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1281
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Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge
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1328
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French king Philip VI Valois crowned
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1529
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30 Jews of Posing Hungary, charged with blood ritual, burned at stake
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1660
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Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire
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1679
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Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK
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1689
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Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland
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1703
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St Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
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1738
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Turkish troops occupy Orsova & Ochakov
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1796
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James S McLean patents his piano
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1813
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Americans capture Ft George, Canada
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1844
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Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
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1850
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Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois destroyed by tornado
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1854
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Marine Telegraph from Ft Point to SF completed
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1856
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Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
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1862
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Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
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1863
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CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die
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1863
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Siege of Port Hudson LA
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1864
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Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
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1878
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6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
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1878
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Australians Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19
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1881
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9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40«
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1882
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10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44«
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1883
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Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow
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1893
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Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland
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1895
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British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
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1896
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Bay District Race Track closes
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1896
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Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255 & leaving thousands homeless
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1898
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Arthur Pinero's "Trelawney of the 'Wells'," premieres in London
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1900
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Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in S Africa
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1902
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27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8
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1903
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37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
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1903
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Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam
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1904
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NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
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1905
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30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8
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1905
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Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
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1906
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1st outlining of Gustav Mahler's 6th symphony, in Essen
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1907
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Bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
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1916
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Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx
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1917
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Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed
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1918
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Battle of Aisne
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1919
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1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
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1919
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Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
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1920
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Tatar ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
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1921
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Afghanistan gains sovereignty
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1921
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After 84 years of British control, Afgh nist n achieves sovereignty
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1927
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Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war
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1927
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Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakia president
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1929
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2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
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1930
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Richard Drew invents masking tape
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1931
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1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field Va
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1931
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Piccard & Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
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1933
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Austrian communist party banned
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1933
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Century of Progress Exposition opens in Chicago
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1933
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Federal Securities Act signed
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1933
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Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th & beat White Sox 15-11
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1933
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Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
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1935
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Supreme Court declares FDR's Natl Recovery Act unconstitutional
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1936
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RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
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1937
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Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)
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1937
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Golden Gate Bridge, SF, dedicated
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1938
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Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
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1940
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British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
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1941
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Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta
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1941
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FDR declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
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1941
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German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
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1942
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Dorie Miller, awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
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1942
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Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered
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1942
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Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim
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1942
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Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot & mortally wounded in Prague
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1943
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French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris
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1943
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US forbid racial discrimination in war industry
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1944
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Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)
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1944
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Japanese advance in Hangkhou China
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1944
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Jean-Paul Sartres "Huis Clos," premieres in Paris
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1948
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Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid
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1948
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Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians
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1949
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Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"
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1949
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Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane
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1949
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Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
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1950
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"Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
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1950
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
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1951
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Chinese Communists force Dalai Lama to surrender his army to Beijing
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1951
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Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, SF opens
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1952
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European Defense Community forms
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1953
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Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections
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1955
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Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0
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1955
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Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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1956
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French raid in Algiers
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1956
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1958
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Ernest Green & 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
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1958
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Vanguard SLV-1 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
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1960
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1st use of oversized catching mitt (Balt Oriole Clint Courtney)
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1960
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Balt manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt
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1960
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Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
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1961
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1st black light is sold
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1961
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Fiorentina wins 1st Europe Cup II in Florence
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1961
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Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon
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1961
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Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' «"
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1962
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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1963
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3 NJ businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils)
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1963
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Jomo Kenyatta elected 1st prime minister of Kenya
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1964
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"From Russia With Love" premieres in US
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1964
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Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna
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1965
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Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan
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1966
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55th German F-16 Starfighter crashes
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1966
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6 French fighters crash above Spain
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1967
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"Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
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1968
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6th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-3
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1968
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NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
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1968
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Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
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1969
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Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
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1969
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Walt Disney World construction begins
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1970
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British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1971
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23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
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1971
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UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
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1972
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"Applause" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances
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1972
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"Jimmy Castor Bunch's Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6
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1973
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Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6
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1974
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Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning
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1975
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Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars"
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1975
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Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres, 4 games to 2
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1975
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Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
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1976
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"Something's Afoot" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 61 performances
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1977
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2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
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1977
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NYC fines George Willig 1 for each of 110 stories he climbed
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1979
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Penny Pulz wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1979
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Pope John Paul ordains John J O'Conner as a bishop
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1980
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South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
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1981
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John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
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1981
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Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but ump says no
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1981
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Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris
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1981
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1982
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"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin NYC for 5 perfs
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1982
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John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies & gets approval to move to NJ
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1983
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Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress
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1984
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Beth Henley's "Miss Firecracker contest," premieres in NYC
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1984
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1984
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Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day
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1985
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Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
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1985
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Inaugural bands parade for Pres Reagan
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1986
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1986
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Norway Showcase groundbreaking
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1986
