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417
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Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome
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537
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Goths lay siege to Rome
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843
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Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople
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1302
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Romeo & Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare
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1502
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Tebriz] shah Ismail I of Persia crowned
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1513
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Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X
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1563
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League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II
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1567
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Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel
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1597
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Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France
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1598
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Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille
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1649
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Treaty of Rueil destroys 1st Fronde-uprising
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1665
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NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights
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1669
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Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000
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1702
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1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes
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1779
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US army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
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1789
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Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC
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1791
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Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent
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1794
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Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens
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1795
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Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols
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1810
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Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
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1812
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Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews
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1823
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1st normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt
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1824
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US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair
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1835
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HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile
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1850
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Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school)
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1851
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice
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1861
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Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution
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1862
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12] Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
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1862
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Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of
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1864
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Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee
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1865
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Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, NC
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1867
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris
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1867
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Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
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1882
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Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton NJ
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1888
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Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US
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1892
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1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass)
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1895
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Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
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1901
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Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Gran
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1904
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
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1905
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1
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1910
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Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 v SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
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1912
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1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to swee
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1917
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1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 1
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1917
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British troops occupy Baghdad
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1918
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Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
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1918
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Save the Redwoods League founded
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1919
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General strike in Germany, crushed
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1922
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Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
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1924
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3rd term of Belgium Theunis govt begins
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1924
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Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London
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1924
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NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games
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1926
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Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein
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1927
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1st armored commercial car hold-up in US, Pittsburgh
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1927
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1st golden gloves tournament
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1927
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Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (NYC)
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1928
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Netherlands & Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
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1930
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Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
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1934
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Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
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1935
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Bank of Canada opens
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1935
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Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe
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1938
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Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
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1941
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Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ
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1941
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FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill (lend money to Britain)
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1942
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1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp
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1942
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Gen MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia
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1942
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Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra
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1943
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Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands
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1944
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Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
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1945
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1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
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1945
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Flemish nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death
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1948
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1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)
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1948
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Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed
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1948
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Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the US Tennis Open
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1948
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WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
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1953
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American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches
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1954
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US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
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1956
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1958
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Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
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1958
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Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
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1959
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"Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
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1959
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Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit"
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1960
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Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus
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1961
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Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
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1963
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Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
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1965
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Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
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1966
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Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
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1967
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Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
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1968
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Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
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1968
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet
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1968
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Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for " Dock of the Bay"
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1970
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12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win
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1970
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Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation
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1972
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"Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 97 performances
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1973
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
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1974
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Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
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1974
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Rhino Store gives people 5 to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
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1975
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Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
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1975
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1977
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Moslems hold 130 hostages in Wash DC
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1978
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Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
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1978
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USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC
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1979
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
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1979
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Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game
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1980
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Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw
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1981
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Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins
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1981
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Johnny Mize & Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1982
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Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
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1982
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Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion
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1982
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Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Wash DC
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1983
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Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill & Dean (GRB)
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1983
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Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova & Vasiliev (URS)
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1983
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Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
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1983
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Men's Fig Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
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1984
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Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
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1985
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Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
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1986
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1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
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1986
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12th People's Choice Awards
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1986
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187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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1986
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Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
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1986
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Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
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1986
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NFL adopts instant replay rule
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1987
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Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
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1988
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Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
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1988
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note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by coin
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1990
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16th People's Choice Awards
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1990
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Lithuania declares it's Independence
