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399
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Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death
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732
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Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
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1145
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Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III
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1313
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Peace of Angleur
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1386
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Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders
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1539
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Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo
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1552
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Dutch coast hit by heavy storm
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1563
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Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
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1637
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Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor
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1677
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King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
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1686
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Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris
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1689
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German Parliament declares war on France
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1745
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Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London
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1763
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Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg
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1764
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St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue
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1768
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1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia
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1775
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Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
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1797
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Battle of Cape St Vincent
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1799
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1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania
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1804
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New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
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1842
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1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC
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1845
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William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector
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1848
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Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston
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1851
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Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave
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1852
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Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
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1861
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Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
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1862
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Grant's major assault on Ft Donelson, Tennessee
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1864
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Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans
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1869
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Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
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1870
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Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn
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1876
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Historic Elm at Boston blown down
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1879
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Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
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1882
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1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin
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1882
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SS Dunedin leaves NZ with 1st frozen meat to England
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1895
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23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans
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1898
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USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die
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1900
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General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes
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1902
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Underground railway (U-Bahn)
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1903
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1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom
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1905
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1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark)
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1906
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British Labour Party organizes
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1912
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Fram reaches latitude 78ø 41' S, farthest south ever by ship
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1913
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1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC
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1916
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NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
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1917
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SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
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1918
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1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland
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1918
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Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar
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1919
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American Legion organizes in Paris
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1921
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Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec
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1922
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Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex
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1926
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Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St NYC
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1926
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Contract air mail service begins in US
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1929
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St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago)
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1930
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Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes
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1931
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1st Dracula movie released
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1931
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Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
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1932
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3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY
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1932
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Aust beat S Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time
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1932
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George Burns & Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"
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1932
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John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in NYC
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1932
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US bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
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1933
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Karl Radek praises invincible force of German communist party
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1933
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Pres-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
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1933
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Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwrts" banned again in Berlin
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1936
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-60øF (-51øC), Parshall, North Dakota (state record)
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1936
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Hitler announce building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game)
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1936
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Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold
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1939
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German battleship Bismarck was launched
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1939
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Lillian Hellman's "Little Foxes," premieres in NYC
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1941
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Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train"
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1942
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German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery
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1942
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Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra
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1942
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Singapore surrenders to Japanese
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1943
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Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid
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1944
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891 British bombers attack Berlin
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1944
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Bombing & shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins
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1946
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Bank of England nationalized
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1947
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"Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 perfs
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1948
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Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan
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1949
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
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1950
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KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1950
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Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
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1950
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WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in NYC
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1950
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WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California
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1954
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WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced
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1956
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Pirates & KC A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against
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1956
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Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland
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1957
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Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
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1958
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Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB
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1958
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN
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1958
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA
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1958
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA
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1958
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Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-govt of Middle Sumatra
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1959
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Antonio Segni forms Italian govt
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1959
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Tournament
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1961
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Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
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1961
