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1002
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German king Henry II the Saint crowned
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1242
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24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris
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1391
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Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews
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1513
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Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois
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1520
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France & England sign treaty of Scotland
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1523
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Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day)
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1536
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Mexico begins it's inquisition
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1639
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Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill
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1654
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Queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism
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1660
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Denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty
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1664
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New Amsterdam renamed NYC
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1665
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Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain
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1673
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France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty
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1716
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1st slaves arrive in Louisiana
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1744
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France & Prussia sign peace treaty
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1752
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3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
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1772
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Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago
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1795
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Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured
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1797
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Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic
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1801
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Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal
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1809
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Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established
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1813
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US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)
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1816
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10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer" (Krakatoa)
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1831
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2nd national black convention (Phila)
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1844
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Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London
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1850
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Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans
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1861
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Lincoln's cabinet declares Union govt will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers
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1862
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Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered
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1862
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Battle of Port Royal, SC (Port Royal Ferry)
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1862
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Skirmish at Harrisonburg, PA
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1863
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Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA & Williamsport, MD
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1864
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Battle of Lake Chicot, AR (Dutch Bayou)
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1872
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Susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote
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1875
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Netherlands goes on the gold standard
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1882
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Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000
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1882
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Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC
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1885
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19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43
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1885
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Opera "Lakm" is produced (Paris)
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1889
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Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
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1890
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United States Polo Association forms, NYC
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1896
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21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51
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1896
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George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across Atlantic
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1904
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National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ
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1905
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French Foreign minister Delcass resigns on German request
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1911
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Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
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1913
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Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times
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1914
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1st air flight out of sight of land (Scotland to Norway)
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1916
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Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage
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1918
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Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st US victory of WW I
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1919
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Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910
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1919
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Finland declares war on bolsheviks
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1920
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Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
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1921
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Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0
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1924
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28th US Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
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1925
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Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp (Iacocca is 8 months old)
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1926
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Egyptian govt of Adly Pasha forms
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1931
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"There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1
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1931
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Yanks turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians
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1932
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Carlos Davila coup against pres Juan Montero of Chile
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1932
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Ijsselmeervogels soccer team forms in Spakenburg
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1932
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US Federal gas tax enacted
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1933
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1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ)
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1933
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US Employment Service created
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1934
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Securities & Exchange Commission established
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1934
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Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game
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1936
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40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ
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1936
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68th Belmont: James Stout aboard Granville wins in 2:30
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1936
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Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro NJ
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1937
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Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
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1938
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Sigmund Freud arrives in London
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1939
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NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning
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1939
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NY supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead
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1941
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1st navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched
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1941
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Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time
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1942
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1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)
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1942
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74th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Shut Out wins in 2:29.2
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1942
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Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway
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1942
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Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians
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1944
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Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion
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1944
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D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France
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1944
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Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad
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1944
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor
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1944
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U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje
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1945
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"Free People" premieres in Amsterdam
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1946
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11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season
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1946
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Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV
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1946
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Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip
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1947
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Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute
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1949
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"It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV
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1949
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WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1950
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German DR & Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
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1954
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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1955
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Bill Haley & Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1
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1958
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Ozzie Virgil is 1st black to play as a Tiger
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1958
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Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French
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1960
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Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
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1960
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South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill
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1960
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Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV
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1962
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Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums
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1963
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Gasunie established
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1964
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96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6
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1964
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Beatles arrive in netherlands
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1965
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational
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1965
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Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0
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1966
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Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi
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1966
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Claus Von Bulow & Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed
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1966
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Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator"
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1966
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NFL & AFL announce their merger
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1966
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Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement
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1967
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Israeli troops occupy Gaza
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1968
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WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1969
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Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar
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1970
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102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34
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1971
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"Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV
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1971
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Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die
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1971
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in NYC
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1971
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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1971
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Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
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1971
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WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, GA (CBN) begins broadcasting
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1971
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Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR
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1972
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David Bowie releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
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1972
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Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
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1972
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Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
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1972
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US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed
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1974
