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1066
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King Harald of England crowned
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1099
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Henry V crowned German king
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1227
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Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre
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1352
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French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star
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1453
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Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria
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1496
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Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi
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1497
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Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria)
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1535
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City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
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1540
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King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
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1579
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Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras
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1622
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Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide
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1639
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Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
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1663
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Great earthquake in New England
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1681
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1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
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1690
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Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow
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1759
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George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
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1773
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Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom
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1781
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Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)
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1784
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Turkey & Russia sign treaty in Constantinople
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1832
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New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston)
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1838
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Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
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1839
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2 day storm off Irish & English coast immortalized as "Big Wind"
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1842
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4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India
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1857
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Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
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1861
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Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
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1861
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NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with N & S
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1873
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Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia"
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1873
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US Congress begins investigating Crdit Mobilier scandal
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1880
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Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
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1883
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Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
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1893
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Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
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1896
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1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
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1896
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Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony
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1898
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1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
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1900
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Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured
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1900
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Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris
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1903
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Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam
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1906
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Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris
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1907
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Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
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1912
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New Mexico becomes 47th state
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1914
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Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded
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1922
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-13] Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments
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1924
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Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo
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1925
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Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
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1926
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Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland
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1927
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US marines sent to Nicaragua
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1928
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene)
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1929
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Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
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1930
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1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
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1930
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Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
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1936
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Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)
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1937
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Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
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1938
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Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx
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1941
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FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want & from fear)
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1942
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1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
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1942
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Bob Feller, enlists in Navy & reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia
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1945
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Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY
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1946
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum
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1947
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Ray Lindwall smashes 100 v England in MCG Test
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1950
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"Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances
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1950
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Britain recognizes Communist government of China
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1951
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"Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 100 perfs
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1951
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Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes
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1953
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WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
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1956
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KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
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1957
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Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow Russia
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1958
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings
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1958
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Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
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1958
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WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1963
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"Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC
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1963
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"Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 774 performances
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1964
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Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move KC A's to Louisville
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1964
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Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
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1965
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Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S Africa, his best Test bowling
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1967
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"Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
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1967
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2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
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1967
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KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
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1968
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Dr N E Shumway performs 1st US adult cardiac transplant operation
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1968
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Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by US for soft-landing on Moon
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1969
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Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"
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1969
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WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1971
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Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
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1971
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Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate
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1972
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
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1972
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
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1972
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Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
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1973
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"Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
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1974
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"CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio
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1974
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England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
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1975
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"AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
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1975
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"Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-tv
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1976
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1976
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Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
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1977
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EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols
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1978
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1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
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1978
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US hand over St Stephan crown to Hungary
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1980
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"1940's Radio Hour" closes at St James Theater NYC after 105 perfs
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1980
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Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India
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1980
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Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat
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1981
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50th hat trick in Islander history-John Tonelli scored 5 goals
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1984
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Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission
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1984
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Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
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1986
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British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns
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1986
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Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg
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1986
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Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
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1986
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STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem
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1987
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100th US Congress convenes
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1987
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Astronomers at U of Calif see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy