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Prest Reagan orderes 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled
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1987
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Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
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1987
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Postage wins 32nd Europe Cup 1 in Vienna
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1987
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Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young & Sutton)
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1988
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Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
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1990
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74th Indianapolis 500 runs
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1990
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Csar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia
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1990
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Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
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1990
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1990
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Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
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1991
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Austrian Boeing 767-300 explodes at Bangkok, 223 die
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1993
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Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
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1993
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Mafia bombs Uffizi-museum in Florence, kills 6
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1994
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile
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1994
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Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
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1994
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Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters
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1994
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Larry King ended his radio show
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1994
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Radio conservative Rush Limbaugh (43) weds Marta Fitzgerald (35)
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1997
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1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
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1997
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Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
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1997
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Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract
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1997
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Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
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1997
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Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault
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1997
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Russian Pres Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
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BIRTHS
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1332
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Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)
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1595
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Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer
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1626
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William II, prince of Orange/stadholder
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1652
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Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans
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1738
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Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer
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1756
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Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria
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1774
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Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)
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1794
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Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
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1799
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Jacques-Franois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer
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1806
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Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer
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1815
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Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia
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1818
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Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons
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1819
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Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
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1822
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Henry Wylde, composer
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1822
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Josef Joachim Raff, composer
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1823
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John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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1836
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Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
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1836
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Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier
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1837
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"Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
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1837
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Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
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1839
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Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (Roccaverdina)
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1849
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"Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
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1852
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Billy Barnes, cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)
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1854
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Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
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1861
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Victoria E Matthews, educator
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1867
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Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
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1870
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Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)
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1871
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Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
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1874
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Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]
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1874
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Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)
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1879
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Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
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1881
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Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
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1884
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Bax Brod, composer
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1887
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Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)
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1887
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Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorwrts)
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1887
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Frank Woolley, cricketer (long-running England left-arm all-rounder)
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1888
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Louis Durey, composer
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1891
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Claude Adonai Champagne, composer
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1892
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Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan)
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1894
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Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)
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1894
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L F Cline, writer
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1894
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Louis-Ferdinand Cline, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night)
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1895
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Marij Kogoj, composer
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1897
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John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951)
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1902
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Celius Dougherty, composer
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1906
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Robert Shone, director-general (NEDC)
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1907
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Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader
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1907
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Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
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1908
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Alex Brown, snooker player
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1908
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Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
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1908
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Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], Dutch painter/cartoonist
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1909
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Isador Goodman, composer
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1910
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Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
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1911
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Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
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1911
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Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati)
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1911
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Vincent Price, St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura)
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1912
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John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
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1912
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Sam Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
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1913
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Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop
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1913
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Mervyn Stockwood, bishop (Southwark England)
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1913
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Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter
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1914
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Hugh Le Caine, composer
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1914
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Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
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1914
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Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
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1915
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Herman Wouk, NYC, novelist (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
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1915
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Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini)
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1916
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Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)
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1918
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Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
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1919
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Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0)
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1920
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Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
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1920
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William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
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1921
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Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960)
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1921
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Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
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1922
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Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles)
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1922
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Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
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1923
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Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
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1923
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Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
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1925
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John Moberly, diplomat
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1926
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Gordon Leggat, cricketer (open batsman for NZ in 9 Tests 1953-56)
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1927
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Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group)
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1927
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Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper)
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1928
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Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots)
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1929
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Donald Howard Keats, composer
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1930
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Eino Tamberg, composer
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1930
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John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
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1930
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Simon Barrington-Ward
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1930
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William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
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1931
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Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
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1931
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John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
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1931
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Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw)
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1931
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Veroslav Neumann, composer
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1932
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Jeffrey Bernard, singer
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1934
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Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5)
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1935
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Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
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1935
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Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
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1935
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Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
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1936
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Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
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1936
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Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton)
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1936
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Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party
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1936
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Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep)
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1939
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Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You)
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1939
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Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co)
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1939
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Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine Montreal Montreal)
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1940
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Rene Koering, composer
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1941
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Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author (Mussert)
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1941
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Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
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1941
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Davina Phillips, actress
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1942
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Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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1942
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Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
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1942
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Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
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1943
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Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold)
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1943
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Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World)
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1944
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Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
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1945
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Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker)
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1947
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Liana Alexandra, composer
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1947
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Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon)
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1947
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Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer
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1948
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7)
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1948