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Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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1st US female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright)
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1963
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Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else
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1964
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Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
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1964
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Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
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1965
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Canada replaces Union Jack flag with Maple Leaf
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1965
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John Lennon passes his driving test
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1965
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Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
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1966
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Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater
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1967
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1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
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1967
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D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
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1967
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Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
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1968
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Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver
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1968
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WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
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1970
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
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1970
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Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102
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1970
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KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo
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1971
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After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
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1972
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Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager
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1972
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Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos
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1972
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Pres Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
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1973
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Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak
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1973
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USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)
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1976
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12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
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1976
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1977
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Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
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1978
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England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt)
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1978
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Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Fla
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1978
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Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1978
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Zaire revises constitution
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1979
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21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins
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1979
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Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins
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1979
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Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show
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1979
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1980
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Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
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1980
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Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
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1981
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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1981
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Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, NY
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1982
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Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
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1982
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Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die
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1984
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500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
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1985
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STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
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1985
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World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
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1986
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44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
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1986
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Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
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1986
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Phil Natl Assembly authorizes 6 more years for Ferdinand Marcos
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1987
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ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
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1987
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Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot
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1987
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Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92)
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1987
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Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater
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1988
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1989
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Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
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1989
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Soviet military occupation of Afgh nist n ends
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1990
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Baseball owners lock out players
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1991
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Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
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1991
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Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117
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1992
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100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox
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1992
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Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys
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1993
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Bomb strike on mafia drug lords in Bogot , Colombia; kills 14
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1993
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Bombings by mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogot Colombia
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1993
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester NY on WNVE 95.1 FM
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1994
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US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti
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1995
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Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns
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1995
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Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17
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1995
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Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
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1997
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski
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1997
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge
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1998
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Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship
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1998
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Daytona 500 race
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BIRTHS
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37
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Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar Nero, emperor of Rome (54-68)
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1368
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Sigismund, Nrnberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)
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1483
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Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30
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1497
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Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant
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1519
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)
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1524
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Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims
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1557
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Alfonso Fontanelli, composer
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1564
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Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
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1571
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Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
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1620
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Franois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist
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1650
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Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France (hugenot)
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1660
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Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans
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1666
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Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis)
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1705
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Charles A Vanloo, French painter
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1707
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Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist
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1710
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Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74)
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1726
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Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence
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1740
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Ernst Eichner, composer
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1748
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Jeremy Bentham, London England philosopher/originator (Utilitarian)
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1759
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Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
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1760
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Jean-Franois Le Sueur, composer
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1764
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Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)
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1766
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Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist/demographer
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1768
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Jozef B Cannaert, [Olim], Flemish lawyer
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1774
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W G Frederik, prince of Orange
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1780
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Carel Asser, Dutch jurist
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1783
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Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer
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1785
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Claude Louis Marie Navier
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1789
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Friedrich Fesca, composer
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1795
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Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general (10 day campaign)
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1797
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Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)
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1800
