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756
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Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain
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884
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Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1004
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Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy
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1213
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English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury
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1248
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Archbishop Konrad v Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Kln cathedral
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1492
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Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse
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1525
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German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war
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1536
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Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
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1567
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Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
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1572
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Louis van Nassau & huguenots occupy Valenciennes
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1602
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Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
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1610
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Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king
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1618
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Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law
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1625
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16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vcklamarkt Upper-Austria
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1648
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Treaty of Mnster: Spain & Netherlands ratified
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1665
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Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme
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1672
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1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
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1702
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War of Spanish Succession, 1st Amer conflict between England & France
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1718
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James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
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1730
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Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
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1796
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France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris
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1796
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French troops occupy Milan
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1800
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King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt
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1800
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Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles
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1817
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Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia
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1829
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Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
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1836
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Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
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1849
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Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded
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1851
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Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned
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1856
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2nd SF Vigilance Committee organized
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1858
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Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
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1862
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-May 17] Battle of Princeton WV
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1862
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft Darling), Virginia
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1862
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Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London
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1862
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Department of Agriculture created
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1862
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Gen Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores
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1862
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Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
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1864
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Battle of New Market, Virginia
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1864
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Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign)
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1868
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Dutch Govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls
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1869
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National Woman Suffrage Assn forms
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1876
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2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38¬
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1882
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May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania
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1883
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Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany
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1885
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Canadian Mti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan
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1891
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British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms
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1891
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Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris
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1891
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Operations begin at Philips & Co in Holland
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1891
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum
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1894
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20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
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1896
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Tornado kills 78 in Texas
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1902
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Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft
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1902
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Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
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1905
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Las Vegas Nevada founded
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1905
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Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville
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1906
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NY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
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1911
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British house of commons accept Parliament Bill
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1911
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates
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1911
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Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
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1912
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37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6
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1912
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Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
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1914
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Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris
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1915
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A T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
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1916
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Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
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1918
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1st airmail postal service (NY, Phila & Wash DC)
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1918
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1st regular airmail service (between NY & Wash) inaugurated
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1918
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43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
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1918
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44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4
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1918
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Greeks troops lands at Smyrna
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1918
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Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
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1919
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Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
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1920
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Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
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1923
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Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
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1926
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52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
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1926
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British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike
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1928
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Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance
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1929
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Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio)
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1930
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Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (SF to Cheyenne)
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1931
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
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1933
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1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate
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1934
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Dept of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive
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1934
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Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia
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1935
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Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
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1936
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Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h
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1937
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63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4
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1938
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Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
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1940
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1st nylon stockings sold in US
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1940
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1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
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1940
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German armour division moves into Northern France
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1940
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German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders
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1940
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Nazi's capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)
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1940
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Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (US)
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1940
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Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
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1941
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1st British turbojet flies
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1941
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British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya
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1941
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Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
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1941
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Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid Jewish music
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1942
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Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
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1942
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Nazi occupiers in Neth arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
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1943
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Halifax bombers sinks U-463
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1943
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Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction
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1944
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14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
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1944
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Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
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1944
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Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
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1944
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Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne
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1948
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28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends
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1948
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74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4
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1948
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Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex, world record
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1948
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Bradman scores 187 Aust v Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five
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1948
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Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel
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1951
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AT&T is 1st US company to have one million stockholders
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1952
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Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Wash Senators, 1-0
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1952
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Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
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1953
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Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
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1953
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Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