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47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
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1975
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British voters decide to remain in Common Market
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1975
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Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning
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1975
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Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
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1976
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30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2
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1976
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic
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1977
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"Washington Post" reports US has developed neutron bomb
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1977
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Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic & Concert for United Way
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1977
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Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss)
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1977
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Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws
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1978
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Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57%
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1979
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200th running of horse's Derby in England
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1979
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Josef Mengeles corpse excavated in Brazil
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1979
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Royal Air force receives 1st F-16
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1979
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Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 HRs in the majors
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1980
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Bjrn Brg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title
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1981
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113th Belmont: George Martens aboard Summing wins in 2:29
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1981
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51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64)
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1981
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Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial
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1982
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30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO
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1982
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36th Tony Awards: Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby & Nine win
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1982
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52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64)
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1982
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Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY
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1982
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA McDonald 's Golf Classic
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1983
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17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins & Roy Acuff
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1983
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Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland
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1983
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Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time
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1983
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Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR
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1983
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Nicaragua expels 3 US diplomats
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1983
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Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1
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1984
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1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India
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1985
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55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75)
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1985
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58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu
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1985
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Body of Nazi criminal, Dr Josef Mengele located & exhumed
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1985
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba
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1985
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Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
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1986
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Jrgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m)
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1986
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Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of NC State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
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1987
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119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
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1987
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57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86)
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1987
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NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
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1988
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22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis & Statler Brothers
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1988
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3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant
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1988
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George Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II
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1988
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Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)
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1989
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Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
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1990
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2nd International Rock Awards
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1990
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For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
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1990
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Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
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1991
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Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball
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1991
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Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store
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1991
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NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992
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1991
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Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley
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1992
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124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
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1992
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62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8)
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1992
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Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
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1992
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David Bowie & model Iman marry in Switzerland
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1992
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NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
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1992
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WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17 (Montreal)
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1993
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47th Tony Awards: Angels in America & Kiss of the Spider Woman win
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1993
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63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63)
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1993
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6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
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1993
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Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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1993
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Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia
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1993
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Ramiro de Lon Carpio elected pres of Guatemala
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1994
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28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Ray Stevens
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1994
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6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia (about 1000 killed)
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1994
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Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham
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1994
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CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade
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1994
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Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day
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1994
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Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
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1994
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Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham
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1995
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1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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1998
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130th Belmont
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1998
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68th French Womens Tennis:
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2012
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Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs
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BIRTHS
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1436
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Regiomontanus (Johannes Mller), prepares astronomical tables
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1502
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Joo III, King of Portugal (1521-57)
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1599
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Diego Vel zquez, Spain, painter (Rokeby Venus) (baptized)
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1606
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Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)
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1621
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Pter Zrinyi, Hungarian ruler of Croatia
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1625
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Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor
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1661
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Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer
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1671
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Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader
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1676
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Georg Reidel, composer
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1695
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Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese
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1722
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Adrien Trudo Sale, composer
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1735
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Anton Schweitzer, composer
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1755
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John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)
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1755
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Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country
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1756
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John Trumbull, US painter (Declaration of Independence)
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1765
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Cornelis Loots, Dutch accountant/poet (Dwingelandij)
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1799
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit
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1799
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Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin) (5/26 OS)
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1804
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Petter Conrad Boman, composer
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1807
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Adrien Franois Servais, composer
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1813
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Israel Washburn, gov (Union), died in 1883
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1815
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Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer
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1819
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William Howard Glover, composer
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1825
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Ignaz V Zingerle Edler von Simmersberg, Austria, poet (Weistmer)
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1826
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Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist
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1829
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John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888
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1840
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John Stainer, composer
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1840
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William Francis Bartlett, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1842
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James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor (Amer Acad of Dramatic Art)
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1847
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Gerben Postma, [Ids], Frisian writer (Swealtsjeblommen)
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1850
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Karl F Braun, Germany, co-developed wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
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1860
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William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St Paul's Cathedral
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1862
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Henry John Newbolt, English sea historian/poet
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1868
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Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition
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1869
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Andersen Nex, writer
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1869
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Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer/conductor
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1872
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Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina (1894-1918)
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1875
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Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929)
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1875
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Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp (1925)
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1878
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Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French prosecutor (Dieudonn, Landru)
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1879
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L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect
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1880
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William T Cosgrave, president Irish Free state
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1886
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Paul Dudley White, heart specialist
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1887
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Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist
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1890
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Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy)
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1891
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Istvan Kardos, composer
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1891
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Ted Lewis, Circleville OH, bandleader/writer (Is Everybody Happy?)
