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794
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Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
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1105
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Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
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1210
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Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
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1307
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William Tell shoots apple off his son's head
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1421
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Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
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1421
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Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands
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1424
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Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
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1477
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1st English printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers"
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1494
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French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
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1497
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Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope
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1626
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St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
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1667
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Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
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1718
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Voltaires "Oedip," premieres in Paris
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1738
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France & Austria sign peace
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1742
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Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
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1755
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Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
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1776
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Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
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1787
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1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
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1793
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Louvre officially opens in Paris
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1803
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Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
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1804
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Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
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1805
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30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
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1805
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Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
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1805
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Lewis & Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent
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1820
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Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
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1833
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Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
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1835
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-20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
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1852
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State funeral of duke of Wellington (London)
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1865
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Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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1874
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
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1883
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Antonin Dvor k's "Husitska," premieres
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1883
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Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada
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1889
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Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
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1893
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
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1894
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1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault
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1894
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1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
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1899
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Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
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1902
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Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
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1903
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
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1905
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George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
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1905
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Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
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1906
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Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in NYC
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1909
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US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
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1911
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Britain's 1st seaplane flies
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1911
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Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance
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1912
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Albania declares independence from Turkey
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1913
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Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
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1916
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Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
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1918
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Brussels free Stofnar
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1918
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Latvia declares independence from Russia
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1919
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H Tierney & J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in NYC
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1920
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Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC
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1922
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Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdl Medjid kalief
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1926
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Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
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1928
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
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1929
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Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"
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1929
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Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
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1929
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Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
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1930
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Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
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1930
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Sjostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premiers in Lenningrad
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1932
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"Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
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1932
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1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery & Fredric March
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1936
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Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
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1936
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Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
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1939
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Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
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1940
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George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
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1941
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British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
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1941
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Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in NYC
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1941
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Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
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1942
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Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC
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1943
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1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
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1943
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444 British bombers attack Berlin
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1943
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U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
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1945
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Arnold Schnberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres
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1949
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NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
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1950
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South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
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1951
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"See it Now" premieres on TV
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1951
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British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
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1951
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Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft
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1953
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Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
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1954
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Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player
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1955
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Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
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1956
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Morocco gains independence
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1957
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Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
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1958
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1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
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1958
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Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay
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1959
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Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
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1960
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Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
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1960
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Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
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1961
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"Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances
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1961
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"Kwamina" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 32 performances
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1961
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JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
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1961
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US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
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1963
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Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
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1963
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England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens
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1963
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King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco)
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1964
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Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
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1964
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J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
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1965
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Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
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1966
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Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow
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1966
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1966
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US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
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1967
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British govt devalues from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
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1968
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Milt coup in Mali, pres Keita ousted
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1970
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Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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1970
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Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
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1970
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Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
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1970
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Netherlands & Albania form diplomatic relations
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1970
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Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
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1971
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1973
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Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
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1975
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Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
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1975
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Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
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1976
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Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
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1976
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Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
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1978
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1979
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Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
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1980
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"Heaven's Gate" premieres
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1980
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Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP
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1980
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Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
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1981
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Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
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1982
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Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
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1984
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"3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances
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1984
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72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
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1984
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Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
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1984
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Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
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1984
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NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
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1985
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Dwight Gooden (NL) & Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
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1985
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Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
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1985
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Howard Stern radio show returns to NYC (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons)
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1985