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1953
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Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
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1954
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KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1955
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Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
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1955
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Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins
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1955
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KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1955
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Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence
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1957
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18,000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
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1957
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1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
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1958
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USSR launches Sputnik III
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1959
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100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
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1960
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Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
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1960
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Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
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1960
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KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1960
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Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
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1960
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Taxes took 25% of earnings in US
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1961
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"Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
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1961
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36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
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1961
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Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
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1962
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US marines arrive in Laos
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1963
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Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
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1963
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Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
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1963
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Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
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1964
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Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
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1964
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1965
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91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
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1965
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Canadian Football Players Association organizes
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1965
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Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
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1966
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1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
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1966
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Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
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1966
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South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
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1967
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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1967
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Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
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1968
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"Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
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1968
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1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 Calif win against Chicago
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1968
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A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36
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1968
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Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
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1969
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Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
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1970
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Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US
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1970
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Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals
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1970
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1970
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Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
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1970
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South-Africa excluded from Olympic play
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1971
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"70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
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1971
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97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
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1971
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Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
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1972
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"Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
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1972
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Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
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1972
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George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md
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1972
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Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
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1973
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Calif Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
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1974
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Mail truck terrorists take school in Malot, 30 killed
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1974
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Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
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1975
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11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
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1975
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Emmy 2nd Daytime Award & Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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1976
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102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
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1976
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Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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1976
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Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91
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1976
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Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85
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1977
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
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1980
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1st trans-US balloon crossing
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1980
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Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
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1980
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Shawn Weatherly, (SC (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA
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1981
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"Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
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1981
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2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC)
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1981
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George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
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1981
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Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto
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1981
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SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC
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1981
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Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6
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1982
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108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
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1983
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Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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1983
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Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
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1985
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Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
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1986
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Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
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1987
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1st Energiya Launch (USSR)
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1987
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Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
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1988
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"Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1988
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"Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 61 perfs
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1988
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2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams & Tracey Ullman
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1988
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Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
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1988
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
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1988
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Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan
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1989
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"Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
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1989
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Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
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1989
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Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
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1989
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Soviet Pres Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
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1989
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US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
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1990
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"Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 perfs
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1990
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"Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
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1990
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Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
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1990
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Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
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1991
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Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama"
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1991
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Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier
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1991
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Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
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1991
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Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
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1991
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Pres Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Balt Oriole game
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1991
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Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
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1992
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Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy
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1992
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NY dept store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores
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1992
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Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue
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1993
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119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
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1993
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Alamodome in San Antonio TX opens
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1993
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Jane Seymour & James Kesch, Marriage
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1993
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Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub
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1994
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40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
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1995
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1997
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ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
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1997
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STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission
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1999
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125th Preakness
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BIRTHS
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1565
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Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
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1567
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Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)
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1754
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Pierre Dutillieu, composer
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1759
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Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer
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1764
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Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer
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1773
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Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
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1791
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Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
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1795
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Adolf B Marx, German music theorist
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1802
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Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
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1807
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Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer