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1990
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NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)
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1991
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"Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances
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1991
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"Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV
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1991
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Jorge Serrano El¡as elected president of Guatemala
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1991
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Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
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1992
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NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
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1992
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Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA
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1992
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Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
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1992
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Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings
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1993
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Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones
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1993
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Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a
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1993
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Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
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1994
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"Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances
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1994
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Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
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1994
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Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
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1994
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Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
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1994
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Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
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1995
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Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)
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1996
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Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)
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1997
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"It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
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1998
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Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach
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1998
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Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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BIRTHS
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1367
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Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England (1377-99)
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1412
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Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr
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1486
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Martin Agricola, [M Sore], German composer/cantor
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1488
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Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (Silvae)
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1585
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Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
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1587
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Gaspar de Guzm n, Count of Olivares, Premier of Spain (1621-43)
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1602
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Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Dutch baron of Sucha/army leader
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1683
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Franois de La Croix, composer
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1692
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Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer
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1695
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Giuseppe Sammartini, composer
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1702
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Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
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1728
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Charles-Joseph-Balthazar Sohier, composer
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1728
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Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet
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1732
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Matija A Reljkovic, Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic)
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1745
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Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
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1745
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James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
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1776
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Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel
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1791
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Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer
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1794
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Kaspar Masek, composer
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1798
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Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer
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1799
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Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer
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1800
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Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician
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1802
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Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romania, author/novelist/writer (Gramatica)
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1803
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Henri Herz, composer
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1807
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Joseph Holt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
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1807
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Ludwig Erk, composer
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1811
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Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator, died in 1874
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1822
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Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troje)
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1826
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Herman Grimm, Germany, writer/novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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1827
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John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
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1827
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John Wesley Frazer, Brig General (Confederate Army), die in 1906
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1829
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Kanagaki Robun [Bunzo Nozaki], Japanese humorist/gesaku-author
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1832
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Gustave Dor, Strasbourg Fr, illustrator (Inferno, Ancient Mariner)
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1835
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Martin Khler, Germany, theologist
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1838
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Max Bruch, Kln (Cologne), Germany, composer
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1842
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Clarence King, mining engineer (geologist)
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1850
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Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist (New Era)
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1850
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Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)
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1854
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Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft, fictional detective (via Arthur Conan Doyle)
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1856
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Giuseppe Martucci, composer
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1859
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Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Moral order & progress)
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1861
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Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer
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1864
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Ban Johnson, Norwalk Ct, baseball founder (American League)
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1867
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Georges Martin Witkowski, composer
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1868
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Vittorio Monti, composer
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1872
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Alexander N Scriabin, Moscow, hallucinogenic composer (Prometheus)
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1873
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Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
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1878
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Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
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1880
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Tom Mix, Mix Run PA, silent screen cowboy actor (Dick Turpin)
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1880
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Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer
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1882
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Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)
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1883
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Khalil Gibran, Lebanon, mystic poet (The Prophet, Broken Wings)
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1889
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Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist (Yale professor)
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1891
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Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
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1892
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Ludwig Berger, writer
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1896
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Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine)
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1896
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Freerk Siemon Wolters, notary/resistance fighter
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1897
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Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)
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1897
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Pter Veres, literary/Hungarian minister of defense
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1898
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Jan Filip Boon, Flemish author/editor (De Standaard 1929-39)
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1899
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Phyllis Haver, Douglas KS, silent screen actress (What Price Glory)
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1900
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Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Sarabande, Jeunesse)
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1901
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Patrick Aherne, England, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes)
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1901
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T¢mas Gudmundsson, Iceland, poet
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1902
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Mark Brunswick, composer
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1902
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Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer
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1903
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Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament)
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1903
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Francis L Sullivan, London England, actor (Missing Rembrandt)
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1903
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Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
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1903
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Stanley Smith, KC MO, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts)
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1905
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Eric Frank Russell, UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space, Dark Tides)
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1906
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Benedict Vilakazi, S Africa, poet/educator (Zulu-English Dictionary)
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1906
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Jaap Wagemaker, [Adrian B], Dutch sculptor
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1908
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Menahem Avidom, composer
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1909
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Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter (Rumor)
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1909
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Keith Davis, voice tutor/author
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1910
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Wright Morris, US writer
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1911
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Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70)
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1911
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Joey Adams, Bkln NY, comedian/actor/columnist (ABC's Back That Fact)
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1911
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Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram, Town People)
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1911
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Yannis Andreou Papaioannou, composer
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1912
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Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer
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1913
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Edward Gierek, party leader (Polish CP)
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1913
