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390
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Brennus & Gauls defeat Romans at Allia
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463
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Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius
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622
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Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira)
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622
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Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH)
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1054
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Michael Caerularius excommunicated of Constantinople
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1099
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Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue & set it afire
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1212
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Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain
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1251
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The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend)
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1338
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German monarch signs Treaty of Rense
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1429
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Army entered Reims
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1429
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Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans
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1439
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Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)
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1519
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Public debate between Martin Luther & theologist John Eck
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1548
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La Paz, Bolivia is founded
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1573
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Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland
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1618
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Capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain
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1659
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Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
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1661
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1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
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1683
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Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna
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1769
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Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif
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1775
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John Adams graduates Harvard
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1782
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Mozart's opera "Das Entfhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna
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1790
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Congress establishes District of Columbia
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1798
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US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized
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1801
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Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord
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1845
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NY Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta
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1856
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Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem
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1857
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Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore
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1861
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Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought
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1861
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Manassas Campaign [->JUL 22]
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1862
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David G Farragut is 1st rear admiral in US Navy
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1863
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Utrecht-Swells railway opens
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1867
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Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam
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1867
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D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint
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1867
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Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete
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1894
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Many negro miners in Alabama killed by striking white miners
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1894
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Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan & England
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1895
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Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton
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1902
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John McGraw named manager of NY Giants
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1902
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Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford
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1904
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Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs
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1909
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Det & Wash play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings
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1912
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Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B A Fiske
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1914
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Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski & Rosa Luxemburg)
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1920
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15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
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1920
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China joins the League of Nations
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1920
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Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief
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1920
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Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
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1924
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Conference over German recovery payments begins in London
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1924
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NY Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit HRs in 6 cons games
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1926
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Jaspar govt asks authority to save Belgian franc
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1926
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National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos
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1927
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Augusto Sandino begins 5«-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua
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1934
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Bradman scores 140 Aust v Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes
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1935
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1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok)
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1936
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1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY
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1936
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NY Giants are 10« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
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1938
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21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa
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1940
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NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee
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1941
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100øF (38øC) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash
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1941
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Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
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1942
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French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris
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1942
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Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp
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1944
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Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 & break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
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1945
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1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico
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1945
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Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
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1945
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Cruiser Indianapolis leaves SF with atom bomb
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1946
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Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in SF history)
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1946
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US court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau
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1947
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Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
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1948
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Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Phila, NY Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott & Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger
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1950
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Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
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1950
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Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
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1951
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1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est)
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1951
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King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates
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1951
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Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks v Surrey at The Oval
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1951
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Novel "Catcher in Rye" by JD Salinger published
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1953
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KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1955
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"Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland
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1956
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Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
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1956
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Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR
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1956
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King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England
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1956
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Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
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1957
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Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)
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1960
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205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer
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1960
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George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit HRs with a runner on
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1961
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Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open
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1961
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Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
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1962
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NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m
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1963
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Amazon carries 190,000 m3/sec (record)
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1964
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Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as pres candidate
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1965
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Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France & Italy opens
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1966
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"Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 512 perfs
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1967
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Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
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1967
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Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)
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1969
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Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched
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1970
