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432
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St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave
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455
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Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor
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1190
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Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
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1521
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Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
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1521
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Magelhaes lands on Homohon
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1526
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French king Franois I freed from Spain
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1537
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French troops invade Flanders
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1580
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Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam
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1658
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Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered
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1672
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England declares war on Netherlands
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1722
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Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente
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1753
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1st official St Patrick's Day
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1755
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Transylvania Land Co buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
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1756
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St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern
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1757
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Prince Mas Sad of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
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1762
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1st St Patrick's Day parade in NYC
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1766
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Britain repeals Stamp Act
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1776
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British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
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1800
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English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die
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1804
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Johann von Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell," premieres
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1824
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England & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
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1833
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Phoenix Society forms (NY)
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1836
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Texas abolishes slavery
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1842
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Indians land in Ohio, a 12ý-mile area in Upper Sandusky
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1845
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Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour
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1845
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Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
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1847
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"Macbeth" opera premieres in Florence
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1854
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1st park land purchased by a US city, Worcester, Mass
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1860
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Japanese embassy arrives aboard Candinmarruh [sic]
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1861
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Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
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1863
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Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA (211 casualities)
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1868
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Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
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1870
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Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
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1871
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National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
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1876
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1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
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1876
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Gen Crook destroy Cheyennes & Oglala-Sioux indian camps
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1877
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Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng
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1884
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John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, Calif
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1886
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Carrollton Massacre, (Mississippi) 20 blacks killed
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1891
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British Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574
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1894
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US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US
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1897
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Bob Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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1898
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1st practical submarine 1st submerges, NYC (for 1 hour 40 minutes)
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1899
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Windsor luxury hotel in NYC catches fire, 92 die
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1900
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2
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1901
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Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands
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1902
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Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, 2 games to 1
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1905
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Eleanor Roosevelt marries FDR in NY
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1906
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Pres Theodore Roosevelt uses term "muckrake"
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1906
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Silver 7, although both winning a game, Montreal outscores Ottawa 12-10
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1908
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Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
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1908
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Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1910
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DHC soccer team forms in Delft Neth
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1912
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Camp Fire Girls organization announced by Mrs Luther Halsey Gulick
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1917
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1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St Louis
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1917
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Tsar Nicolas II of Russia abdicates the throne [NS]
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1918
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford
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1918
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
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1919
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Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hr day & minimum wages
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1921
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Dr Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London)
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1921
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Lenin proclaims New Economic Politics
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1921
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt (thousands die)
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1924
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Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in NYC
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1924
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Netherlands & USSR begin talks over USSR recognition
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1924
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Sweden & USSR exchange diplomats
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1926
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Dutch Calvinists oust Rev J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3
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1926
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Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC
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1926
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Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
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1927
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US govt doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
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1929
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General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel
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1929
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Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid
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1931
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Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
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1932
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German police raid Hitler's nazi-headquarter
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1934
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Dollfuss, Mussolini & Gmbs sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome)
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1935
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KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR
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1941
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National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens
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1942
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Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30,000 Lublin Polish Jews transported
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1942
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Gen Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
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1943
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Aldemarin (Ned) & Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed & sinks
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1943
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F Hugh Herbert's "Kiss & Tell," premieres in NYC
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1944
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Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
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1945
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Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra
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1950
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Belgian govt of Eyskens resigns
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1950
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Element 98 (Californium) announced
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1951
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Govt of Drees takes power
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1951
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Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch
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1953
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Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
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1953
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1953
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WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montral
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1956
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8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball
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1957
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Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted
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1957
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Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash
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1958
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Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape
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1959
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Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations
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1959
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Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
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1960
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Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA
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1960
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WSLA (now WAKA) TV channel 8 in Selma, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1961
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NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
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1961
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South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
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1963
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Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
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1963
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Elizabeth Ann Seton of NY beatified (canonized in 1975)
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1963
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Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese
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1965
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Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
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1966
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South Africa govt bans Defense & Aid Fund
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1966
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US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
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1968
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2-tiered gold price negotiated in Wash DC by US & 6 European nations
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1968
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Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open
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1969
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Golda Meir becomes Israel's 4th PM
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1969
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open
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1970
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Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
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1970
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US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England)
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1972
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Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK
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1973
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Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
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1973
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St Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday
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1974
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International
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1975
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Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
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1976
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Malikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.76)
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1976
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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
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1976
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1977
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Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
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1978
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Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast
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1978
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Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm
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1978
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Reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day
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1979
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Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk & G Karponosov USSR
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1979
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Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Tai Babilonia & R Gardner USA
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1979
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Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (USSR)
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1979
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Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne
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1981
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FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
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1982
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4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
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1983
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70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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1983
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9th People's Choice Awards
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1985
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1985
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Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