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1990
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Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
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1991
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Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
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1991
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John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award
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1991
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Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1
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1993
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
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1994
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Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile
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1995
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-36.8øF (-38.2øC) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67øN
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1995
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Pres Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament
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1995
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Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US
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1995
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Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m
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1996
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Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side v Australia, World Cup
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1996
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Mark Waugh scores 110 v NZ for his third century of the World Cup
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1997
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3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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1997
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Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
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1997
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Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen
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1997
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SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
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BIRTHS
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1544
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Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)
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1549
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Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer
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1549
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Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)
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1596
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Isaac Elsevier, book publisher
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1654
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Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer
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1683
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Giovanni Veneziano, composer
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1726
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Louise-Florence d'pinay, France, writer (Woman, Man & 2 Kingdoms)
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1731
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Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)
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1754
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Juan Melndez Valds, Spanish lawyer/poet
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1781
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Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer
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1793
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Jan F Willems, Flemish writer/philologist
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1811
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Marsena Rudolph Patrick, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1811
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Urbain Jean Joseph le Verrier, co-discoverer (Neptune)
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1812
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James Speed, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1887
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1812
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Pieter Bluss van Oud-Alblas, Dutch liberal minister of Finance
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1812
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William Vincent Wallace, composer
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1818
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John Wilkins Whitfield, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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1819
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Henry Tate, English sugar producer (Tate Gallery)
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1819
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Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Don Quiotte)
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1822
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Allison Nelson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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1827
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Septimus Winner, composer
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1832
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Franz Melde, German phyicist (Melde test)
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1832
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William Ruffin Cox, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
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1840
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Edmund Kirby Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1846
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Ant¢nio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet
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1860
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Thomas Hastings, NYC, architect (NY Public Library)
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1863
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Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)
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1863
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Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist
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1872
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Abraham van Stolk Jzn, lumber merchant/art collector
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1876
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Carl Ruggles, Marion Mass, composer (Evocations)
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1876
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David Wijnkoop, Dutch revolutionary socialist
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1879
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Justus Hermann Wetzel, composer
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1879
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Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph tests)
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1884
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Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)
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1885
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Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)
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1890
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Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer
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1892
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Raoul Walsh, NYC, director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry)
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1892
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Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II)
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1897
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Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)
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1898
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Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm)
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1899
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Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72)
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1902
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Josef Martin Bauer, writer
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1903
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Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post)
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1903
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George Dickinson, cricketer (bowled for NZ in their 1st 3 Tests)
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1904
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Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist
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1904
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Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer (Isaac De Fuentes)
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1906
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Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer
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1907
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Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids)
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1907
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Helmuth J von Moltke, German politician (July 20th plot)
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1907
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Jessie Matthews, London England, actress (Gangway, First a Girl)
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1907
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Margaret Herbison, British minister (Lab)
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1908
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Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show)
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1909
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Ljubica Maric, composer
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1910
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Robert H G Havemann, German chemist
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1911
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Alan Gifford, Boston MA, actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope)
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1911
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Fitzroy Maclean, British diplomat soldier politician/historian
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1912
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Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar
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1912
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Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas)
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1913
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John Jacob Weinzweig, Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill)
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1913
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Thomas Gray, professor/anaesthetist
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1915
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Karl Krolow, writer
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1915
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Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54)
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1916
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[James] Harold Wilson, (L) British PM (1964-70, 1974-76)
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1917
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GE Gran Schildt, Finnish art historian/writer (Solbten)
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1919
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Mercer Ellington, son of Duke Ellington/bandleader
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1920
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D J Enright, England, poet/novelist (Some Men are Brothers)
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1920
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Henry Marking, CEO (British Airways)
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1920
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Kenneth Dover, chancellor (St Andrews University)
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1921
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Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo)
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1921
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F[rancis] M[arion] Busby Jr, US, sci-fi author (Star Rebel)
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1922
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Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77)
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1922
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Thom Kelling, Dutch singer/guitarist (Programa de Manha)
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1922
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Vinnette Carroll, NYC, actress (Alice's Restaurant, Reivers)
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1923
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A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ)
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1923
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A X Gwerder, writer
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1923
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Ad[rianus C] de Besten, Dutch literary (River Basin)
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1923
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Morschi Mirando, [Thomas Weiss], German/Dutch gypsy artist
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1923
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Terry Alexander, London, actor (Tony-Behind the Scenes)
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1925
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James Miskin, QC/recorder of London
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1926
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Adrienne Keith Cohen, travel editor
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1926
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Ilhan Mimaroglu, composer
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1926
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Patricia Tindaole, England, architect
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1926
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Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership)
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1927
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Alan Betts, emeritus professor (Royal Veterinary College)
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1927
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Raymond Jackson, [Jaki], British cartoonist
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1927
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Robert Mosbacher, US politician(?)
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1927
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Ron Todd, British trade unionist
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1928
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Albert Salmi, Bkln NY, actor (Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue)
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1928
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Peter Roger Hunt, London England, director (Dr No)
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1929
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Erskine Childers, unofficial/civil servant
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1929
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Francisco Bernardo Pulgar Vidal, composer
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1929
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Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50')
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1930
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David Gentleman, designer/painter
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1931
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Peter Walters, CEO (Midland Bank)
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1931
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Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post)/CEO (FOX-TV)
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1932
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Nigel Lawson, British government official (The Power Game)
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1932
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Valerie French, London England, actress (Jubal)
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1933
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Terry J Hatter Jr, US judge in California
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1934
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George Stamatoyannopoulos, Greece, medical genetics researcher
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1934
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Joep Straesser, composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri)
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1934
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Keith Speed, British MP
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1934
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Sam Donaldson, El Paso Tx, ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time)
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1934
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Sydney Burke, cricketer (S Afr quick, 11 wkts on Test debut v NZ 1961)
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1936
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Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986- )
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1937
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John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68)
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1938
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Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge
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1942
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Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
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1944
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Ric Rothwell, drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love)