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Iraq's constitution goes into effect
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1970
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Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2
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1971
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Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
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1972
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Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople
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1972
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Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance
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1973
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During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes
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1975
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Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term
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1976
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Rock duo Loggins & Messina break-up after 6 years
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1977
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Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad & Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe
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1978
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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1979
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Premier/pres al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein
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1980
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Polish railway workers block railway to Russia
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1980
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Ronald Reagan nominated for Pres by Republicans in Detroit
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1981
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India performs nuclear Test
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1981
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Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously
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1982
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George P Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs
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1982
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NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
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1982
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Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud
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1983
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20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
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1985
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56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
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1985
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All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (SD Padres)
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1985
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Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent
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1985
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F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1152 kph (716 mph)
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1987
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Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league reco
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1987
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Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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1987
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Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
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1988
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Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
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1988
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Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
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1988
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
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1988
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Michael J Fox marries Tracy Pollan
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1988
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San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings
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1988
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Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton
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1989
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44th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King
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1990
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400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines
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1990
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Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA
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1990
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Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins
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1990
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NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities
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1990
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Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV
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1990
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Ukraine declares independence
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1993
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President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
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1993
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S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 in London
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1993
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SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consec errorless games
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1994
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"Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 556 perfs
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1994
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1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd)
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1994
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3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in LA
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1994
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Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds « billionaire J Howard Marshall II (89)
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1994
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Baseball Night in America premieres (no Saturday day games)
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1994
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
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1994
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Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts)
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1994
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Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
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1994
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Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
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1995
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"Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 perfs
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1995
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"Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth NYC after 55 perfs
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1995
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13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J C Snead
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1995
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50th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
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1997
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Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a
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BIRTHS
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1571
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Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized
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1704
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John Kay, England, machinist, invented flying shuttle
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1715
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Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France
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1722
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Joseph Wilton, sculptor
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1723
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Joshua Reynolds, England, portrait painter (Simplicity)
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1725
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Georg Simon Lohlein, composer
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1728
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Henri Moreau, composer
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1746
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Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian monk/discoverer (1st asteroid-Ceres)
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1796
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, painter
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1801
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Julius Plcker, German mathematician/physicist (Plcker formulas)
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1821
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Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (Science & Health)
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1822
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Luigi Arditi, violinist/composer
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1823
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James Isham Gilbert, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1829
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Robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
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1834
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Carlo Angeloni, composer
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1834
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Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914)
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1839
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Philipus J Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist
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1848
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Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)
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1855
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Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer
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1858
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Eugne Ysaije, Belgium, violinist/conductor/composer (Pierill Houou)
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1860
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Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, linguist/philologist
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1862
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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], US civil rights activist
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1865
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George A Birmingham, [Rev James Owen Hannay], novelist
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1872
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Roald Amundsen, Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole
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1877
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Bla Schick, Hungarian/US children artist (Serum Krankheit)
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1882
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Edward Earle, Toronto Ont, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)
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1882
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Felix Locher, Switzerland, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)
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1887
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"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, black sox player (Say it aint so, Joe)
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1888
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Frits Zernike, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953)
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1888
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Percy Kilbride, SF CA, actor (Egg & I, Ma & Pa Kettle)
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1896
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Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer (Merkteken)
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1896
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Trygve Halvdan Lie, Norway, 1st UN secretary general (1946-52)
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1899
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Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female district attorney (NY)
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1901
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Fritz Mahler, composer
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1903
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Mary Philbin, Chicago IL, actress (Phantom of the Opera)
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1904
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Goffredo Petrassi, Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines)
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1904
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Leo Joseph Suenens, Cardinal (Belgium)
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1907
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Barbara Stanwyck, Bkln, actress (Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds)
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1907
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Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet)
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1908
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Aruna Asaf Ali, politician
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1908
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Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral
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1909
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Geoffrey Bryan Bentley, moral theologian