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Frederik W Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer
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1803
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John Augustus Sutter, Swiss/US colonist (New Helvetia Ca, Sutter Mill)
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1807
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Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer
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1809
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Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor (Mechanical reaper)
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1811
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Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)
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1812
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Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)
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1817
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Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter
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1819
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Christopher Sholes, Mooresburg Penn, inventor (typewriter)
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1820
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Susan Brownell Anthony, Adams Mass, woman's suffragette
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1821
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Abraham de Amorie van der de Have, theologist/poet
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1822
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Theodor Uhlig, composer
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1823
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Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
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1826
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George J Stoney, Irish physicist
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1828
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Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)
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1829
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Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Roland Blake)
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1834
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William Preece, English electrical engineer/wireless pioneer
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1835
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Alexander Stuart Webb, Major General (Union Army), died in 1911
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1845
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Elihu Root, (R)/US Sec of State (1905-09)/Nobel Peace Prize (1912)
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1847
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Robert Fuchs, composer
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1855
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Gustav Hollaender, composer
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1856
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Frank Harris, Galway England, writer
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1858
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William Pickering, Boston, astronomer (9th & 10th moons of Saturn)
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1861
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Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)
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1861
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Halford John Mackinder, Gainsborough Lincolnshire, geographer
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1866
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Bannister Fletcher, London, architect & architectural historian
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1874
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Emilis Melngailis, composer
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1874
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Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
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1882
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John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)
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1885
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Richard Wurz, composer
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1886
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Sax Rohmer, England, author (Dr Fu Manchu)
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1887
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H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist
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1890
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Robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP)
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1892
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James Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy
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1893
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Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist
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1893
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Walter Donaldson, US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee)
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1894
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Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)
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1896
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Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)
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1897
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Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
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1898
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Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer (Yhai Taich, Kuroi Ame)
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1898
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Toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)
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1899
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Gale Sondergard, Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio)
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1899
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Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer
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1899
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Lillian Disney, Mrs Walt Disney
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1901
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Andr Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)
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1901
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Christmas Humphreys, Engld, lawyer/writer/Buddhist (Awakening of Zen)
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1901
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Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Animisme)
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1904
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Antonin Magne, French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)
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1904
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Mary Adshead, muralist/painter
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1905
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Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow)
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1906
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Stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries)
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1907
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Cesar Romero, NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man)
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1907
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Jean Langlais, composer
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1908
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Sidney Gilliat, producer
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1908
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Ypk fan der Fear, Frisian writer (Reade Runen)
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1909
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Harold Beeley, British diplomat
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1910
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9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector
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1911
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Leonard Woodcock, labor leader (UAW)
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1912
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George Mikes, Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
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1913
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Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (Suske & Wiske)
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1914
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Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher
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1914
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Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling)
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1914
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R W Woods, bishop (Worcester)
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1915
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Paul Ferris, British author
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1916
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Ian Ballantine, publisher (Ballantine Books)
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1918
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Alan Arbus, NYC, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H)
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1920
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Ingmar Milveden, composer
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1920
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Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Devil Sails to US, Niggers)
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1920
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Richard O'Brien, CEO (Manpower Services Commission)
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1922
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Herman Kahn, NJ, writer (Thinking About the Unthinkable)
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1923
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Justice Drake, British justice
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1923
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Keene Curtis, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Magician, Amanda's)
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1923
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Yelena Bonner, Moscow, soviet disident/wife of Andre Sakharov
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1927
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Frank Dunlop, director (Edinburgh International Festival)
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1927
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Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer
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1927
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Harvey Korman, Chicago, actor (Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles)
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1927
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William Bentley, diplomat
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1929
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Countess of Dysart,
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1929
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Gerald Harper, broadcaster/actor (Tunes of Glory, Extra Day)
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1929
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Graham Hill, London, auto racer (1962, 68 international racing champ)
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1929
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James Schlesinger, US Secretary of Defense (1973-75)
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1930
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C F Payne, Cleveland, British chief constable
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1931
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W K Reid, British ombudsman
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1931
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[Patricia] Claire Bloom, London, actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger)
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1932
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Adrian Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
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1933
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Adolfo, Cardones Cuba, fashion designer (Nancy Reagan)
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1934
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Niklaus Wirth, Switzerland, computer programmer/inventor (PASCAL)
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1935
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John R Block, US Secretary of Agriculture (1981-86)
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1935
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Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
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1935
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Susan Brownmiller, Brooklyn, feminist author (Against Our Wills)
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1936
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Andrew Miller, British principal (Stirling U)
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1937
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Nicholas Bayne, diplomat
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1937
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P J Squire, British headmaster (Bedford Modern School)
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1937
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Terry Everett, (Rep-R-Alabama)
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1937
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Zoltan Pesko, composer
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1938
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Jack Tinker, drama critic
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1938
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Lord Justice Ward, British judge
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1939