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1945
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Harvey Mandel, rock guitarist (Drei Amerikanische LP's)
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1945
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Mark Stein, vocalist/organist (Vanilla Fudge-You Keep Me Hanging On)
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1945
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Timothy Mason, consultant (British Arts Council)
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1945
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Tricia O'Neal, Shreveport Louisiana, actress (Piranha Part II)
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1946
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Brigitte Fossey, Tourcoing France, actress (Man Who Died Twice)
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1947
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Dominique Sanda, [Varaigne], Paris France, actress (1900, First Love)
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1947
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Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player
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1947
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Mark Stein, singer/organist/keyboardist (Vanilla Fudge)
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1948
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George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer (Golden Earring)
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1949
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Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer/producer
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1950
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Bobby McFerrin, singer (Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989)
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1950
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Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee WI, director (Airplane, Naked Gun)
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1952
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Douglas Adams, England, author (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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1952
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Susan Richardson, Coatesville Pa, actress (Susan-8 is Enough)
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1955
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[Kater]Nina Hagen, East Berlin German DR, actress (Blue Angel)
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1956
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Curtis L Brown Jr, NC, astronaut (STS 47, STS 66, 77, 85, sk:95)
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1961
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Bruce Watson, Ontario Canada, rock guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
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1961
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Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round)
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1962
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Peter Berg, actor (Chicago Hope)
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1964
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Raimo Helminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland, Oly-Br-98)
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1965
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Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star
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1966
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Pavel Petrovich Mukhortov, Russian cosmonaut
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1966
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Ralph Tamm, NFL guard/center (Denver Broncos, KC Chiefs)
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1966
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Steve Reed, LA Calif, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1967
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Andrew Zesers, cricketer (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup)
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1967
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Bill Houlder, Thunder Bay, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1968
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John Barrowman, actor (Peter Fairchild-Central Park West)
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1969
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Dan Lacroix, Montreal, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
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1969
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John Fina, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
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1970
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Brett Liddle, Boksburg S Afr, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Newcastle)
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1970
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Evgeniy Koreshkov, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1971
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Bob Kronenberg, WLAF corner (Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Jiri Vykoukai, Olomouc CZ, hockey player (Team Czech Rep, Oly-gold-98)
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1971
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Marta Lovera Parquet, Miss Universe-Paraguay (1996)
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1971
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Martin Rucinsky, Most Cze, NHL left wing (Canadiens, Oly-Gold-1998)
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1972
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Carl Greenwood, NFL cornerback (NY Jets)
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1972
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Chris Shelling, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
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1972
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Jamal Duff, NFL defensive end (NY Giants, Wash Redskins)
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1973
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Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper (85 v Aust 1996 World Cup)
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1973
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Mike Mihelic, CFL offensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1973
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Sammie Brennan, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
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1973
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Tony Veland, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1974
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Billy Granville, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1974
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David Cameron, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Kevin Donovan, Des Plaines Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-2nd)
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1975
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Cedric Henderson, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1975
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Shawn Springs, cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
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1982
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Hasan Raza, cricketer (Test cricketer at the age of 14)
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DEATHS
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222
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Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18?
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638
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Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies
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1486
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Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71
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1715
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Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80
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1772
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George Reuter, composer, dies at 63
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1786
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Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28
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1787
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Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45
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1807
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Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41
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1820
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Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81
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1826
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Gervais-Franois Couperin, composer, dies at 66
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1833
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Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71
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1845
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John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], dies in Allen County Indiana
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1857
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Manuel Jos Quintana, Spanish author/poet (A la paz), dies at 84
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1874
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Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63
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1894
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John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies
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1897
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Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58
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1897
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Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45
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1900
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Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies
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1907
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Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
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1908
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Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83
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1919
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Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36
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1921
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Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83
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1925
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Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78
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1926
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John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies
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1937
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Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61
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1941
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Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71
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1944
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Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62
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1947
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Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45
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1949
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Henri-Honor Giraud, French genl/MP, dies at 70
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1949
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Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76
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1950
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Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78
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1951
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Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66
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1955
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Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73
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1956
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Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83
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1957
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Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68
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1959
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Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76
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1960
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Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76
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1962
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Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79
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1963
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Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies
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1965
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James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered
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1967
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Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85
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1969
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John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65
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1970
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Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80
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1971
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Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64
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1971
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Roy Glenn, dies in Los Angeles at 56
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1971
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Whitney M Young Jr, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49
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1972
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Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
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1973
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Manuel Rojas Sep£lveda, writer
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1975
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Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59
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1975
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Sammy Spear, orch leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65
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1975
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Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74
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1979
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Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88
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1982
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Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55
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1984
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Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76
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1987
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[Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74
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1988
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Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74
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1989
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Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57
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1992
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David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41
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1992
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Heinz Khn, PM (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80
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1992
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Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48
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1992
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Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79
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1993
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Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44
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1993
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Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76
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1993
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Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81
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1994
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Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69
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1995
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Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69
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1995
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Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered
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1995
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Frank Fidler, artist, dies at 84
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1996
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Barry Appleby, cartoonist, dies at 86
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1996
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Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92
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1996
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Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70
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1996
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John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96
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1996
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Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 67
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