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1483
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England's King Richard III crowned
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1491
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Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple
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1495
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Battle at Fornovo] French king Charles VIII beats St League
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1560
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England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh
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1573
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Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots
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1590
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English admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag
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1609
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Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion
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1621
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Dutch gov-gen John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die
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1630
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Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemnde
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1634
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Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curaao
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1641
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Battle at La Marfe Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army
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1652
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Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)
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1669
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LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River
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1673
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French troops conquer Maastricht
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1685
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Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth
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1687
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Newton publishes "Principia"
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1699
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Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston
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1770
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Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish
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1775
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Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independ
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1776
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Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette"
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1777
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British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans
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1782
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British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)
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1785
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Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage
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1787
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French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax
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1787
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Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede
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1798
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US law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... & removed as alien enemies"
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1801
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Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British
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1840
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Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin
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1848
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Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo
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1853
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National Black convention meets (Rochester NY)
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1853
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William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American
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1854
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1st Republican state convention (Ripon Wisc)
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1858
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Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine
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1862
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Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties)
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1863
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Battle of Williamsport, MD [-Jul 07]
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1863
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Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
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1864
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Battle of Chattahoochee River, GA [->JUL 10] US730 CS600
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1869
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Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr J H Harris, defeated
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1882
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14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine
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1885
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Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine
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1886
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Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public
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1887
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4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60)
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1892
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Dr Jos Rizal forms League Filipina
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1892
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Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pa fire on scabs, killing 7
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1893
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British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)
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1894
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Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike
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1903
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George Wyman arrives in NYC by motorcycle 51 days out of SF
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1908
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Robert Peary's expedition sails from NYC for north pole
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1912
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5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
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1912
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Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6)
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1917
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T E Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey
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1919
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British R-34 lands in NY, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr)
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1919
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William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president
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1920
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Yankees score 14 in 5th inning & beat Washington Senators, 17-0
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1922
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Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy
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1923
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36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62)
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1923
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form
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1924
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1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England
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1928
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1st all-talking motion picture shown in NY (Lights of NY)
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1928
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Worlds largest hailstone 1« lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska
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1929
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St Louis has 2, 10 run innings & beats Phillies 28-6
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1931
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35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
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1932
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1st class postage back up to 3 from 2
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1932
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Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli
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1933
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1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
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1935
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48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75)
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1935
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Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens
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1936
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114øF (46øC), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)
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1936
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121øF (49øC), Steele, North Dakota (state record)
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1938
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6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
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1939
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German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises
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1941
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NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
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1942
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10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York
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1942
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Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
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1942
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Von Hoth' IV Pantser army fights with Voronezj
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1943
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2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed
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1943
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US destroyer William D Porter [Willie Dee] launched
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1944
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170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn
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1944
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French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, DC
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1944
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US General Patton lands in France
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1945
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Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept UN Charter
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1945
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Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom
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1945
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Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
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1946
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"St Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 113 perfs
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1946
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53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64)
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1946
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60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64)
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1949
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Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
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1949
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Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158øF for 2 minutes
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1950
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German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
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1951
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65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64)
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1952
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Last tram ride in London
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1954
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Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right"
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1954
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KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Tunisian govt of M'zali, resigns
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1956
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70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64)
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1956
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85th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 286 at Hoylake England
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1956
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Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher
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1956
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Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats
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1957
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64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62)
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1957