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1891
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Vladislac Vancura, writer
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1892
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Pearl S Buck, writer
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1893
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Ludovic Feldman, composer
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1894
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Sabin V Dragoi, composer
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1896
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Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)
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1896
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Robert Sheriff, playwright (Journey's End)
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1898
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Johannes J Fouch, president South-Africa
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1898
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Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina (Royal Ballet)
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1898
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Walter Abel, St Paul Mn, actor (Suspicion, Dream Girl)
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1900
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Arthur Askey, Liverpool, actor (Bees in Paradise, Ghost Train)
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1901
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Achmed Sukarno, Java, PM of Indonesia (1945-67)
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1902
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Avraham Daus, composer
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1902
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Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer
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1903
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Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer (Gayane)
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1905
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John Gart, Russia, orch leader (Paul Winchell Show)
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1906
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Max Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn)
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1906
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Stefan Andres, writer
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1907
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Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43)/manager (1946)
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1907
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Robert Humphreys, British? historian
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1909
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Isaiah Berlin, philosopher
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1909
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M J Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34)
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1910
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Ben Aerden, [John Mikkelsen], actor (Hamlet)
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1910
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Toshitsugu Ogiwara, composer
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1913
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Jiri Hajek, Czech jurist/foreign minister
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1915
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Dhimitr Shuteriqi, Albania, writer (lirimtart The liberator)
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1915
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Vincent Persichetti, Phila Pennsylvania, composer (Sibyl)
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1917
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Kirk Kerkorian, CEO (MGM, UA)
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1917
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Prior Jones, cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52)
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1918
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Maria Montez, Dominican Rep, actress (Arabian Nights)
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1918
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Richard Crane, Newcastle Ind, actor (Surfside 6)
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1918
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Tom Scott, poet/editor
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1919
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Charles Pringle, British air marshal
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1922
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Ian Hamilton, composer
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1924
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Serge Nigg, composer
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1926
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Klaus Tennstedt, Merseburg Germany, conductor (Fidelio)
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1926
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Tom Ryan, comic strip cartoonist (Tumbleweeds)
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1928
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George Deukmejian, Menands NY, (Gov-Cal)
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1929
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Boguslaw Schaffer, composer
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1929
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Viktor Konezki, writer
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1930
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Frank Tyson, cricketer ("Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's)
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1931
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Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp
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1932
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Billie Whitelaw, Coventry England, actress (Omen, Adding Machine)
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1932
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David R Scott, San Antonio Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (Gem 8, Apol 9, 15)
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1933
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Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
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1934
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Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1934
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Albert II FHTCEM, king of Belgium (1993- )
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1934
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Philippe Entremont, France, pianist/conductor (Vienna Chamber Orch)
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1935
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Bobby Mitchell, NFL running back/wide receiver (Browns, Redskins)
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1935
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Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists
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1935
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Harry Crews, US writer/actor (Indian Runner)
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1935
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Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar
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1935
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Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction)
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1936
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Levi Stubbs, rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)
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1939
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Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson], Fla, singer/songwriter (New Orleans)
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1939
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Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (Reconstruction)
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1939
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Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president (Childrens Defense Fund)
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1939
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Nganani Enos J Mabuza, S African leader (Inyandza Natl Movement)
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1940
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Laudir De Olivera, rocker (Chicago)
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1940
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Phillip Rhodes, composer
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1940
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Sandra Morgan, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1940
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Willie-John McBride, British rugby player
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1942
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Howie Kane, rocker
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1942
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Larry "The Mole" Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat)
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1942
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Sandra Morgan, US 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1943
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Asif Iqbal, cricketer (elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80)
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1944
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Edgar Froese, rocker (Tangerine Dream)
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1944
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Peter Albin, SF Calif, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co)
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1945
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David Dukes, SF, actor (Beacon Hill, 79 Park Avenue, Winds of War)
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1945
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David E Bonior, (Rep-D-MI, 1977- )
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1946
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Chelsea Brown, Chicago Ill, comedienne (Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln)
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1946
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Lasse Hallstrom, director (Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA)
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1947
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Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1947