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Jo Clayton, US, sci-fi author (Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters)
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1939
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Ollie Ellefster, Norway, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-1960)
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1939
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Tony Bloom, deputy CEO (Sketchley)
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1941
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Brian Holland, US pianist/producer (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
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1941
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Dan Crompton, Nottinghamshire, Chief Constable
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1941
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Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress (Damned, Last Valley, Word)
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1944
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Aleksandr A Serebrov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-8, TM-8, TM-17)
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1944
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Mick Avory, rock drummer (Kinks-Lola)
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1944
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Tineke Netelenbos, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1945
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Douglas R Hofstadter, NYC, author (Gdel, Escher, Bach)
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1946
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Clare Short, British MP
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1946
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John Greenway, British MP
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1947
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John Adams, Worcester Mass, composer (Nixon in China)
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1947
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Marisa Berenson, NYC, actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB)
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1947
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Rusty Hamer, Tenafly NJ, actor (Rusty-Make Room for Daddy)
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1948
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Ron "Penguin" Cey, Tacoma Wash, 3rd baseman (LA Dodgers)
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1949
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Christopher Rouse, composer
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1949
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Earl of Carlisle
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1949
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Jess Walton, Mich, actress (Jill Foster Abbott-Young & Restless)
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1949
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Ken Anderson, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1950
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Donna Hanover Giuliani, TV news anchor (WPIX)/wife of Mayor Giuliani
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1950
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Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov, Russia, cosmonaut
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1951
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Jane Seymour, [Joyce Frankenberg], England, actress (Dr Quinn)
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1951
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Melissa Manchester, Bronx NY, vocalist (Don't Cry Out Loud)
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1953
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Derek Conway, British MP
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1954
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Matt Groening, cartoonist (Life in Hell, Simpsons)
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1955
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Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion
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1955
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Clive Aslet, British editor (Country Life)
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1956
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Desmond Haynes, cricket (WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history)
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1956
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Hilda Beatriz "Hildita" Guevara, Cuba, daughter of "Che" Guevara
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1957
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Bienvenida Buck, Velencia Spain, lover of Brit Peter Harding
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1957
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Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat
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1957
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Jake E Lee, rocker (Badlands-Dreams in the Dark)
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1959
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Ali Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
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1959
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Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lankan mid 80s)
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1959
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Joe Hesketh, US baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
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1960
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Darrell Green, NFL cornerback (Washington Redskins)
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1960
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Jeanne Goldsmith, LA Calif, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1987)
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1960
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Mikey Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
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1962
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[Babette] Renee Props, Okla, actress (Elly Snyder-As the World Turns)
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1964
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Chris Farley, actor (SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads)
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1964
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Mark Price, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic)
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1965
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Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler (South African Test)
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1966
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Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1966
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Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star
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1967
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Michael Easton, actor, (Ally McBeal)
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1968
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Kurt Robin McKinney, Louisville Ky, actor (Ned-General Hospital)
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1968
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Michael Easton, LA Calif, actor (Tanner-Days of Our Lives)
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1969
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Brian Williams, Lancaster SC, pitcher (Detroit Tigers, Astros)
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1969
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Edgar Bennett, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1970
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Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas)
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1970
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Nathaniel Mills, Evanston Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1970
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Tyrone Legette, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
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1971
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Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer (1989 winner SA Champ)
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1971
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Jim Butler, Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player (Olympics-92, 96)
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1971
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Renee O'Connor, actress, (Xena Warrior Princess)
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1971
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Tyrone Legette, cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1972
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Jaromir Jagr, Kladno Cze, NHL right wing (Penguins, Czech Oly-G-1998)
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1972
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Lance Scott, NFL offensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
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1973
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Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer (Oly-2 g-96)
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1974
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Erik Schulz, Port Huron Mich, pairs skater (& Ilana Goldfogel)
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1974
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Jodie McMullen, Miss Universe-Australia/Miss Congeniality (1996)
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1974
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Tim Hall, running back (Oakland Raiders)
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1974
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Ugueth Urbina, Caracas Venezuela, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
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1975
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Robert Fuchs, soccer player (PSV)
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1977
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Brook Wackman, rocker
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1979
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Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor (Quarantine)
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1991
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Nicholas Garland, son of Pamela Sue Martin
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DEATHS
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1043
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Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52
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1145
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Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies
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1152
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Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58
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1400
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Richard II, British King (1377-99), murdered at Pontefract Castle
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1503
|
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Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
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1568
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Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36
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1580
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Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies
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1597
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Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66
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1600
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Jos the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)
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1621
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Michael Praetorius, German composer (In Dulce Jubilo), dies at 50
|
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1637
|
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Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hun/German Emperor (1619-37), dies at 58
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1660
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Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
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1680
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Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41
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1680
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John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
|
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1686
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Mathias Rauchmller, German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies
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1701
|
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Adam Drese, German composer, dies at 80
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1713
|
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, writer, dies
|
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1744
|
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Frantisek Antonin Mica, composer, dies at 49
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1744
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John Hadley, inventor (sextant), dies
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1759
|
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Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
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1761
|
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Carlo Cecere, composer, dies at 54
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1778
|
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Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer, dies at 80
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1779
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James Cook, explorer, murdered by natives in Hawaii
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1780
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William Blackstone, jurist, dies
|
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1781
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G E Lessing, writer, dies at 52
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1781
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Saxon playwright/critic, dies
|