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Beatle John Lennon 1st meets Paul McCartney
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1957
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Harry S Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri
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1958
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected pres of Mexico
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1958
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Alaska becomes 49th state
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1959
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5th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls
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1959
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Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic
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1959
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WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1960
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Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC
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1961
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Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300
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1962
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76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61)
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1962
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Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria
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1962
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Mantle hits his 3rd & 4th consecutive homer
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1963
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70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64)
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1963
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77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64)
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1963
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South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested
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1964
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Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London
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1964
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Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from UK
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1965
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Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms
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1966
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Malawi becomes a republic, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres
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1967
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Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
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1968
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75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75)
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1968
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Sacharov publishes "Manifest of 10,000 words"
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1969
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Filming begins on "Ned Kelly" starring Mick Jagger
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1969
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Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curaao
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1970
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California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law
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1970
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Italian Rumor govt resigns
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1971
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Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
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1971
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White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks
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1974
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88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64)
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1975
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Argentine government falls
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1975
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Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)
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1975
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Sonate for alto opus 147
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1975
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Susie McAllister wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
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1976
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Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station
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1977
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1978
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Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
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1979
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86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64)
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1979
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IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp
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1980
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1980
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France performs nuclear test
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1980
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Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836)
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1983
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54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
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1983
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Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
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1983
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Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
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1986
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100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75)
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1986
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship
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1986
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Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game
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1986
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Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines
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1986
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Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election
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1987
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1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
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1987
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Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds
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1987
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1988
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Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico
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1988
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North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die
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1988
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Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery
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1989
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Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game
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1989
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US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn
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1990
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"Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres
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1990
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After pitching a no-hitter lose, NY Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game & loses 2-0
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1991
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98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86)
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1992
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Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards & Rockies in West & Cards, Braves & Marlins in East
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1993
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Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England v Australia
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1993
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John F Kennedy Jr, gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan
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1994
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Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77)
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1994
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Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
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1994
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Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL game (vs Ottawa)
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1995
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Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon
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1996
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103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75)
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1996
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Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24
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1997
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"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale NYC after 109 perfs
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1997
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111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64)
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1997
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Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
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1997
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Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
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1997
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Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10
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1997
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Wimbledon Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva beat N Arendt & M Bollegraf
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BIRTHS
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1542
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Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg
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1580
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Johann Stobaeus, composer
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1632
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Albert Schop, composer
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1632
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Pietro Reggio, composer
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1638
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Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter
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1668
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Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist
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1678
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Nicola Francesco Haym, composer
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1702
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Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
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1739
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Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
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1747
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Coelestin Jungbauer, composer
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1747
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John Paul Jones, naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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1753
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John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized
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1773
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Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer
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1782
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Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curaao commander of Colombian fleet
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1785
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William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens)
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1793
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Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer/min of Internal Affairs (1848-49)
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1796
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Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55)
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1800
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Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer
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1814
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Justus McKinstry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
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1818
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Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66)
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1821
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Edward Winston Pettus, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
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1832
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Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico
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1837
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Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer
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1852
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John Albert Delany, composer
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1856
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Edward Anseele, Belgian minister of Rail/PTT
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1859
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Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet/novelist (Charles Men, Nobel 1916)
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1864
