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1294
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John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
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1342
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Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
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1382
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Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
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1455
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Jews flee Spain
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1494
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Columbus discovers Jamaica
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1494
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Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
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1512
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5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
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1512
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Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
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1515
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Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
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1616
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Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
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1621
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Francis Bacon accused of bribery
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1624
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Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
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1629
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French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
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1640
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English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
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1654
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Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
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1660
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Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
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1661
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Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
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1662
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Royal charter granted Connecticut
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1678
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French conquering fleet at Curaao, 1200 die
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1715
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Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
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1722
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Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris
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1747
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Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
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1765
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1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
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1802
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Washington DC incorporates as a city
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1808
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Goya's "Executions of 3rd of May"
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1810
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Lord Byron swims Hellespont
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1815
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Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
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1822
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Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)
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1830
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1st regular steam train passenger service starts
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1845
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1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
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1845
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Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
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1846
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Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
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1851
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Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
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1855
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Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
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1861
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Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
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1861
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Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen
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1863
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Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws
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1863
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Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
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1863
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Battle of Salem Church, VA
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1864
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3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
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1886
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M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
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1898
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Camp Merriman forms at Presidio (SF) (see 0517)
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1900
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26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06¬
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1901
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Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
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1902
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28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
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1903
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AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo
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1906
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British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
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1909
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35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
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1917
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1st performance of Ernest Bloch's symphony "Israel"
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1919
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Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
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1919
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America's 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
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1921
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West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
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1922
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Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
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1922
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Salt layer find at Winterswijk
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1923
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1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
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1926
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British general strike-3 million workers support miners
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1926
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
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1926
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US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
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1929
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Prussia bans anti-fascists
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1932
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24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
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1933
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1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office
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1934
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Bradman scores 206 Aust v Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours
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1936
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French People's Front wins elections
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1936
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NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
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1937
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Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
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1938
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Concentration camp at Flossenbrg goes into use
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1938
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Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until
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1938
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Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain
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1941
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-4] German air raid on Liverpool
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1941
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67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4
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1942
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Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
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1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
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1942
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Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
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1942
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Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
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1943
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
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1943
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Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
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1943
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US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia
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1944
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"Meet Me in St Louis" opens on Broadway
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1944
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Meat rationing ends in US
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1945
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1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
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1945
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Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
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1945
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British troop join in Rangoon
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1945
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German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
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1946
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International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
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1947
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73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
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1947
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Japan forms a constitutional democracy
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1948
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Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams
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1949
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1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
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1951
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Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
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1951
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NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
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1952
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"Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
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1952
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1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
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1952
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78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6
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1953
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Westchester conf of Amer Library Assoc proclaims "Freedom to Read"
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1953
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WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick
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1954
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WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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"Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
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1956
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A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')
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1956
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Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in NYC
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1958
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84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
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1958
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WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
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1959
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament
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1959
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Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader
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1960
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Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks," premieres in NYC
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1961
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Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter
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1962
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Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
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1963
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Leslie Narum is only Balt Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat
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1963
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Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech
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1964
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational
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1965
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1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
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1965
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3rd Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10
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1965
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Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
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1965
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Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (LA Calif)
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1965
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KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
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1965
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
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1966
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WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Black students seize finance building at Northwestern U
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1968
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Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl
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1969
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"Trumpets of the Lord" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 perfs
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1969
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95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
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1970
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24th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
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1970
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
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1971
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All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
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1971
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Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
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1971
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National Public Radio begins programming
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1971
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Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
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1971
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
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1973
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Chicago's Sears Tower, world's tallest building (443 m), topped out
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1973
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KC Royals' George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
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1975
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101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
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1975
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Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
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1976
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Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