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Terry Williams, rocker (First Edition)
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1949
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Edgar Warren Williams, composer
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1949
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Robert Englund, actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V)
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1950
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Chantal Akerman, actor/director (Akermania, Je Tu II Elle)
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1951
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Dwight Twilley, Tulsa Okla, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind)
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1952
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Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
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1953
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Ken Calvert, (Rep-R-California)
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1954
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Harvey Fierstein, Brooklyn NY, playwright (Torch Song Trilogy, ID4)
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1955
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Dana Carvey, Missoula MT, comedian (SNL, Garth-Wayne's World)
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1955
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Sandra Bernhard, Flint Mich, actress (King of Comedy, Nancy-Roseanne)
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1956
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Andy Pycroft, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
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1956
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Bjrn Brg, Sodertlage Sweden, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1976-79)
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1956
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Jay C Buckey, NYC, physician/astronaut (STS 58 alt, sk: 90)
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1956
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Marilyn Jones, Pitts Pa, actress (Carey-King's Crossing)
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1957
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Mike Gatting, cricketer (England batsman 1977-95 & captain)
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1958
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Elaine Crosby, Birmingham MI, LPGA golfer (1989 Mazda Japan Classic)
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1959
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Amanda Pays, London England, actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits)
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1960
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Gary Graham, actor (Money on the Side)
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1960
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Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979)
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1960
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Steve Vai, guitarist (Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake)
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1961
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Bill Bates, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
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1961
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Sydney Walsh, actress (Mo-Hooperman)
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1963
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Dannette Leininger, Kailua HA, team handball wing (Olympics-92, 96)
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1963
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Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
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1964
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Dee C Lee, [Diane Sealey], rocker (Style Council-You're Best Thing)
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1964
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Sherry J Traylor, Mexico Missouri, Miss Missouri-America (1991)
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1965
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David Whyte, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
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1965
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Sally McDermid, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1965
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Wendy Wiebe, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Angela Cavagna, Genoa Italy, singer
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1967
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Max Casella, actor (Vinnie-Doogie Howser)
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1967
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Michael Timpson, NFL wide receiver (Chic Bears, Philadelphia Eagles)
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1967
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Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad)
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1968
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Brian Wright, Stillwater Okla, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 NM Open-2nd)
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1968
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Craig Roberts, Everett WA, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
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1968
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Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
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1969
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Brian Greenfield, WLAF punter (London Monarchs)
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1969
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Douglas Lee Mitchell, Miles Mi, heavy metal artist (Southgang)
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1969
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Mike Croel, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
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1969
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Sunil Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996)
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1970
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Randy Jordan, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1971
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Mike Craig, St Mary's, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1972
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Dulip Liyanage, cricketer (Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler)
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1972
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Erin Woodley, Mississauga Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olympic-silver-96)
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1972
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Frankie King, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
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1972
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Gary Downs, running back (Atlanta Falcons)
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1972
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Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Marko Kiprusoff, Turku FIN, NHL defenseman (Team Finland, Montreal)
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1973
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Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan pace bowler 1993-)
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1973
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Jamie Wilson, tackle (Carolina Panthers)
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1973
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Jon Hesse, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1973
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Olindo Mare, kicker (Miami Dolphins)
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1974
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Brooke Wilkins, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1974
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Patrick Hape, tight end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1975
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Niklas Sundstrom, Ornskoldsvik Swe, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
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1975
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Staci Keanan, [Anastasia Love Sagorsky], actress (Nicole-My 2 Dads)
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1976
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Lukas Hass, actor (Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box)
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1976
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Melanie Sibetang, Miss Northern Marianas Universe (1997)
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1979
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Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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840
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Agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies
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1134
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Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51
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1671
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Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed
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1686
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Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60
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1710
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Franoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65
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1735
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Georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71
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1747
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Jean Barriere, composer, dies
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1784
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Joan Derk van de Capellen, leader of democratic Patriots, dies at 42
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1785
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Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36
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1816
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Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe, dies at 51
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1836
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Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80