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1818
|
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Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18), dies at 69
|
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1820
|
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Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63
|
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1820
|
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William Ellery, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 92
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1831
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Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies
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1832
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Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer, dies at 85
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1835
|
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Henry Hunt, British politican, dies
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1841
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Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53
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1844
|
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Henry Addington Lord Sidmouth, Brit premier (1801-04), dies at 86
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1849
|
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Pierre F Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (logistic curve), dies at 44
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1857
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Mikhail Glinka, composer, dies
|
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1857
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, dies at 53
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1864
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Israel Zangwill, writer/Zionist/philanthropist, dies
|
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1864
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William Dyce, painter, dies
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1865
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Nicholas Wiseman, 1st Archbishop of Westminster (1850-65), dies
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1885
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Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52
|
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1887
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Alexander Borodin, composer, dies
|
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1891
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William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies
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1896
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E J Nicholson, writer, dies
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1902
|
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Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68
|
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1903
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Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69
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1905
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Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77
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1910
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Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51
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1916
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73
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1917
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Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
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1919
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Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66
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1921
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Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60
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1922
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Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36
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1923
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Josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69
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1924
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Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62
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1928
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Hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75
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1932
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Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66
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1933
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Anton J Cermak, (Mayor-D-Chicago), assassinated in Miami
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1939
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Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47
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1939
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Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68
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1942
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Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91
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1942
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Stanislav Binicki, composer, dies at 69
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1943
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Thomas "Fats" Waller, US jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38
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1943
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William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73
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1955
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S Z Sakall, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca), dies at 71
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1959
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Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69
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1961
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Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
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1961
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Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies
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1962
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Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak & Dagger), dies at 72
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1964
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Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chic Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
|
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1965
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Nat King Cole, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa), dies at 49
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1966
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Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies
|
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1967
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Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79
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1967
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William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador in USSR, dies at 76
|
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1968
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|
Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
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|
1971
|
|
Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63
|
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1972
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Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
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1972
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Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73
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1973
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Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55
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1973
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|
Wally Cox, actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), dies at 48
|
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1974
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Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86
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1975
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Julian Huxley, biologist, dies
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1975
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Pelham G Wodehouse, writer, dies
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1978
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Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72
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1979
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Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51
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1979
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|
Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
|
|
1981
|
|
Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies
|
|
1981
|
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Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
|
|
1981
|
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Thomas Beversdorf, composer, dies at 56
|
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1982
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Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86
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1984
|
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Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73
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1984
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Ethel Merman, singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
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1984
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Leamon Hunt, US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
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1987
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Jimmy Holiday, US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42
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1987
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Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57
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1988
|
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Frederick [Fritz] Loewe, composer, dies
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1988
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Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at 91
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1988
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Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
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1988
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Neil R[onald] Jones, sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
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1988
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Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69
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1990
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Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77
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1990
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Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68
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1991
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Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
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1991
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Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at 78
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1992
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William H Schuman, US composer (Pulitzer)/Pres of Julliard, dies at 81
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1993
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George Wallington, [Giacinto Figlia], Italian bebop-pianist/, dies
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1994
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Andrei Tsjikatilo, [Rostov Ripper], Russian mass murdered, executed
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1994
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Tiger Haynes, US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at 79
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1995
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Francis Taylor, builder, dies at 90
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1995
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Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at 77
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1995
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Lord Taylor of Hadfield, Brit pres of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at 90
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1995
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Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at 33
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1995
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Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at 40 in jail
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1995
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Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies
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1996
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Bruno Ferenc Straub, Hungarian statesman, dies
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1996
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Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72
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1996
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McLean Stevenson, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry), dies at 66
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1996
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Oscar Abrams, community organiser, dies at 58
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1996
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Tommy Rettig, actor (Lassie)/computer programmer (Clipper), dies at 54
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1998
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Martha Gelhorn, female war correspondents, dies at 89
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