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Loretta Young, Salt Lake City Ut, actr (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
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1913
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Tom Brown, NYC, actor (Ed-Gunsmoke, Lt Rovacs-Mr Lucky)
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1914
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Arnold Richardson, composer
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1914
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Danny Thomas, Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
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1914
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David Bruce, Kankakee Ill, actor (Harry-Beulah)
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1915
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Alan Watts, Kent England, writer (Book on the Taboo)
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1915
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Don Edwards, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
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1916
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Philip Bezanson, composer
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1917
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Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer (E rais ku no ke muri)
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1918
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Buddy Weed, Ossining NY, pianist (Penthouse Party)
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1918
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Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director (Ciske the Rat)
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1919
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Sylvia Syms, US singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes)
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1920
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Earl Kim, composer
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1920
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Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer (pitcher)
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1920
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Sun Myung Moon, evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies)
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1921
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Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
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1921
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Lou Harris, pollster (Lou Harris Poll)
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1922
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Finn Einar Mortensen, composer
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1923
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Leah Chase, master chef, in the creole tradition
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1924
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Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
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1925
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John Z DeLorean, former automaker (DeLorean)
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1929
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Wilbert Harrison, R & B singer (Kansas City)
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1930
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Denis Pitts, journalist
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1930
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Vic Tayback, Bkln NY, actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper)
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1931
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E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow,, NYC, novelist (World's Fair)
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1931
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Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1931
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Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
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1932
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Sacha Distel, French singer
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1933
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Capucine, [Germaine Lefebvre], Toulon France, actress (Pink Panther)
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1934
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Bobby Lord, Sanford Fla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
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1935
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Ian Meckiff, cricketer (Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away)
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1935
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Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
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1935
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Paul Wilson, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
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1936
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Julio Mar¡a Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )
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1937
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Doris Troy, [Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
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1937
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Lou Holtz, US, football coach (NJ Jets)
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1940
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Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
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1941
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Sandy Denny, country singer (Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go)
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1942
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Barbara Lynn Alexander, producer
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1943
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Osvaldo Soriano, writer
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1943
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Paul James Nunn, mountaineer
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1943
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Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager
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1944
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Bonnie Franklin, Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time)
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1944
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Henry Kravis, author (The Money Machine)
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1944
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Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Ft Worth-1976, 78, 80)
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1944
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Terry Venables, British soccer player/manager [or 1943]
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1944
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Van McCoy, US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
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1945
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Barry Holstein Lopez, US author (Of Wolves & Men)
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1945
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Barry John, Welsh international rugby player
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1945
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Pepe Le Pew, cartoon skunk (Au Dorable Kitty)
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1946
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Harold Jackson, Hattiesburg, MS, NFL wide receiver (LA, New Engl)
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1946
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Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall)
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1946
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Syd Barrett, Cambridge England, rocker (Pink Floyd-Wall)
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1947
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Ian Millar, Halifax NS, dressage rider (World Cup 1988, 89, Oly-96)
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1948
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Dayle Hadlee, cricketer (brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of 70's)
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1948
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Guy Spencer Gardner, Alta Vista Va, Lt Col USAF/astro (STS 27, STS 35)
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1948
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Robert E [Bob] Wise Jr, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
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1949
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Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
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1949
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Richard Horowitz, composer
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1951
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Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
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1952
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Armelia McQueen, NC (Bkln Conservatory), actress
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1952
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Grant Goodeve, New Haven Conn, actor (David-8 is Enough, Dynasty)
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1953
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Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
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1954
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Anthony Minghella, director (English Patient)
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1954
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Norbert Hahn, German DR, 2 man luge (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1956
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Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder)
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1957
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C Michael Foale, Louth England, astronaut (STS 45, 56, 63, 84/86)
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1957
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Nancy Lopez Knight, Torrance Calif, pro golfer (1981 Dinah Shore)
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1959
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John Singleton, LA Calif, director (Boyz n The Hood)
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1959
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Kapil Dev, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982)
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1959
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Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
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1959
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Nancy Rubin Sharff, New Kensington, LPGA golfer (1991 Jamie Farr-9th)
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1960
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Paul William Azinger, Holyoke MA, PGA golfer (1987 Phoenix Open)
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1961
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Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist (Kong-Slauerhoff)
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1961
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Howie Long, former NFL tackle/actor/broadcaster (Broken Arrow)
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1961
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Paul Azinger, golfer
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1962
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Philip Brown, Birmingham Engl, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1962
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Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
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1963
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Norm Charlton, Fort Polk LA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1963
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Paul Brindley, English pop bassist (Sundays, Can't Be Sure)
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1963
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Philippe Perrin, Meknes Morocco, Lt Col FAF/astronaut
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1964
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Charles Haley, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
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1964
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Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
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1965
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Christine Wachtel, E German running star (world indoor record 800m)
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1965
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Jose Dejesus, US baseball pitcher (Kansas City Royals)
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1965
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Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
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1965
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Tim McDonald, NFL player (SF 49ers)
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1966
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Bob Kratch, NFL guard (NE Patriots)
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1966
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Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears)
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1966
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Shahid Saeed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in Test v India 1989)
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1967
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David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
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1967
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Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
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1968
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Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Phila Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals)
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1968
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John Singleton, director/screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood)
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1968
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Vlastimil Plavucha, Banska Bystrica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
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1969
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Alvin Morman, Rockingham NC, pitcher (Houston Astros)
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1969
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Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
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1969
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Jason Childs, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
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1969
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Nick A'Hern, Australian 20k walker (Olympics-22-92, 96)
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1970
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Daniel Naulty, LA Calif, pitcher (Minn Twins)
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1970
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Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
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1970
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Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
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1970
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John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams)
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1970
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Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Jaguars)
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1970
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Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
