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69
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General Vespasianus occupies Rome
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1046
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Benedictus IX & Silvester III & names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II
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1046
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Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI,
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1192
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Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna
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1448
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Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal
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1585
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English fleet & earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen
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1600
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Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
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1606
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Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va
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1626
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Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch G bor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg
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1661
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Corporation Act enforced in England
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1669
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1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
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1688
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Prince Willem III's troops pull into London
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1694
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Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben
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1699
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Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk
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1780
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England declares war on Netherlands
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1790
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1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)
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1803
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Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to US for $27M
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1820
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Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50
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1823
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Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna
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1830
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England, France, Prussia, Austria & Russia recognize Belgium
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1850
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Hawaiian post office established
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1860
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SC votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede
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1861
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Battle of Dranesville, VA
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1862
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-Dec 20th] Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA
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1862
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-Jan 3rd] Vicksburg campaign
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1862
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Battle of Holly Spring, MS
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1862
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Brig-gen Nathan B Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky
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1864
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-Dec 27th] Battle of Ft Fisher, NC
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1865
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De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens
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1879
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Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
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1880
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Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten
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1880
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NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
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1883
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Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
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1891
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Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
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1892
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Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
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1892
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Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
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1893
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1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia
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1894
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Day Six 1T Aus v Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166
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1894
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England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket
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1900
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Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
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1906
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Venezuela (under vice-pres Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet
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1907
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Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
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1912
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J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC
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1912
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Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite
Marie," premieres in Paris
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1915
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Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
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1917
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Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
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1918
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Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC
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1919
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Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
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1919
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US House of Representatives restricts immigration
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1920
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Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
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1920
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Bob Hope became an American citizen
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1921
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AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for be
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1922
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14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)
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1922
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Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president
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1924
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Adolf Hitler freed from jail early
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1926
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Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring
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1926
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Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy
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1926
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Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in NYC
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1928
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1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montral, Qu
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1928
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Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St NYC
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1929
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Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
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1929
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Mount Davidson dedicated as a SF city park
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1930
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Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)
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1932
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Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13
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1933
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Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire
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1935
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii
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1937
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Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia
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1938
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Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system
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1939
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Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
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1940
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Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
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1941
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Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miqulon
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1941
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Japanese troops lands on Mindanao
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1942
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1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta
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1943
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"International" is no longer USSR National Anthem
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1944
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Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
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1944
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Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!)
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1944
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Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions
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1944
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Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London
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1945
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Rationg of auto tires ends in US
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1946
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Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres
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1948
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Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
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1949
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Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres
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1950
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"Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY
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1952
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KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
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1953
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KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
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1956
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Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
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1957
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Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service
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1959
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Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India v Australia at Kanpur
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1960
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Auschwitz-commandant Richard Br arrested in German FR
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1962
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D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow
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1962
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Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show
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1963
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Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
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1963
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Massemba-Debate elected pres of Congo-Brazzaville
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1963
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Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins
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1964
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Levi Eshkol forms Israeli govt
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1966
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Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established
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1966
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NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
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1966
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Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels
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1966
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1967
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"Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres
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1967
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474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
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1967
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Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
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1969
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Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
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1970
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Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader
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1971
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Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
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1972
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Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys," premieres in NYC
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1973
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AL pres Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
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1973
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Dutch Antillean govt of Evertsz forms
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1973
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Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point
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1974
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Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
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1974
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George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK
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1975
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Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles
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1975
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Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht
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1976
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"Music Is" opens at St James Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1976
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Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
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1977
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1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
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1977
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RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
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1978
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H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
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1980
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NBC broadcasts NY Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio
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1980
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USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
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1981
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"Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
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1981
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Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
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1981
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Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark
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1981