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1852
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Tommaso Marchesi, composer, dies at 79
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1861
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Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing teacher, dies at 59
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1862
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Turner Ashby, General, killed near Harrisonburg VA, dies at 33
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1877
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Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca & chief Standing Bear, dies
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1878
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Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70
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1881
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Henry Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer, dies at 61
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1883
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Ciprian Porumbescu, composer, dies at 29
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1898
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Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian, dies at 62
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1914
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Walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin), dies
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1916
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Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56
|
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1917
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Iacob Moresianu, composer, dies at 59
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1922
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Lillian Russell, entertainer, dies at 60
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1926
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Henry Tate, composer, dies at 52
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1928
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Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer, dies at 67
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1935
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Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68
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1937
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Jean Harlow, actr (Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26
|
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1939
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Ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65
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1940
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E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56
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1943
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Karl Landsteiner, Austrian/US pathologist (Nobel 1930), dies at 74
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1944
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Danny Brotheridge, British lieutenant, 1st to die during D-Day
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1944
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Gerrit John van de Peat, artist/resistance fighter, executed at 41
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1945
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Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide
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1946
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Gerhart Hauptmann, writer, dies at 83
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1947
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Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
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1951
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Lionel Hallam, cricketer (England capt 1921), dies
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1956
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Margaret Wycherly, actress (Claudia), dies at 74
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1958
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Lily Theresa Strickland, composer, dies at 71
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1961
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Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (ber Alchemie), dies at 85
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1962
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Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies of poisoning at 63
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1962
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Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34
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1964
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Robert Warwick, actor (Konga, Zorro, Lady Godiva), dies at 85
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1965
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Lester Matthews, (Sir Dennis-Adv of Fu Manchu), dies at 64
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1966
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Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash
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1967
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Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
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1968
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Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
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1968
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Robert F Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42
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1971
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Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63
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1974
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Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
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1975
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Larry Blyden, actor (Joe & Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
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1976
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J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83 in London
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1976
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Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85
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1977
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Sophie Stewart, actress (As You Like It), dies at 69
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1979
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Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer at 79
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1984
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A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
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1984
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Bill Voce, cricketer (key player of the Bodyline series), dies
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1985
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Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54
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1988
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Ella Raines, actress (Brute Force), dies of throat cancer at 66
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1991
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Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
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1991
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Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64
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1991
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Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77
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1992
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Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58
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1992
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Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39
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1992
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Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44
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1993
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James Bridges, writer/director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
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1993
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Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73
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1994
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Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81
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1994
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John Morey Downs, actor/dancer/singer, dies at 80
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1994
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John Slot, mayor of Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede, dies
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1994
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Johnny Morey Downs, actor/singer (Algiers, Red Head), dies at 80
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1994
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Mark McManus, actor (Ned Kelly), dies of pneumonia at 59
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1994
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Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), dies at 82
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1994
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Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
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1995
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Imam Elissa, singer, dies at 76
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1995
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James Anderson, writer, dies at 41
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1996
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George Snell, genetecist, dies at 92
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1996
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Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster, dies at 57
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1996
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Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner, dies at 88
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1996
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Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
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