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1970
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Ren Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
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1971
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Jed DeVries, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Mike Wells, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
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1971
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Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
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1972
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Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
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1972
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Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
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1972
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Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers, Phila Eagles)
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1973
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Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder)
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1974
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Juan Roque, tackle (Detroit Lions)
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1974
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Marcus Crandell, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1974
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Paul Grant, NBA center (Minn Timberwolves)
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1975
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James Farrior, linebacker (NY Jets)
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1975
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Laura Berg, Whittier CA, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1976
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Agnieszka Zielinska, Miss Poland Universe (1997)
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1976
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Danny Pintauro, Milltown NJ, actor (Jonathan-Who's the Boss)
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1976
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Jeremy Linn, US, 100m breaststroke (Olympics-silver/gold-96)
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1976
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Richard Zednik, Bystrica CZE, NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash)
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1977
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Amy Zappone, Wolcott Connecticut, Miss America-Connecticut (1996)
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1977
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Stacey Gartrell, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Steve Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Danielle Hartsell)
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1989
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Baby lion-tailed macaques, at Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle)
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DEATHS
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1088
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Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies
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1275
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Raymundus of Pe¤afort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
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1374
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Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies
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1425
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Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
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1448
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Christopher III, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
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1536
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Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
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1541
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Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
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1592
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Johan Casimir, palsgrave at the Rhine, dies
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1646
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Elias Hill, German architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
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1685
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Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
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1693
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Mehmed IV, sultan (Turkey), dies at 51
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1694
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Francesco Morosini, Italian army general, dies
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1697
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Carlo Mannelli, composer, dies at 56
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1702
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Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
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1725
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Jap playwright (Yotsugi Soga), dies at about 71
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1738
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Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74
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1742
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Johann Georg Reinhardt, composer, dies
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1785
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Haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution
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1790
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Johann Trier, composer, dies at 73
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1799
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Maria G Agnesi, Italian mathematician (xýy=aý(a-y)), dies at 80
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1799
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W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25
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1800
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William Jones, composer, dies at 73
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1831
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Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64
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1884
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Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61
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1884
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Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
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1885
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Peter C Asbjírnsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer, dies at 72
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1907
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Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
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1915
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Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
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1917
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Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82
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1918
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Georg F L P Cantor, German mathematician: collection, dies at 72
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1919
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Pres (1901-09), dies in NY at 60
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1928
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Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
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1929
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Nicolas Nikolayevitch, grand-duke of Russia, dies at 72
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1935
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George P Baker, US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at 68
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1936
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Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies
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1939
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Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
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1941
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Franz Hessel, writer, dies at 60
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1950
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Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71
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1958
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Josephine CMA, princess of Belgium/nun, dies at 85
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1959
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Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54
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1960
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Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52
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1960
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Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope & Means), dies at 68
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1961
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Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76
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1962
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Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
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1963
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Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68
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1964
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Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67
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1965
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John Larkin, dir (Circumstanial Evidence), dies of heart attack at 52
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1967
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Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
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1967
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Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
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1968
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Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81
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1974
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David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
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1975
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Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at 77
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1976
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Oscar Espl , Spanish philosopher/composer (Sonata del Sur), dies at 89
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1978
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John D MacArthur, US insurance billionaire, dies at 80
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1981
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A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84
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1985
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Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85
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1986
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Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90
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1988
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Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
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1989
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Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
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1990
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Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies
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1990
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Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at 40
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1991
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Ada Moore, entertainer, dies of cancer at 64
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1992
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Avon Jaeger Hill, entertainer, dies of cancer at 44
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1992
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Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin-Cell Block H), dies
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1992
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Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journe torride), dies at 45
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1993
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Elisabeth, arch duch of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein, dies at 70
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1993
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John B "Dizzy" Gillespe, blues trumpeter, dies of cancer at 75
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1993
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Rudolph Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer (Kirov), dies of AIDS at 54
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1994
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"Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersec of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80
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1994
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Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
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1994
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Morty the Moose, (Northern Exposure), dies at 6
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1994
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Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
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1994
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Virginia Kelley Clinton, Mother of Pres Clinton, dies at 70
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1995
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Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
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1995
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James Clay, saxophonist, dies at 59
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1995
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Joe Slovo, Latvian/S African attorney/sect-gen (SACR), dies at 68
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1995
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Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
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1996
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Duane Hanson, sculptor, dies at 60
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1996
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Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson, diplomat/politician, dies at 94
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1996
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John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher, dies at 68
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1996
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Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80
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1997
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Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52
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1997
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Litz Pisk, movement teacher, dies at 87
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1997
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Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
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