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1909
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John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter
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1910
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Stan McCabe, cricketer (exciting NSW & Australian batsman of 30's)
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1911
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Ginger Rogers, [Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee)
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1911
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Sonny Tufts, [Bowen Charleston Tufts II], Bost, actor (Variety Girl)
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1912
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Ray Barr, NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show)
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1913
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Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer
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1913
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Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor (Brain, Wages of Fear)
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1915
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Barnard Hughes, Bedford Hills NY, (Tron, Where's Poppa, Best Friends)
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1915
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Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker (House of Lords)
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1915
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Edward Miller, Master (Fitzwilliam College Cambridge)
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1916
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Harold Locke, archdeacon of Loughborough
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1917
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William Bishop, Oak Park Ill, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life)
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1919
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Charles Graham, lord-lt of Cumbria UK
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1920
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Anwar Hussain, cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53)
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1921
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Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe
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1921
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Trevor Williams, scientific consultant
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1923
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Reginald Prentice, British government minister
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1924
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Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)
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1925
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Phillip Pine, Hartford Ct, actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground)
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1926
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Brian Howard, deputy chairman (Marks & Spencer)
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1926
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Philip Randle, biochemist
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1927
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John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office
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1927
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John Warr, England, cricket bowler (avg 281)/president (MCC)
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1927
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Shirley Hughes, author/illustrator
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1928
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Bella Davidovich, Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)
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1928
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James Kilfedder, MP (Ulster Popular Unionist)
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1928
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Ray Thornton, (Rep-D-Arkansas)
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1928
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Robert Sheckley, US, sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap)
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1929
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Michael Morland, High court judge
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1930
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Anne Francis, Ossining NY, actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet)
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1930
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John Everett Watts, composer
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1930
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Michael Bilirakis, (Rep-R-Florida, 1983- )
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1931
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Caroline Blackwood, writer
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1932
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John Chilton, jazz trumpeter
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1932
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Milly Vitale, Rome, actress (7 Little Foys, War & Peace, Juggler)
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1932
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Oleg Protopopov, Russia, olympic pairs skater (Gold 1964, 68)
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1932
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[Dick] Richard L Thornburgh, Penn, US Attorney General (1988-93)
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1933
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Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
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1934
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Donald Payne, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
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1935
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Tom Rosenthal, publisher/British broadcaster
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1936
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Buddy Merrill, Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
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1936
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V Subramanya, cricketer (Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's)
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1937
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Richard Bryan, (Sen-D Nevada)
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1938
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Anita Brookner, art historian/novelist
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1938
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Thorkell Sigurbjornsson, composer
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1939
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Corin Redgrave, London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons)
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1939
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Marion Pitt, social worker/writer
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1939
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Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster
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1939
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William Bell, [Yarborough], US singer (Tryin' to Love Two)
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1940
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Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers)
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1941
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George Young, MP/British minister of housing & planning
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1941
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Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen (Frisia)
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1941
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Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1942
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Desmond Dekker, [Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites)
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1942
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Frank Field, MP (Labour)
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1942
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Margaret Smith Court, Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam)
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1943
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Jimmy Johnson, NFL coach (Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins)
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1943
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Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker
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1945
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Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire
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1945
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Diana Warwick, leader (Assn of University Teachers)
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1945
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Jos Stelling, director (Pointsman)
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1945
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Kellie Everts, Kalv Germany, Miss nude Universe (1968)
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1947
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O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson, SF, NFL running back (Buf Bills)/actor
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1947
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Roelof P Meyer, S Afr under minister of Law & Order etc
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1947
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Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops)
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1948
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Pinchas Zukerman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967)
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1948
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Rubn Blades, salsa singer/actor (Critical Condition, Last Fight)
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1949
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Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
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1949
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Cyndy Garvey, Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA)
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1949
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Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
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1950
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Camille Saviola, Bronx NY, actress (Nightlife)
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1950
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Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
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1951
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Esther M Friesner[-Stutzman], US, sci-fi author (Witchwood Cradle)
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1951
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Lorraine Chase, actress/model (Lame Ducks, Love & Bullets)
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1952
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Phillip Carrick, cricketer
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1952
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Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)
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1953
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Mickey Rourke, boxer/actor (Wild Orchid, Barfly)
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1953
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Philece Sampler, San Angelo, Tx, actress (Donna Love-Another World)
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1956
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Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission)
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1957
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Alan Donnelly, MP (Labour)
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1957
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Wlodi Smolarek, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1958
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Michael Flatley, Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance)
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1959
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Gary Anderson, NFL kickerk (Phila Eagles)
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1960
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Eus van Someren, pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw)
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1960
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Gisela Beyer, German DR, discus thrower (Olympics-4th place-1980)
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1960
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Terry Pendleton, LA Calif, infielder (Florida Marlins)
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1961
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Leila Kenzle, Patchogue LI NY, actress (Fran Devanow-Mad About You)
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1963
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Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star
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1963
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Phoebe Cates, Manhattan NY, actress (Fast Times at Ridgemount High)
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1964
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Miguel Indur in, Spanish bicyclist (Tour de France winner 1991-95)
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1965
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Charles Smith, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
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1965
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Claude Lemieux, Buckingham Que, NHL forward (Team Canada, Colorado)
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1966
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Bonnie Bright, Redondo Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17th-)
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1966
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Chip Lohmiller, NFL kicker (NO Saints)
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1966
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Jyrki Lumme, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Canucks, Finland Oly-B-98)
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1966
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Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center (NY Jets)
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1968
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Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard (Pitts Steelers)