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Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Chairty)
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1948
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Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)
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1951
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John Conteh, boxer
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1951
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Norma Jean Almodovar, Binghampton, auto-biographer (Cop to Call Girl)
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1954
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Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
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1955
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Bill Malley, Oakland CA, Nike golfer (1991 El Paso Open-30th)
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1955
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Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer (beefy NZ lefty batsman late 70's)
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1956
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Lisa Niemi, Houston Tx, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies)
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1956
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Nick Lowery, NFL kicker (NY Jets)
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1956
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Steve Pagano, horse trainer
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1957
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Bruce Furniss, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1976)
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1957
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Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
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1957
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Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees)
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1958
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Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)
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1958
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Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
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1960
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Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1960
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Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler (Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84)
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1961
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Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square)
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1961
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Jill Sterkel, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976, 84, 88)
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1961
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John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92)
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1961
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Peri Gilpin, Waco Tx, actor (Roz Doyle-Frasier)
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1962
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Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Naples Italy, TV actress (Passioni)
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1962
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Meg Parsont, personality (David Letterman Show)
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1962
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Ravi Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92)
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1962
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Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96)
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1965
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Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa LA, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1965
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Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon 1987)
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1965
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Todd Bridges, SF CA, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
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1966
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Eric Leckner, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
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1966
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John Jaha, Portland OR, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1966
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Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
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1966
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Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young)
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1967
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Chin Yang, jockey
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1967
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Doug West, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1967
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George McCloud, NBA forward/guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns)
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1967
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Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
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1967
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Ruthie Bolton Holifield, WNBA guard (Sac Monarchs/Olympics-gold-96)
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1968
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Cedric Smith, NFL running back (Wash Redskins, Arizona Cardinals)
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1968
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Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman (Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP)
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1968
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Jeff Bagwell, Boston Mass, infielder (Houston Astros)
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1968
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John Connelly, Toledo OH, Nike golfer (1991 NH Open)
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1969
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Chip Beake, WLAF administrative assistant (Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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Dondr T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Another World, All My Children)
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1969
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Franois Letourneau, St Jerome Quebec, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Lesley Tashlin, Toronto Ontario, 100m hurdler (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Todd Hundley, Martinsville VA, catcher (NY Mets)
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1969
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Travis Williams, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
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1970
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Liz Earley, St Catharines Ontario, LPGA golfer (1995 Thailand Open)
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1970
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Michael Blackburn, Australian laser yachter (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Todd Collins, linebacker (New England Patriots)
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1971
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Corey Beck, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
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1971
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Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1971
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Monika Schnarre, US actress (Bold & Beautiful)
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1971
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Scott Szeredy, NFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Chiefs, Barcelona Dragons)
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1972
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Antonio Freeman, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1972
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Karen Hecox, US 1500m runner
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1972
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Troy Sienkiewicz, NFL tackle/guard (SD Chargers)
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1974
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Danny Wuerffel, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints)
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1976
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Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
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1980
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Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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866
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Ordo¤o I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
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927
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Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
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1039
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Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
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1178
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Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
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1508
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Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
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1525
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Thomas Mnzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed
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1541
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Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
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1549
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Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
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1564
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Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54
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1569
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Franois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
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1576
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Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
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1580
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Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
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1596
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Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
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1627
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Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
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1638
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Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
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1647
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Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass
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1652
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Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
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1661
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Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
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1690
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Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
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1708
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Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
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1768
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Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
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1790
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Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19
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1797
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Franois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36
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1840
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Niccol Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
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1855
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Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
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1863
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Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
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1876
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Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
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1878
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Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
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1887
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Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
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1896
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Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
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1902
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Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
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1910
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Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
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1914
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Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
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1916
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Joseph S Gallini, General/military governor of Paris, dies
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1918
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Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
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1925
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Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
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1934
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Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
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1939
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Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
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1941
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AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
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1941
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Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
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1949
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Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
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1951
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Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
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1954
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Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
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1958
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Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
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1958
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Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
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1960
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Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
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1960
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George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
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1963
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Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
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1964
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Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
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1968
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Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
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1969
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Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
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1970
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Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
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1971
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Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
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1975
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Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
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1976
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Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
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1982
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Jo Lagrillire, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47
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1983
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Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
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1985
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Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
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1986
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Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
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1988
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Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79
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1988
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Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
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1988
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Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
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1989
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Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
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1991
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Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
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1992
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Danil Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
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1992
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Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
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1992
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John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
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1992
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Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86
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1993
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Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
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1993
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Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
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1994
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Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87
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1994
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Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
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1994
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Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
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1995
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C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64
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1995
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Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
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1996
|
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Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
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1996
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Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82
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1996
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Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85
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1996
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Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79
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