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1976
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
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1978
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"Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
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1978
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Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II
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1978
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Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
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1978
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WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
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1979
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1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)
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1979
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Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
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1979
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Martin Sherman's "Bent," premieres in London
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1980
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106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
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1980
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Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
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1980
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Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
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1981
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"Can-Can" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1981
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"Moony, Shapiro Songbook" opens & closes at Morosco Theater NYC
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1981
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Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
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1982
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ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
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1982
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NY Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget
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1982
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Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
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1983
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Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
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1983
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Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
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1983
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US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
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1985
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Date of $5 million check in "View to a Kill"
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1986
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112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
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1986
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Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
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1986
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Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
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1986
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NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
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1986
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NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
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1987
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"Mikado" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
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1987
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Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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1987
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Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart
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1988
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4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida
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1988
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Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000
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1991
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356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
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1991
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Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass
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1992
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Balt's Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
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1992
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Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs
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1992
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Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
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1992
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NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
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1992
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Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17
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1992
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
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1993
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"Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 perfs
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1994
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29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
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1994
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D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
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1994
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US space probe Clementine launched
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1995
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"My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1995
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Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
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1995
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David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy)
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1996
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Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks v Glam
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1997
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123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
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1997
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ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
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1997
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Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
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1998
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wins Titleholders Golf Championship
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BIRTHS
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1446
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Margaretha, English princess/duchess of Bourgondie
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1455
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Joo II, the perfect, King of Portugal (1481-95)/took in Spanish Jews
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1469
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Niccol Machiavelli, Italy, politician/writer (Prince)
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1514
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Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, [Fernandez], primate of Portugal
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1535
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Alessandro "Agnolo" Allori, Italian painter/carpet designer
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1647
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John A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Bellone aen bant)
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1649
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Johann Valentin Meder, composer
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1691
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Carolus van der Abeele, Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction
l'amour)
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1692
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Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51)
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1708
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Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
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1729
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Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer
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1737
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Friedrich Schwindl, composer
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1742
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Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer
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1744
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Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer
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1752
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Braz Francisco de Lima, composer
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1764
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Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI
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1773
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Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller/nature investigator/diplomat
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1815
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Hermanus W Witteveen, Dutch theologist
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1816
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Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union Army), died in 1892
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1819
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Nicola De Giosa, composer
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1826
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Charles XV Louis E, King of Sweden/Norway (1859-72)/poet
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1844
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Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist
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1844
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Richard D'Oyly Carte, England, opera impresario (Ivanhoe)
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1849
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Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun)
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1859
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Andy Adams, US writer (Log of a Cowboy)
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1867
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Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George & Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
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1867
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Valre-Gille, Belgian playwright (La Corbeille d'Octobre)
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1873
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Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [OS]
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1873
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[Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Kvinnen og Den)
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1874
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Franois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker
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1876
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Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
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1876
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John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
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1886
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Marcel Dupr, French organist/composer
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1890
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B Traven, writer
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1892
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Beulah Bondi, Chicago, actress (It's a Wonderful Life)
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1892
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George Thomson, demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937)
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1893
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Hope Landin, Minneapolis MN
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1895
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Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian (Laudes regiae)
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1895
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Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (Le petit gnral)
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1895
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Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers)
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1897
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V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense
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1898
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Golda Meir, [Meyerson], Kiev Ukraine, 4th Israeli PM (1969-74)
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1898
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Septima Poinsette Clark, civil rights activist/educator
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1899
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Aline MacMahon, McKeesport Pa, actress (Backdoor to Heaven)
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1901
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Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja)
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1902
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Hugo Friedhofer, composer
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1902
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Jack Larue, NYC, actor (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette)
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1902
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Seton I Miller, Chehalis WA, writer (Pete's Dragon, Istanbul)
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1902
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Walter Slezak, Vienna, actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General)
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1903
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Bing Crosby, Tacoma Wash, singer (White Christmas, Going My Way)
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1904
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Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
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1904
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John Breeden, SF CA, actor (Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street)
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1905
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Albrecht Luitpold G Ferdinand Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria
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1905
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste)
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1906
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Mary Astor, Quincy IL, actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky)
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1907
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Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
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1910
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Alceo Galliera, composer
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1911
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John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, trumpeter
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1913
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Earl Blackwell, Atlanta Ga, author (Celebrity Register)
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1913
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William M Inge, US playwright (Picnic-Pulitzer 1953)
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1915
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Evencio Castellanos, composer
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1916
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Henry Barbosa Gonzalez, San Antonio Tx, (Rep-D-Tx, 1961- )
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1916
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Pierre Emmanuel, French poet (Sodome)
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1917
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James Penberthy, composer
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1919
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Betty Comden, Bkln, song writer (Comden & Green-Bells are Ringing)
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1919
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Pete Seeger, NYC, folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene)
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1920
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Sugar Ray Robinson, [Walter Smith], middle/welterweight boxer (champ)
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1921
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Vasco dos Santos Gonalves, Portuguese leftist colonel
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1922
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Marina Svetlova, ballerina/choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)
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1923
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Ralph M Hall, (Rep-D-TX, 1981- )
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1924
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Mary Carver, LA Calif, actress (Cecilia-Simon & Simon)
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1925
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Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)
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1928
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James Brown, Augusta Ga, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1 (Hot Pants)
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1928
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Jeanne Bal, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Pat-Love & Marriage)
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1929
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Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral
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1929