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1968
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Barry Sanders, NFL running back (Detroit Lions, 1988 Heisman Trophy)
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1968
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Eric Jonassen, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1969
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Rain Pryor, actress (Head of the Class)/daughter of Richard
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1970
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Fabio Casartelli, cyclist
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1970
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Phil Graham, Halifax Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-96)
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1970
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William Van Landingham, Columbia TN, pitcher (SF Giants)
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1971
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Chris Thomas, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
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1971
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Corey Feldman, Encino Calif, actor (License to Drive, Stand by Me)
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1972
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Aaron Glenn, NFL cornerback/kick returner (NY Jets)
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1972
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Mindy Carson, NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue)
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1973
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Karla Beteta, Miss Universe-Guatemala (1996)
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1973
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Shaun Pollock, cricketer (son of Peter South African Test quick 1995-)
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1974
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Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96)
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1975
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Jonathan Zwinkel, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
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1976
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Anna Smashnova, Minsk Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Erlangen GER)
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1976
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Michael Petkovic, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
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1978
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Stephanie Lee Hamilton, Williston ND, Miss America-ND (1997)
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1979
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Kim[berly] Rhode, Whittier Calif, double trap (Olympics-gold-1996)
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DEATHS
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276
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Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered
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599
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Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies
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1099
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El Cid, [Rodrigo D¡az de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59
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1139
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Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies
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1216
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Innocent III, [Lotario di Segni], Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies
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1482
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John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies
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1557
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Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41
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1590
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Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], pontiff of Portugal, dies
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1647
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Massaniello, [Tommaso Aniello], Napolitan rebel, murdered
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1664
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A Gryphius, writer, dies at 47
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1691
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Franois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies
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1698
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Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84
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1729
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Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46
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1730
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Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies
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1736
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Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
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1747
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Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies
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1762
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Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87
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1764
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Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23
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1782
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Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61
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1827
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Josiah Spode, potter, dies
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1843
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Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68
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1857
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Pierre-Jean de Branger, poet, dies
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1864
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Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27
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1868
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Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87
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1886
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Ned Buntline, [Edward Zane Carroll Judson], author, dies
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1887
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Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73
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1889
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Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83
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1890
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Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies
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1896
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Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74
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1896
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William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies
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1897
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Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies
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1916
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Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russ bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies
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1916
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Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
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1916
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Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies
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1917
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Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
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1923
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Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
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1931
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Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies
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1939
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Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies
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1944
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John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed
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1953
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Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82
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1955
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Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise Courtenay], Belgian princess, dies at 81
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1960
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Albrecht von Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Italy), dies at 74
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1960
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John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66
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1961
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[Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88
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1962
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Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies
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1971
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H T Tsiang, dies at 65
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1972
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Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65
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1972
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Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70
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1973
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Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91
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1979
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James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93
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1981
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Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
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1982
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Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies
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1982
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Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
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1984
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Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
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1985
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Heinrich Bll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67
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1985
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Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
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1989
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Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81
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1991
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Cornelis Z Forster, [Da Kuneisi], Suriname granman/gaanman, dies
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1991
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Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81
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1991
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Frank Rizzo, (Mayor-D-Phila, 1972-80), dies of a heart attack at 70
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1991
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Robert Motherwell, US painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76
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1992
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"Gorgeous" George, [Arena], wrestler, dies at 84
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1992
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Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
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1992
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Johnny Martin, cricketer (NSW & Australian chinaman bowler), dies
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1994
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M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78
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1994
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Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91
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1995
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Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
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1995
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Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83
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1995
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Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84
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1995
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Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies
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1995
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Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65
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1995
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Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91
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1995
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Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83
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1995
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Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86
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1995
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Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
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1996
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Alan McGilvray, cricketer (NSW 1933-37, radio commentator 35-85), dies
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1996
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John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48
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