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1808
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Gottfried Herrmann, composer
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1808
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Michael William Balfe, composer
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1810
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Jacob Thompson, (Confederacy), died in 1885
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1813
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Stephen Heller, composer
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1819
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Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1830
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Laurence Simmons Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
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1830
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Martinus W van der Aa, author/Dutch head-editor (The Time)
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1841
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Giovanni Bolzoni, composer
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1845
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Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, USSR, zoologist/bacteriologist (Nobel 1908)
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1855
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Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)
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1855
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Graf Keyserling, writer
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1856
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Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
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1859
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Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
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1860
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Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, 1st wife of Woodrow Wilson
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1862
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Arthur Schnitzler, Austria, playwright/novelist (La Ronde)
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1865
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Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion)
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1873
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Nikolay N Tcherepnin, St Petersburg, composer of ballets, songs [NS]
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1878
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Francisco Pujol, composer
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1880
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Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop (Confessional Church)
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1883
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Stanley Robert Marchant, composer
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1888
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Jean Wahl, French philosopher
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1889
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Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
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1890
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Katherine Anne Porter, US, novelist (Ship of Fools)
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1891
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Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima WA, US indian actor (Pony Soldier)
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1891
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David Vogel, Ukraine, author (Huwelijksleven)
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1891
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Fritz Feigl, Austria, chemist (spot tests)
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1891
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Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia, playwright/novelist (Black Snow)
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1893
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Michel Gusikoff, composer
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1893
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Stanley Lupino, English comic (Cheer Up, Over She Goes)
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1894
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Jean Renoir, French director (La Bte Humane) [or Sept 15]
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1895
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Charles Lamont, SF CA, director (Abbott & Costello Go to Mars)
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1897
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Casper Hweler, Dutch music critic
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1898
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Arlette-Leonie Arletty, [Bathiat], Courbevoie France, actress (Maxime)
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1902
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Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic)
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1903
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Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)
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1904
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Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)
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1904
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Gustav-Adolf Boltenstein, Sweden, equest dressage (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
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1905
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Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
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1907
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Josef Alexander, composer
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1907
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Phillip Piratin, communist
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1908
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Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
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1909
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James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
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1909
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Rodolfo Cornejo, composer
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1910
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Constance Cummings, Wash, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)
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1910
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Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65) [or Apr 20]
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1911
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Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)
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1911
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Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann)
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1912
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Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer
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1912
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Alexis Nihon, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
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1912
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Arthur Victor Berger, NYC, composer (Ideas of Order)
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1914
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Jack Pepys, immunologist
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1914
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Pierre Froidebise, composer
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1915
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Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)
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1915
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Paul A Samuelson, economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
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1916
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Bill Williams, Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)
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1917
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Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist
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1918
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Eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
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1918
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Joseph Wiseman, Montral, actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables)
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1919
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Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
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1920
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Hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet
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1922
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Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen (CPI) [or May 25]
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1923
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Richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)
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1924
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Andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)
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1924
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Don Kenyon, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55)
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1924
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Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist
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1924
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Ursula Thiess, Hamburg, actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano)
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1925
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Andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay, composer
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1925
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Emmanuel Ghent, composer
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1925
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Jos Jacobs, Flemish director (Madonna of Nedermunster)
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1926
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Anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright (Sleuth)
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1926
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Clermont Pepin, composer
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1926
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Peter Shaffer, twin brother playwright (5 Finger Exercise, Equus)
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1929
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Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
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1930
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Jasper Johns, Augusta, Ga, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
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1931
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David Healy, actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton, Be My Guest)
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1931
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F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
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1932
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John Glen, Thames England, actor (Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire)
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1934
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David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick
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1935
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Ted Dexter, cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
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1936
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Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italy, singer/actress (Cinderfella)
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1936
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Donald [Anthony] Moffitt, US, sci-fi author (Jupiter Theft)
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1936
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Jean Balissat, composer
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1936
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Paul Zindel, playwright (Effects of Gamma Rays on Marigolds)
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1937
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Trini Lopez, Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
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1938
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Lenny Welch, Asbury Park NJ, (Breaking up is Hard to Do)
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1939
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Brian Hartley, mathematician
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1940
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Beth Stone, LPGA golfer
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1940
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Mireille Darc, Toulon France, actor (Week End, Hurried Man)
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1940
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Paul Rudd, Boston Mass, actor (Conn Yankee in King Arthur's Court)
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1941
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Cyril Cooray, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on intl panel)
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1941
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K T Oslin, Crossett Ar, country singer (80's Ladies)
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1941
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Lainie Kazan, Brooklyn, singer/actress (Lust in the Dust, Beaches)
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1941
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Richard Edward Wilson, composer
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1942
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Anthony Wayne England, Indianapolis, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-F)
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1943
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Harve Brosten, comedy writer/producer/director (All in the Family)
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1944
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Gunilla Hutton, Goteborg Sweden, actress (Petticoat Junction)
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1944
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Miruts Yifter, Ethiopia, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1944
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Tich, rocker
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1946
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Chazz Palminteri, Bronx NY, actor (Jade, Diabolique, Bronx Tale)
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1947
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Graham Goble, Adelaide,Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band)
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1948
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Brian Eno, Woodbridge England, rock keyboardist/singer (On Land)
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1949
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Eric J Beekes, actor/singer (Hunk)
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1949
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Frank L Culbertson Jr, Charleston SC, Cmdr USN/astro (STS-38)
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1949
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Wendy Pritchard, Australian women's field hockey team manager (Oly-96)
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1951
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Dennis Frederiksen, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
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1952
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Rick Waits, baseball pitcher (Rangers, Indians, Twins)
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1953
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George Brett, WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)
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1953
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Mike Oldfield, England, composer (Tubular Bells)
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1954
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Bob Beauchemin, Winnipeg Canada, golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 83)
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1955
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Lee Horsley, Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
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1956
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Alice Miller, Marysville CA, LPGA golfer (1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
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1959
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Andrew Eldritch, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