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Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer/conductor (Artemis)
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1868
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Petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curaao)
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1873
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Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich)
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1877
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David Stanley Smith, composer
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1877
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Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier/president of Spain (1931-36)
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1878
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Eino Leino, Finland, poet/playwright/novelist (El mn Koreus)
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1881
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Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel)
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1882
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Ralph Morgan, [Wupperman], NYC, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London)
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1884
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Andr Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist
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1884
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Harold Vanderbilt, NY, America Cup (1930,34,37)/inv contract bridge
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1884
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Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam)
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1888
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Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid)
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1890
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Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket's 1st triple centurion)
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1892
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Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot
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1893
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Wilton St Hill, WI cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30)
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1896
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Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society)
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1897
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Richard Krautheimer, art Historian
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1898
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Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda
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1900
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Emil Barth, writer
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1903
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Axel Theorell, Sweden, biochemist, studied enzymes (Nobel 1955)
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1904
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Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor (Sospiro do Roma)
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1906
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Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, composer
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1906
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Kate A ter Horst-Arrins, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem)
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1907
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M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera
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1908
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Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor
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1914
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Jens Rohiner, composer
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1915
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Dorothy Kirsten, Montclair NJ, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show)
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1915
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Laverne Andrews, Minneapolis MN, singer (Andrews Sisters)
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1915
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Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer (Vague et Sillon)
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1916
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Unica Zrn, writer
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1917
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Hugo Cole, composer
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1917
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Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Worcestershire keeper & Test umpire)
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1918
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Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet (Crossing)
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1918
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Eugene List, Phila Penn, pianist/prof (Eastman School of Music)
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1918
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Sebastian Cabot, London, actor (Mr French-Family Affair, Time Machine)
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1919
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Dorothy Kirsten, opera singer/Alzheimer disease activist
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1919
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Earnest Haefliger, Swiss tenor (Stdtische Oper Berlin)
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1920
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William Worthington, horse trainer
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1922
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Francisco Moncion, dancer
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1922
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William Schallert, LA Calif, actor (Patty Duke Show, Get Smart)
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1923
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Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress (Miniver Story, Man from Laramie)
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1923
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Marie McDonald, Burgin KY, singer/actress (Promises Promises)
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1923
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Nancy Davis Reagan, [Anne Francis Robbins], NYC, 1st Lady (1981-89)
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1923
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Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general/pres (1989-90)
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1924
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Robert Michael White, NYC, test pilot (X-15)
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1925
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Bill Haley, Highland Park Mich, rock vocalist (Rock Around the Clock)
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1925
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Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber (Liberal)
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1925
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Merv Griffin, San Mateo Calif, TV host (Merv Griffin Show)
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1926
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Nicky Hilton, 1st husband of Elizabeth Taylor
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1927
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Charles Whittenberg, composer
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1927
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Janet Leigh, [Jeanetta Morrison], Merced CA, actress (Psycho)
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1927
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Pat Paulsen, Wash, comedian/pres candidate (Smothers Bros Show)
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1927
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Susan Cabot, Boston, actress (Carnival Rock)
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1927
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[Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master
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1929
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Gerd Zacher, composer
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1930
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Franoise Mallet-Joris, [F Lilar], Belgian writer (Signs & Wonders)
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1930
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H J Heise, writer
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1931
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Donal Donnelly, Bradford Yorkshire England, actor (Dead)
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1931
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Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader
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1932
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Della Reese, Detroit, singer/actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family)
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1935
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14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
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1937
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Gene Chandler, [Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl)
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1937
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Ned Beatty, Lexington Ky, actor (Deliverance, Repossed, Network)
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1937
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Tony Lewis, cricketer (England batsman, captain 1972-73)
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1937
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961)
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1938
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Franco, Zaire, composer/guitarist/leader (Masumbuku)
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1939
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Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964)
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1939
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Jet Harris, [Terence Harris], London, rock bassist (Drifters)
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1939
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Man Mohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India)
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1939
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Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1940
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Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
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1944
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Byron Berline, rocker
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1944
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Gunhild Hoffmeister, German FR, 800m/1500m runner (Oly-silver-72)
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1945
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Burt Ward, [Gervis], LA Calif, actor (Robin-Batman)
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1945
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Rik Elswit, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show-In the Right Place)
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1946
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Fred Dryer, Hawthone Calif, NFLer (NY Giants, LA Rams)/actor (Hunter)
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1946
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George Walker Bush Jr, George's son (Gov-R-TX)
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1946
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James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma center) [or June 12, 1945]
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1946
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Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist (An American Vision-Boston)
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1946
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Rick Hunter, actor
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1946
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Sylvester Stallone, NYC, actor/director (Rocky, Rambo, Cobra)
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1947
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Richard Beckinsale, Nottingham England, actor (Porridge, Doing Time)
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1948
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Brad Park, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
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1948
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Nathalie Baye, Mainneville France, actress (Beau Pere, Honeymoon)
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1949
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Shelley Hack, Greenwich Ct, actress (Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel)
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1950
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Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
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1950
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Ramon Guzman, jockey
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1950
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Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1952
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Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor (Northern Exposure)
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1952
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Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon
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1953
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Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
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1954
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Allyce Beasley, Bkln, actress (Agnes Dipesto-Moonlighting)
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1954
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James Kiberd, actor (Trevor Dillon-Loving, All My Children)
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1956
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John Jorgenson, Madison Wisc, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
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1956
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Matt Bahr, NFL kicker (NE Patriots, NY Giants)
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1957
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Mario Martinez, Salinas Ca, US Olympic weightlifter (Olympic-4th-1988)
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1957
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Ron Duguay, Canada, hockey player (NY Rangers, Detroit Red Wings)
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1958
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Jennifer Saunders, Sleaford England, actress (Absolutely Fabulous)
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1958