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Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in NYC
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1983
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El Salvador adopts constitution
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1983
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Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
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1983
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NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins
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1983
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PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
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1984
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33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
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1984
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1985
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Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
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1985
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Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
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1985
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Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
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1986
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White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, NY
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1987
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"Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres
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1987
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76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
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1987
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Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die
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1987
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Nancy Lopez/Miller Barber wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
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1988
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Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's dept store, London
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1988
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NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
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1988
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Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected pres of Sri Lanka
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1989
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Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
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1989
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US troops invade Panama & oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him
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1990
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Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
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1990
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Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-NJ Knights for $11 million
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1990
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Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
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1991
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NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
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1991
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Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
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1992
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Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
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1992
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Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia
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1993
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Donald Trump weds Marla Maples
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1995
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"Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances
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1995
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American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive
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1998
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Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge
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1999
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Portugal returns Macau to China
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BIRTHS
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1539
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Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer
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1579
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John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)
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1594
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Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
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1606
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Christoph Schultze, composer
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1629
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Pieter de Hoogh, Dutch painter
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1659
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Franois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman
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1720
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Charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender]
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1729
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Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer
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1758
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Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer
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1774
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Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer
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1786
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Pietro Raimondi, composer
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1805
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Thomas Graham, father of colloid chemistry
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1807
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Richard Lucian Page, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
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1808
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Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1887
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1809
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Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer
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1812
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Achille Peri, composer
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1813
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Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, (Gov-Iowa)/US Sect of Interior (1881-82)
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1819
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John Geary, 1st SF postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850)
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1825
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Romeyn Beck Ayres, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
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1833
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Samuel A Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth
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1841
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Ferdinand-douard Buisson, France, educator (Nobel Peace Prize 1927)
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1858
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Jean/Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter/graphic artist (3 Brides)
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1859
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Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher
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1865
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Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc)
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1867
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Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer
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1868
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Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road
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1869
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Charley Grapewin, Xenia OH, actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady)
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1870
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Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)
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1871
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Henry Kimball Hadley, composer
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1872
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Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer
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1875
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T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)
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1876
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Jan Van Oudshoorn, [Jan K Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses)
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1876
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Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson (1923-46)
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1881
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Branch Rickey, baseball executive (Dodgers)
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1884
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Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor
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1886
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Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer
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1886
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Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Calif, tennis player (US Open 1909-11)
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1889
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Bozidar Sirola, composer
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1894
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Robert Menzies, Australian PM (1939-41, 1949-66)
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1895
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Susanne Langer, US, philosopher/educator (Philosophy in a New Key)
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1898
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Irene [Marie] Dunne, Louisville, actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama)
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1900
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Gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935)
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1901
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Louis I Kahn, US architect [or Feb 20]
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1901
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Robert Van de Graaff, Alabama, physicist (Mobility of Gaseous Ions)
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1902
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George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews
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1902
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Max Lerner, US, columnist (NY Post)
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1902
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Sidney Hook, anticommunist philosopher (Paradoxes of Freedom)
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1904
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Albert Van Dekker, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture)
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1904
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[Schmidt] Hans Burkhardt, artist
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1905
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"Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner)
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1906
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Dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5/MI-6)
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1906
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Irving Krick, meteorologist
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1906
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Lowell Gilmore, MN, actor (Living Christ Series)
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1908
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Giulio Cesare Brero, composer
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1908
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Norman Hackforth, broadcaster
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1909
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Vagn Holmboe, composer
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1911
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Hortense Calisher, NYC, novelist (Arts & Letters 1967)
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1915
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Aziz Nesin, writer
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1918
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Audrey Totter, Joliet Ill, actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up)
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1920
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Vin Linna, writer
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1922
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Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family)
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1922
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George Roy Hill, dir (Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance)
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1923
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Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist
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1924
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Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen)
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1924
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F Mayrcker, writer
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1924
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Ingeborg E A "Inge" Beekman, actress (Horizon)
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1925
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Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)
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1925
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Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mahamad, premier of Malaysia (1981- )
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1925
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Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect
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1925
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Vlastimir Nikolovski, composer
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1926
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David Levine, US painter
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1927
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Jim Simpson, sportscaster
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1928
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Charles Donald Adams, singer
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1928
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Jack Christiansen, Kansas, NFL hall of famer defensive back (Lions)
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1929
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Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia
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1932
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John Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI)
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1933
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Gordon Getty
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1933
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Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist (world champion, 1961)
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1935
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Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer (166 on debut Pakistan v Aust 1964)
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1938
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John Harris Harbison, Orange NJ, composer
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1939
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Agatha N "Kim" Weston, US gospel/singer (It Takes Two)
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1939
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Dianne Arndt, artist/photographer
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1939
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Klaus Schweizer, composer
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1940
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Larry Willis, rock keyboardist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1941
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Frank Creton, Suriname/Neth painter
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1942
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Robert L Hayes, Jacksonville Fla, 100m/4x100m runner (Oly-2 gold-1964)
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1943
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Angel Tompkins, Albany Calif, actress (Gloria-Search) [or 12/29/49]
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1944
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G Wolfgruber, writer
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1944
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Robert Colomby, NYC, rock drummer (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
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1946
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John Spencer, actor (Tommy Mullanney-LA Law)
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1946
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Patti Smith, singer/songwriter
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1946
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Uri Geller, Israel, psychic (bends forks)