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1961
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Anne Kelly, LPGA golfer
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1963
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George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter
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1963
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Grant Herslov, LA Calif, actor (Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof)
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1964
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Pamela Dukes, Bronx NY, discus thrower
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1964
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Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1965
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Dan Stryzinski, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
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1965
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Glen Hnatiuk, Selkirk Manitoba, Nike golfer (1992 Mississippi Gulf)
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1965
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Jeff Rochlin, Bkln NY, actor (Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps)
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1966
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Paul Ysebaert, Sarnia, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1967
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John Smoltz, Detroit MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, 1996 Cy Young)
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1967
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Omar Vizquel, Caracas Venezuela, shortstop (Seattle Mariners, Indians)
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1968
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James "Jim" Neil, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1968
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Leroy Hoard, NFL running back (Cleve Browns, Minnesota Vikings)
|
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1968
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Todd Porter, NJ, actor (Hamilton-Whiz Kids)
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1969
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Emmitt Smith, running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)
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1969
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Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach CA, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Artie Smith, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
|
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1970
|
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Cory Philpot, CFL running back (BC Lions)
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1970
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Desmond Howard, NFL receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars, Oakland Raiders)
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1970
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Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
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1970
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Keith Tower, NBA center (LA Clippers)
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1970
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Prince Be, rapper (PM Dawn)
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1970
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Rod Smith, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1970
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Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
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1970
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Tony Brown, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
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1971
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Scott Shipley, Bremerton Wash, slalom single kayak (Olympics-6th-96)
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1972
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David Charvet, actor (Melrose Place)
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1972
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Patrick Pothuizen, soccer player (Vitesse)
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1972
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Tirrell Greene, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1972
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Troy Drake, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
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1973
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Suzannah Bianco, San Jose CA, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-alt-96)
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1973
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Vic"Tori"a Davey Spelling, LA Ca, actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210)
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1974
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A J Hinch, Wavely IA, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1974
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Addilson dos Santos, soccer player (Sparta)
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1974
|
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Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank/rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV)
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1975
|
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Ray Lewis, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
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1976
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Eric DuBose, Bradenton Fl, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1978
|
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Amy Chow, San Jose Calif, gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver-96)
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1978
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David Krumholtz, NYC, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)
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1978
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Krissy Taylor, model
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1981
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Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne
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DEATHS
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392
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Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
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884
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Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies
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1174
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Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies
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1470
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Charles VIII, Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies
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1482
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Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
|
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1591
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Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
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1621
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Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
|
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1622
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Peter Plancius, Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
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1685
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Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
|
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1746
|
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Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67
|
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1761
|
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Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
|
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1785
|
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Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29
|
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1801
|
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Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso, Austrian diplomat, dies at 73
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1821
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John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54
|
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1822
|
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Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer, dies at 64
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1823
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Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69
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1824
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Alexander Campbell, composer, dies at 60
|
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1832
|
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Carl Friedrich Zelter, composer, dies at 73
|
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1833
|
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Edmund Kean, English actor (Shylock), dies at 46
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1842
|
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Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies a
|
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1845
|
|
Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
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1855
|
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Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
|
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1872
|
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Thomas Hastings, composer, dies at 87
|
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1873
|
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Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
|
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1886
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Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies at 55
|
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1889
|
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Alfred Potocki, premier Austrian/governor/viceroy of Galicia, dies
|
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1892
|
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Arthur Hodister, British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
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1895
|
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Joseph Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
|
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1899
|
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Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
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1924
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Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
|
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1926
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Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
|
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1932
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Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
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1933
|
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Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54
|
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1940
|
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Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
|
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1940
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Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63
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1945
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Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
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1952
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Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
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1952
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Italo Montemezzi, composer, dies at 76
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1958
|
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Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
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1959
|
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Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
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1964
|
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Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
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1965
|
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Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
|
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1967
|
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Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
|
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1967
|
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Jaromir Fiala, composer, dies at 74
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1972
|
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Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
|
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1973
|
|
Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
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1976
|
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Samuel Eliot Morison, US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
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1984
|
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Lionel Charles Robbins, British economist, dies at 85
|
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1985
|
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Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
|
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1986
|
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Theodore H White, US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), dies at 71
|
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1987
|
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John Baur, museum director, dies at 78
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1987
|
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Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
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1988
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Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
|
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1988
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Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
|
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1989
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John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80
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1991
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Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
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1991
|
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Freddie Paris, dies
|
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1991
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Reno Brown, dies
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1991
|
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Ronald Lacey, actor (Raiders of Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at 55
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1992
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Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44
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1992
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Robert Morris Page, US physicist (radar), dies at 88
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1994
|
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Frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61
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1994
|
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Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
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1994
|
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Ronnie Potsdammer, singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71
|
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1994
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Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
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1994
|
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[Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
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1995
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Edouard Dermit, actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
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1995
|
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Eric Richard Porter, actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
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1995
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Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68
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1995
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Perry Lederman, folk singer, dies at 52
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1996
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George M Tindley, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57
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