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Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"
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1986
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Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
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1987
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31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
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1987
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Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair
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1987
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Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP
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1989
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Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
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1990
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"Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 perfs
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1990
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1st Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 11«-4« at Lake Nona CC FLA
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1990
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NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
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1990
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Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
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1991
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Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations & is not eligble for post-season play in 19
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1991
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France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
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1991
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Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
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1992
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"Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US
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1992
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
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1993
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27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
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1993
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Black & white leaders in S Africa approve new democratic constitution
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1993
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NAFTA passes House
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1993
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North-Siberia record cold for November (-55øC)
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1993
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Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
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1993
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WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution
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1994
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"Star Trek VII - Generations," premieres
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1995
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Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
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1995
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Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
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1996
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Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder
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1997
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Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
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1997
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FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
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1997
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Gary Glitter arrested by British police in child porn probe
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1997
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Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games
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1997
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Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
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1997
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Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500
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BIRTHS
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1527
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Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor
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1680
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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer
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1736
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Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
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1742
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Felix Maximo Lopez, composer
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1772
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Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer
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1781
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Felice Blangini, composer
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1786
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Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor
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1786
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Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst "von" Weber, German composer (Freischtz)
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1787
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Louis-Jacques-Mand Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotype)
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1787
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Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist
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1803
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Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet
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1808
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Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer
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1810
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Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)
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1810
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Benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1875
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1812
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Jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
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1824
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Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
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1824
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Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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1832
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Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjld, Sweden, Arctic explorer
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1835
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Americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
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1835
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Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist
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1836
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M ximo G¢mez, Ban, general (Cuba)
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1836
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William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
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1839
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August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt)
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1845
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John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)
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1846
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Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician
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1860
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
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1863
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Richard Dehmel, writer
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1869
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James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)
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1871
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Amadeo Vives, composer
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1874
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Carrie White, oldest US woman (dies Nov 1990 at 116)
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1874
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Clarence Shepard Day, NYC, author (Life with Father)
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1874
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Riccardo Martin, composer
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1877
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Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Wealth & welfare)
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1881
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Percy Lesueur, hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)
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1882
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Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)
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1882
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Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)
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1882
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Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter (Tarr, Apes of God)
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1887
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Dorothy Dix, [Elizabeth Gilmer], journalist (advice to the lovelorn)
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1888
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Frances Marion, SF CA, screenwriter/actress (Pollyanna)
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1889
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Maria Realino, [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Curaao)
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1895
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Ernst Levy, composer
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1897
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Jules Buffano, St Louis Mo, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show)
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1897
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Patrick M S Blackett, British physicist (nuclear reaction, Nobel 1948)
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1898
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Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
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1898
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Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
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1899
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Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
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1900
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Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters)
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1900
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Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
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1901
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George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
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1902
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Barbara Giuranna, composer
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1902
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Jírgen Nielsen, Danish author (regional novels)
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1903
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Lillian Fuchs, composer
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1904
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Guido Santorsola, composer
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1904
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Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
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1906
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George Wald, US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
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1906
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Klaus Mann, German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
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1907
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Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess
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1908
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Imogene Coca, Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
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1909
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Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
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1910
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Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist
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1912
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Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor (Major-Soap, Crisis)
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1912
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Jaap Meijer, [Saul van Messel], Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo
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1916
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James L Lyons, jazz promoter
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1919
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Jocelyn Brando, San Francisco, actress (Ugly American)
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1920
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Alfred William Bedford, test pilot
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1920
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Louis Alfred Mennini, composer
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1921
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Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler)
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1922
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Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
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1922
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Marjorie Gestring, US, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1922
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Viktor Afanasiev, editor (Pravda)
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1923
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Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
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1925
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Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)
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1925
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William Robert Mayer, composer
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1926
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Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)
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1926
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Kim Besly, activist
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1927
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Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer
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1928
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Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
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1929
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William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)
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1930
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Sonja Ruthstrm, Swed, cross country relay skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1933
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Jacques Charpentier, composer
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1935
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Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer
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1936
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Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
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1936
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Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
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1937
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Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22)
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1938
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Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom (Olympic-1968)
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1939
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Brenda Vaccaro, Bkln NY, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls)
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1939
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John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
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1939
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Margaret E Atwood, author/poet
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1939
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Tom Johnson, composer
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1941
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David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
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1942
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Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
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1942
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Linda Evans, Hartford, actr (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
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1942
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Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman (1970- )
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1943
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Susan Sullivan, NYC, actress (Dharma & Greg, Falcon Crest)
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1945
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Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
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1946
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Alan Dean Foster, US, sci-fi author (Midworld, Flinx in Flux)
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1946