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Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
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1930
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David Evatt Tunley, composer
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1931
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Joseph Lichtman Layton, dancer
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1933
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Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
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1934
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Georg Kroll, composer
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1935
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Donald P Hodel, Portland Ore, US Secretary of Interior (1985-89)
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1936
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Engelbert Humperdinck, [Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
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1937
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Frankie Valli, [Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
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1939
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Jonathan David Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen)
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1939
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Jos Torres, US, boxer (Olympics)
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1939
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Samantha Eggar, London England, actress (Collector)
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1941
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Nona Gaprindasvili, USSR, world women's chess champ (1962-78)
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1942
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Lynn Farleigh, Bristol England, actress (Lovers of Their Time)
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1942
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Vera C
slavsk
-Odlozilova, Czech, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
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1943
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John Costello, historian
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1944
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Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist
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1944
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Peter Staples, rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
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1945
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Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81)
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1946
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Greg Gumbel, sportscaster (CBS TV, WFAN)
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1947
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Doug Henning, Ft Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
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1949
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Albert Sacco Jr, Boston Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
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1949
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Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
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1950
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Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
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1951
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Christopher Cross, [Geppert], Texas, singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
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1952
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Allen Wells, England, 100m dash (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1953
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Bruce Hall, Champaign Ill, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon)
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1953
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Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
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1955
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David Hookes, cricketer (dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart)
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1955
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Steve Jones, English pop guitarist (Sex Pistols-Mercy)
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1957
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Cactus Moser, Montrose Co, country singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry)
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1957
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Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Wash Caps)
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1959
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Ben Elton, London UK, actor (Stark, Friday Night Live)
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1959
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David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist (Soft Cell)
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1962
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Anthony Gilligan, Penrith NSW, Australasia golfer
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1963
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Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
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1964
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Ron Hextall, Winnipeg, NHL goalie (Phila Flyers, NY Islanders)
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1966
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Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Deborah Caprioglio, Miestre Italy, actress (Big Game Hunter)
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1968
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Jay Darlington, London England, keyboardist (Kula Shaker)
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1969
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Karen Kraft, San Mateo Calif, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
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1970
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Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle France, tennis star (1992 Aust)
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1970
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Ted Crowley, Concord Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
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1971
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James Roberson, defensive end (Tennessee Oilers)
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1972
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Brett Hayman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Josh Taves, defensive end (New England Patriots)
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1972
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Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk Russia, NHL forward (Detroit Red Wings)
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1973
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Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star
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1973
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Michel Traveller, soccer player (Ajax)
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DEATHS
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1010
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Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
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1294
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Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
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1410
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Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
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1442
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Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
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1481
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Mohammed II, [Ftih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies
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1567
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Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
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1614
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Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66
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1654
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Franois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
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1703
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Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
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1704
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59
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1707
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Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
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1737
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Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
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1758
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Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
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1764
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Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53
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1774
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Heinrich A Fouqu, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76
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1783
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Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49
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1792
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Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87
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1839
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Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67
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1841
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Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74
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1854
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William Beale, composer, dies at 70
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1856
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Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
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1856
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Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52
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1861
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Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
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1863
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Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
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1868
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Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
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1881
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Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
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1893
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Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73
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1902
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David R Capriles, Curaaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64
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1910
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Artie Shaw, bandleader
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1916
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P draic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
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1917
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Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
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1925
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Clment Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
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1926
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Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
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1931
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Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
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1931
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Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
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1932
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Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
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1939
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[Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
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1942
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Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
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1943
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Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
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1945
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Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
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1955
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Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies
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1958
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Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
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1961
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Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
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1964
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Diana Wynyard, dies at 58
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1965
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Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76
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1965
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Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75
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1966
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Wylie Watson, dies at 77
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1968
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Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86
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1969
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Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42
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1970
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Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
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1972
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Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
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1972
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Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43
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1972
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Les Harvey, rocker, dies
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1975
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Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78
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1976
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David Bruce, dies at 62
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1976
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Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72
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1978
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Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71
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1979
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Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
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1982
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Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64
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1982
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Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
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1983
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Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
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1986
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Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
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1987
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Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
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1987
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Yolande Christina Dalida, dies at 54
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1989
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Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
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1989
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Muriel Ostriche, dies
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1990
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Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
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1991
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Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies
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1991
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Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57
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1991
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Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies
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1992
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Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98
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1992
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George Murphy, (Sen-R-Ca, 1965-71)/actor, dies of Leukemia at 89
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1992
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Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60
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1994
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Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78
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1994
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Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63
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1994
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Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90
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1994
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Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74
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1995
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Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83
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1996
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Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71
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1996
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Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach, dies at 45
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