricketer
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1970
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Cristiano Caratti, Italy, tennis star (1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles)
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1970
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Frank Temming, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1971
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Chuck Adams, Pacific Palisades Calif, tennis star (1989 USTA Boys)
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1972
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Rachel Hetherington, Port Macquarie NSW, golfer (1993 NSW Champ)
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1973
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Derek Armstrong, Ottawa, NHL center (NY Islanders)
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1973
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Patrick Poulin, Vanier, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1974
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Joey Kent, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers)
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1974
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Sam Madison, cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
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1975
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Bret Anderson, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
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1976
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Tamas Buday Jr, Budapest Hungary, Canadian canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1981
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Gabriella MAO Windsor, daughter of English prince Michael
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DEATHS
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34
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Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
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303
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George, knight of Cappadoci?/saint/patron of England, beheaded
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303
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George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded
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871
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Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
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990
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Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies
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997
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Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40
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1014
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Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87
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1014
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Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of England (1013-14), dies
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1016
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Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies
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1416
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Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
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1616
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
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1616
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William Shakesphere, Engl author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
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1625
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Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
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1670
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Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69
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1691
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Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies
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1695
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Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
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1728
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Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83
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1732
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Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63
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1740
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Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
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1742
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Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62
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1762
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Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67
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1774
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Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
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1786
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Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68
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1812
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Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85
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1827
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Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
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1838
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John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
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1847
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Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
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1850
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William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80
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1853
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Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
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1865
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James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24
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1878
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Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
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1880
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Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies
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1885
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William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
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1895
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Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
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1897
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Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25
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1905
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Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54
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1915
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Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
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1918
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Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
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1925
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Andr Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jsus), dies at 45
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1926
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Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
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1929
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Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
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1942
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Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
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1943
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Frderic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74
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1945
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Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
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1946
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Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
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1952
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Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
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1952
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Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
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1955
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Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76
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1957
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William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
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1960
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Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
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1960
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Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
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1962
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Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing at 32
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1965
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Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
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1969
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Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
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1970
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Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
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1971
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William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
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1973
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Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
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1975
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Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
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1975
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R D Brinkmann, writer, dies
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1975
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William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67
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1976
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James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
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1976
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Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
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1976
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Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
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1980
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Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72
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1983
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Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73
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1983
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Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
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1984
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August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
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1985
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Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
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1985
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Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
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1986
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Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
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1986
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Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
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1986
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Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
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1988
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Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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1990
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Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
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1990
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Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
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1990
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Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78
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1991
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Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies
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1992
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Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
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1992
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Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
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1992
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Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
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1993
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Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
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1993
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Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
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1994
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Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
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1994
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Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
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1995
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Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
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1995
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John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
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1995
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Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
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1995
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Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86
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1996
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Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70
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1996
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Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
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