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1947
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Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer
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1947
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Peter Criss[coula], Bkln NY, rocker (Kiss-Beth)
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1948
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"Little" Stevie Wright, rocker (Easybeats)
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1949
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Claudia Jennings, [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], Minn, playmate (Nov, 1969)
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1950
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Alex Chllton, rocker
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1952
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Jenny Agutter, Taunton England, actress (Logan's Run, Equus, Amy)
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1952
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Sergio Vastano, Italian actor (Nightclub, Prete Bello)
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1955
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Ed Kuepper, German/Australian, singer/songwriter (Saints)
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1955
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Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor (Avonden, Leedvermaak)
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1955
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Sammy Mitchell, US programmer (Qedit/TSE/Semware)
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1956
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Blanche Baker, NYC, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter (French Postcard)
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1957
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Anita Baker, [Ward], Detroit Mi, vocalist (Rapture)
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1957
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Billy Bragg, singer/songwriter
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1957
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Mike Watt, US bassist (Rockband Firehose)
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1958
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Billy Bragg, British rocker (It Says Here, Ideology)
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1959
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David Lutz, NFL guard/tackle (Detroit Lions)
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1960
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Carolyn Seaward, Devonshire England, Miss United Kingdom (1979)
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1960
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John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star
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1960
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Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, (SC Heerenveen, AZ)
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1961
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Bonnie Marino, Cleveland Oh, playmate (Jun, 1990)
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1961
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Gale Gilbert, NFL quarterback (SD Chargers)
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1961
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Nate Newton, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
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1962
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Thomas Newberry, NFL guard (Pitts Steelers)
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1963
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Karen Moncrieff, Sacramento Calif, actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives)
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1963
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Pam Casale, Camden NJ, tennis player (Marco Island finals 1985)
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1966
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Chris Robinson, singer (Black Crowes)
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1966
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Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie (Feyenoord)
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1966
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Tim Hauck, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks)
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1967
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Duncan Kennedy, Burlington Calif, luger (Olympics-1994)
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1967
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Wendy Hamilton, Detroit Mich, playmate (Dec, 1991)
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1969
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Bobby Phills, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets)
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1970
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Dino Felicetti, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1970
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Grant Flower, cricketer (bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman)
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1970
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Jason Simmons, CFL/WLAF defensive tackle (Roughriders, Claymores)
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1970
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Scott Slutzker, tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
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1970
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Tony Semple, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
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1970
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Travis Green, Castlegar, NHL center (NY Islanders)
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1971
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Jerry Ellison, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1972
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Jan Caloun, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
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1972
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Jonathan Wyatt, Lower Hutt NZ, 5000m (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman (Rhein Fire)
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1973
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Cory Stillman, Peterborough, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
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1973
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Jenny Boucek, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
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1973
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Muadianvita Kazadi, linebacker (St Louis Rams)
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1974
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Augie Ojeda, LA Calif, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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DEATHS
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69
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Aulus Vitellius, Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered
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910
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Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
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1073
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Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies
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1355
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Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies
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1590
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Ambroise Par, French surgeon, dies at 80
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1632
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Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
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1676
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John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76
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1679
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Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75
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1738
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Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56
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1749
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Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies
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1783
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Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54
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1793
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Joseph Legros, composer, dies at 54
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1798
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Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72
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1799
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David Traugott Nicolai, composer, dies at 66
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1812
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Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies
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1815
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Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75
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1819
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Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer, dies at 50
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1821
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Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer, dies at 75
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1875
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Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75
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1876
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Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US
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1903
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Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56
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1909
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Benjamin Ipavec, composer, dies at 79
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1916
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Manuel Giro, composer, dies at 68
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1916
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William Wallace Gilchrist, composer, dies at 70
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1929
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Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90
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1936
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Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid
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1937
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Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72
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1939
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Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide
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1942
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Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63
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1944
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Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70
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1945
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Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies
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1947
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St-Georges de Bouchlier, Fr author (Children's Carnival), dies at 71
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1948
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C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85
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1948
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Ladha Ramji, cricketer (bro of Amar Singh, Test Ind 1933-34), dies
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1954
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Emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80
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1954
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James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon), dies at 54
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1961
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Moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57
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1962
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Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer, dies at 68
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1962
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Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer, dies at 75
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1963
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Paul Constantinescu, composer, dies at 54
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1965
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Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73
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1968
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Bax Brod, composer, dies at 84
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1968
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John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel 1940, 62), dies at 66
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1968
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Max Brod, writer, dies at 84
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1971
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Roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78
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1972
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Gnter Eich, German literary (Botschaften des Regens), dies at 65
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1973
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Bobby Darin, singer (Mack the Knife), dies of heart failure at 37
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1973
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Luis Carrero Blanco, PM of Spain (1973), assassinated by ETA
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1974
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Andr Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69
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1975
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Vincent Lopez, orch leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
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1975
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William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax), dies at 61
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1976
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Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chicago), dies at 74
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1976
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Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80
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1982
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Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
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1988
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Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
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1989
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Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77
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1991
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Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
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1991
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Fop[pe] I Brouwer, biologist (Everything That Lives & Grows), dies
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1991
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Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86
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1991
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Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88
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1991
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Stephen Birnbaum, US tourism writer, dies at 54
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1991
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Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60
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1991
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Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
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1993
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Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft), dies at 64
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1993
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Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies from cancer at 74
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1993
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W Edwards Deming, US economist (helped Japan after WW II), dies at 93
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1994
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Dean Rusk, US Sect of State (1961-69), dies at 85
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1994
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J C "Jody" Bateman, fiddler, dies at 75
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1995
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John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90
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1995
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Madge Sinclair, actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy), dies at 55
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1996
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Amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies
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1996
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Carl Sagan, scientist (Contact), dies at 62
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1996
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Roger Peacock), writer, dies at 76
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1997
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Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
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1997
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Denise Levertov, poet, dies at 74
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1997
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Vincent Ciccone, inventor (Blow-Pops candy), dies at 81
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