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Amanda Lear, French singer
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1947
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Jameson Parker, Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon)
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1948
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Andrea Marcovicci, NYC, actress (Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John)
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1948
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Jack Tatum, Cherryville NC, NFL defensive back (Raiders)
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1948
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Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut
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1949
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Bonnie St Claire, [Cornelia Swart], Dutch singer (Tame me Tiger)
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1949
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Ted Sator, Utica NY, NHL coach (NY Rangers, Buffalo Sabres)
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1950
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Graham Parker, musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
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1951
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Marga Stubblefield, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
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1952
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Delroy Lindo, actor (Get Shorty, Ransom)
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1953
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John McFee, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers, Clover)
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1953
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Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor (SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads)
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1954
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Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner
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1956
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Katey Sagal, singer/actress (Peggy Bundy-Married With Children)
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1956
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Sinbad, [David Adkins], Benton Harbor MI, actor (1st Kid, Vibe)
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1956
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Tony Franklin, NFL kicker (Phila Eagles, New England Patriots)
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1956
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Warren Moon, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Seahawks, Vikings)
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1957
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Jenny Burton, NYC, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do)
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1960
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Elizabeth Perkins, Queens NY, actress (About Last Night, Big)
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1960
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Kim Wilde, [Smith], England, rock vocalist (You Keep Me Hanging On)
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1961
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Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
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1962
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Jamie Moyer, Sellersville PA, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
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1962
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Jill Briles-Hinton, Elmhurst IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Women's Open-16th)
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1962
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Kirk Hammett, US heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica-Master of Puppets)
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1962
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut
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1963
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Dante Bichette, W Palm Beach FLA, outfielder (Colorado Rockies)
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1964
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Mike Withycombe, CFL corner (BC Lions)
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1964
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Seth Joyner, NFL linebacker (Ariz, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1964
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Shawn Sheldon, Norwich Ct, 114« lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
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1965
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Mark Petkovsek, Beaumont TX, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1965
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Matt Kabayama, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
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1966
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Darren Flutie, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1966
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Gwendolyn Hajek, Shreveport La, playmate (September, 1987)
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1966
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Ron Coomer, Crest Hill IL, infielder (Minn Twins)
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1966
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Tommie Stowers, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
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1967
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Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
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1967
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Tom Gordon, Sebring FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
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1968
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Gary Sheffield, Tampa FL, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
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1968
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Lubomir Sekeras, Liptovsky CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
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1968
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Mel Stewart, NC, 200m butterfly swimmer (Olympics-gold-92)
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1968
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Milica Vukadinovic, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
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1969
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Cheryl Bachman, Jacksonville Fla, playmate (October, 1991)
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1969
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Lee Anne Ketcham, Tallahassee Fla, female pitcher (Silver Bullets)
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1969
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Raghib Ismail, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Oakland Raiders)
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1969
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Sam Cassell, NBA guard (NJ Nets, Houston Rockets)
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1970
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Allen Watson, Brooklyn NY, pitcher (SF Giants)
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1970
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Phil Buckman, Queens NY, actor (Slash-Drexell's Class)
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1970
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Toby Wright, safety (St Louis Rams)
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1971
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Kylie Hanigan, Australian 200m/400m runner (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Jason Arnberger, cricketer (NSW opening batsman 1994-95 -)
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1973
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Steve Christopher Petree, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
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1974
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Autumn Smith, Miss USA-Alabama (1997, top 10)
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1974
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Christian Schmidt, actor (Mllers Bro)
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1976
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Sandy Zubrin, Tamuning Guam, US diver (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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942
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Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
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1170
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Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70
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1603
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Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
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1630
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Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried
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1664
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Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian general/poet, killed by wild boar at 44
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1678
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Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
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1771
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Giuseppe de Majo, composer, dies at 73
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1796
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Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
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1822
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Anton Teyber, composer, dies at 66
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1822
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George Knowil Jackson, composer, dies at 65
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1827
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Wilhelm Hauff, writer, dies at 24
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1841
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Georg Chistoph Grosheim, composer, dies at 77
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1851
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Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80
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1852
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Anton Bernhard Furstenau, composer, dies at 60
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1883
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Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
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1886
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Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56
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1887
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Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81
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1887
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Gustav T Fechner, German psychologist/physicist, dies at 86
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1887
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Heinrich Panofka, German violist/composer, dies at 80
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1889
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William Allingham, Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
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1904
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Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
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1911
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Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies
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1917
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Henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43
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1918
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J¢n Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Iceland author (G¢dir), dies
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1918
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Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies
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1919
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Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
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1922
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Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
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1929
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Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
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1941
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Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
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1946
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Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86
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1946
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John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
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1950
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Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
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1951
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John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57
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1951
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Vaclav Kalik, composer, dies at 60
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1951
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William Henry Bennett Vodery, composer, dies at 66
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1952
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Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56
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1958
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Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies
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1962
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Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63
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1962
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Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77
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1965
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Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
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1966
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Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56
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1966
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Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies
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1968
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Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74
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1969
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Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81
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1969
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Leon Jongen, composer, dies at 85
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1970
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Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
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1971
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Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
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1972
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Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose
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1972
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Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies at 90
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1973
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Alois H ba, Czech (opera)composer (Neuland), dies at 80
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1976
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Man Ray, US artist (dada), dies at 86
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1977
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Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89
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1978
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Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide
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1978
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Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peo
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1982
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Donald Dillaway, actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78
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1982
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H Kipphardt, writer, dies at 60
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1987
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Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53
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1989
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Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies
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1990
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Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
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1991
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Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
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1992
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Dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82
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1992
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Herman Musaph, psychiatrist/sexologist/co-founder (NVSH), dies
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1992
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Superman, fictional character, killed by Doomsday at 54
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1993
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Fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93
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1994
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Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
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1994
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Chris Joyce, photographer, dies at 51
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1994
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Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
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1995
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Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86
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1995
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Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
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1996
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David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69
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1996
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John Vassall, spy/civil servant, dies at 72
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