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Mark Benson, cricketer (played Test England v India 1986, 30 & 21)
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1958
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Ossie Moore, Murwillumbah NSW, Australasia golfer
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1959
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John Keeble, London, rock drummer (Spandau Ballet-True)
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1959
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Tahir Naqqash, cricketer (Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85)
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1960
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Caroll-Ann Alie, Ottawa Ontario, yachter (Olympics-14-92, 96)
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1960
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Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, Czech, speed walker (world record 10K)
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1960
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Lauri Merten, Waukesha WI, LPGA golfer (1993 US Women's Open)
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1960
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Greenwood Ms, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-gold-84)
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1961
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Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1961
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Kimberly Foster, actress (It Takes Two)
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1963
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Edwin Gorter, soccer player (Lommel/FC Utrecht)
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1964
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Lillie Leatherwood, Northport Ala, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1965
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Glenn Scarpelli, Staten Is NY, actor (Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantasy)
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1965
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Tim Camargo, jockey
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1967
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David Whitmore, NFL strong safety (Phila Eagles)
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1967
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Omar Olivares, Mayaguez Puerto Rico, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
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1968
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Alvin Harper, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1968
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Anthony Kershler, cricketer (NSW left-arm spinner 1994-95)
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1969
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Michael Grant, vocalist (Musical Youth)
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1969
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Sophia Witherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
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1970
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Antonio Harvey, NBA center/forward (LA Clippers)
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1971
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Adam Laurent, Santa Cruz Calif, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Kari Kupcinet, Chicago, actress (Julie Sanderson-Young & Restless)
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1971
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Owen Lance Bill Hughes, Palmerston North NZ, kayaker (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Billy Davis, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
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1973
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Karl Ballard, WLAF linebacker (London Monarchs)
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1974
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Steve Sullivan, Timmins, NHL center (NJ Devils)
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1976
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Michelle Stanley, Littleton Colorado, Miss America-Colorado (1997)
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1976
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Nikki Mott, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Rachel Rochelli, Houston TX, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
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1978
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Tamera Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)
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1978
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Tia Mowry, twin actress (Sisters)
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1979
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Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands
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1981
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Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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1189
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Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56
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1415
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Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
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1476
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Regiomontanus, [Johannes Mller of Knigsberg], dies
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1480
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Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64
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1533
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Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57
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1535
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Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57
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1553
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Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15
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1568
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Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
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1583
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Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64
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1587
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Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed
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1701
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William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged
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1734
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Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
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1762
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Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
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1765
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Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76
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1768
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Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
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1795
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Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79
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1816
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Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
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1858
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Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78
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1860
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Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37
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1863
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Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies
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1864
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Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36
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1868
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Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71
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1871
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Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34
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1879
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Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65
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1896
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Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54
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1902
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Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51
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1914
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Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27
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1916
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Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mme), dies at 76
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1918
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Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
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1933
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Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
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1934
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Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73
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1951
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Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57
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1954
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Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
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1955
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Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87
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1959
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George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
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1961
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Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93
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1961
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Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
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1962
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William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
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1966
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Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50
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1970
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Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
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1971
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Horst Lange, writer, dies at 66
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1971
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Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71
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1971
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Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
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1972
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Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
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1972
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Sam de Grasse, dies at 97
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1972
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Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
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1973
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Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80
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1973
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Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
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1973
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Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
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1974
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Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87
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1975
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Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
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1977
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Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69
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1979
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Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35
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1980
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Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
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1982
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Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
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1989
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J nos K d r, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
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1990
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Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
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1990
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Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
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1991
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Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
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1992
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Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
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1993
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Gloria Manon, actress (Poker Alice, Mad Room), dies of cancer at 69
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1993
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Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84
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1994
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Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
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1994
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Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
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1995
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Aziz Nesin, writer, dies at 79
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1995
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Helene Johnson, poet, dies at 87
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1995
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Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76
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1996
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John Sturdy, scholar, dies at 62
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