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1986
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Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF
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1987
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IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
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1987
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Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak
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1988
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"Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
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1988
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Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
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1988
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Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
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1989
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"Chu Chem" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 44 performances
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1989
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Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade
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1990
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PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak
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1991
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9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty
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1991
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Irish Lesbians & Gays march in St Patrick Day parade
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1991
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John Robin Baitz' "Substance of Fire," premieres in NYC
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1991
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NJ raises turnpike tolls 70%
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1991
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Penny Hammel wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International
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1992
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"Death & the Maiden" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 159 perfs
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1992
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18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks & Reba McEntire
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1992
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28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Arg
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1992
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De Klerk wins a white only referendum
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1992
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Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29
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1992
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Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
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1993
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86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
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1994
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"Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances
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1994
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Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
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1994
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It is announced there is no smoking in Cleve Indians new ballpark
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1995
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British hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)
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1995
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Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House
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1995
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USt approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co
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1996
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"Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances
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1996
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"Getting Away With Murder" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 17 perfs
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1996
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Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
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1996
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Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
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1996
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Mike Tyson beat Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain Heavyweight title
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1996
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Montreal Canadian's 1st game in their new arena
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1996
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Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
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1997
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CNN begins spanish broadcasts
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1998
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USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympic Gold medal
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BIRTHS
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1473
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James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)
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1578
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Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
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1628
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Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
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1664
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Georg Osterreich, composer
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1675
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Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
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1685
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Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
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1746
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Jan David Holland, composer
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1777
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Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
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1780
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Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
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1781
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Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
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1787
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George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
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1789
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Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
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1804
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James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
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1820
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Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1825
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Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
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1826
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Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (Vlkerkunder)
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1828
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
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1832
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Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
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1832
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Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1834
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Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
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1839
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Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
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1846
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Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
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1848
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Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
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1872
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Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
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1873
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Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)
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1873
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Margaret Bondfield, Brit Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member
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1874
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Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
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1874
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Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America
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1876
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Frederic Ayers, composer
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1877
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Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker)
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1880
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Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
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1881
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Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
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1887
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Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician
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1888
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Frank Buck, actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs)
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1890
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Harold Morris, composer
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1892
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Sayed Darwish, composer
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1894
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Paul Green, US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom)
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1895
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Shemp Howard, Bkln, comedian (3 Stooges, Bank Dick) [or 1891]
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1899
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Gloria Swanson, Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees) [OS]
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1900
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Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)
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1901
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Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (Nobel 1974)
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1902
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Bobby Jones Jr, Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930)
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1906
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Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold)
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1906
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Michael O'Shea, Hartford Ct, actor (Denny-It's a Great Life)
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1906
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Tamara Geva, dancer
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1907
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Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54)
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1908
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Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [OS=Mar 4]
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1908
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Radie Britain, composer
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1909
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Patrick Reilly, British diplomat
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1910
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Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader
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1911
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Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer
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1914
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Sammy Baugh, Texas, NFL hall of famer QB (Wash Redskins)
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1915
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Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)
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1915
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William Roycroft, Austria, equestrian 3 day (Olympic-bronze-1976)
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1917
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Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist
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1917
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Brian Boydell, composer
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1918
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D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora)
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1918
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Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill, actress (All the King's Men)
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1918
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Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber (KVP/CDA)
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1919
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Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952)
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1919
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Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa)
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1920
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John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
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1921
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Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire)
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1922
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Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail)
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1923
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Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman (Trades Union Congress)
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1924
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Stephen Dodgson, composer
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1925
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G M Hughes, British zoologist
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1925
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Jerome Lejeune, physiologist
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1926
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Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Ein Kriegsende)
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1927
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Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist
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1927
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Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer
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1927
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Nancy Sheehan, writer
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1927
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Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor (Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder)
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1927
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Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer
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1928
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Edino Krieger, composer
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1930
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James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh Penn, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
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1931
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Eunice Gayson, London England, actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love)
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1932
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Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
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1934
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Erhard Grosskopf, composer
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1934
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Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
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1935
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Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
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1935
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H Wollschlger, writer
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1936
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Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
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1936
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Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C)
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1937
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Adam Wade, actor (Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe)
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1937
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Galina Samsova, ballerina
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1938
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Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov)
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1939
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Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test)
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1940
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Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants)
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1941
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Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow)
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1941
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Edward Harper, composer
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1942
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John Wayne Gacy, Chicago Ill, serial killer (32 boys)
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1942
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Sidney K Barthelmy, US politician(?)
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1943
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Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside)
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1944
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Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1944
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Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins)
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1944
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John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter)
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1944
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Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them)
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1944
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Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
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1945
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Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer
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1946
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Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy)
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1946
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Michael Peter Finnissey, composer
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1947
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Ian Gomm, rock guitarist
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1948
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Fran Byrne, rocker
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1948
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Pat Lloyd, rocker
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1948
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Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database
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1948
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William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero)
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1949
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Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis)
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1951
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Kurt Russell, Springfeild Mass, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons)
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1951
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Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns)
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1954
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Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker)
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1954
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Rena Jones, rock vocalist
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1954
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Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You)
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1955
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Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
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1955
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Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia)
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1955
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Gary Sinise, actor (Apollo 13, Forrest Gump)
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1955
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Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around)
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1956
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Will Rigby, rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife)
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1957
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Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1959
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Brian Douglas Jones, Auckland NZ, tornado class yachter (Olympics-96)
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1959
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Danny Ainge, NBA coach (Phoenix Suns)
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1959
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Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water)
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1959
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Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy 3)
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1960
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Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
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1960
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Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress (Beth-Newsradio)
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1961
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Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High)
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1962
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Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday)
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1962
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Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
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1962
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Patrick Thomas Burke, Hollywood FL, PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th)
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1962
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Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up)
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1963
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Rebeca Arthur, actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract)
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1963
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Roger Harper, cricketer (Guyana & WI off-spinner Extraordinary field)
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1964
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Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
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1964
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Don Griffin, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns)
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1964
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Rob Lowe, Charlottesville Va, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class)
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1964
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Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows)
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1965
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Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
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1965
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Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92)
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1965
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John Smiley, Phoenixville PA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
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1966
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Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
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1967
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Chris Luongo, Detroit, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
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1967
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Kim Cathrein, Salinas CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-24th)
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1967
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Melissa Allen, Port OR, WPVA volleyballer (Reebok National-13th-1994)
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1967
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Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees)
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1968
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Judy Mosley McAfee, WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs)
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1968
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Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1969
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Andrew McMarlin, Vienna VA, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1969
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Domenic "Filane" Figliomeni, Terrace Bay Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star
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1970
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Shannan Mitchem, Decatur GA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1971
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Katrina Colleton, WNBA guard/forward (LA Sparks)
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1971
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Tommy Thigpen, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
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1972
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Mia Hamm, Selma Alabama, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Amelia Weatherly, actress (Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City)
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1973
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Jerome Woods, safety (KC Chiefs)
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1974
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Eric Lane, running back (NY Giants)
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1974
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John Hall, kicker (NY Jets)
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1976
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Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
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1977
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Hadeel Abol-Naga, Miss Universe-Egypt (1996)
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1977
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Iveta Jankularova, Miss Universe-Slovak Republic (1996)
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DEATHS
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180
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Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
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461
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St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
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659
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Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32
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1040
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Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
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1516
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Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
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1565
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Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64
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1588
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Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
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1605
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Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
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1640
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Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
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1649
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Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
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1653
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Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
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1680
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Franois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
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1704
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Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
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1764
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George Parker, English astronomer, dies
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1796
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Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
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1801
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Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
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1803
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Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
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1806
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David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
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1846
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F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
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1846
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Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
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1849
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Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
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1853
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Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
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1855
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Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
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1857
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Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
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1861
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Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
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1862
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Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
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1863
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John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
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1864
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Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
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1889
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Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68
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1891
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Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68
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1898
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Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
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1901
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Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
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1902
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George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
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1906
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Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
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1910
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Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
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1915
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Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
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1927
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James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
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1933
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Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
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1941
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Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
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1941
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Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
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1941
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Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
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1949
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Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
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1953
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Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
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1954
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Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
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1956
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Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
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1959
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Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
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1961
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Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
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1962
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Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
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1963
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William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
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1965
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Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
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1965
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Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
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1966
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Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
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1967
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Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
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1967
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Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
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1970
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Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
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1971
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Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
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1972
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Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies
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1973
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Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
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1974
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Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
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1974
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Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
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1976
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Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
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1978
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George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies
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1979
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Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies
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1980
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Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
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1982
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Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
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1982
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Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
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1982
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Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
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1982
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Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
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1985
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Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
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1986
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Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
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1988
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Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
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1989
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Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
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1990
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Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
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1990
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Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57
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1990
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Mar¡ Mej¡a, Guatemalian feminist, murdered
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1990
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Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
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1992
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Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
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1992
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George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
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1992
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Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
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1992
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Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75
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1993
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Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
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1993
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Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
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1993
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Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
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1994
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Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
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1994
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Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
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1994
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Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
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1994
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Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
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1995
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Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
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1995
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Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71
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1995
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Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
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1995
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Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
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1995
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Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
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1995
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Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
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1996
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Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83
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1996
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Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
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1996
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Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
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1996
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Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
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1997
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Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
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