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406
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Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians
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476
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Odoacer elected King of Byzantine
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1046
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King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese
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1328
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Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
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1328
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King Philip VI of France, crowned
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1441
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Holland & Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty
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1542
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Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code
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1553
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Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor
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1566
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Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam
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1566
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Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights
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1582
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French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders
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1614
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University of Groningen opens
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1617
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1st one-way streets open (London)
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1711
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Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St Lawrence
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1784
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Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress re
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1796
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African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated
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1813
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Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French
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1821
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Mexico declares independence
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1833
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Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed
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1838
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Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class
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1839
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British capture Hong Kong from China
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1850
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1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass
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1862
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Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments)
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1864
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Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama
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1866
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Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war
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1869
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1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston
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1872
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1st Japanese coml ship visits SF, carrying tea
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1873
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Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens
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1879
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Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo
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1883
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Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks & & passballs count as errors prior to 1888)
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1889
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1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US (SF)
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1898
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18th US Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61)
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1900
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National Negro Business League organizes (Boston)
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1903
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6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
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1904
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Automobile tire chain patented
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1906
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Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Wash Senators
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1906
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Cuba's 1st president Tom s Estrada Palma asks for US intervention
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1907
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Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game
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1910
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Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
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1911
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British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
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1914
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-24] German troops plunder Belgium
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1914
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Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten
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1914
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Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium
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1914
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Japan declares war on Germany in World War I
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1915
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Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army
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1916
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Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
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1917
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Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed)
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1919
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"Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune
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1920
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M R Rinehart & A Hopwood's "Bat," premieres in NYC
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1924
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Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century
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1926
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40th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97)
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1929
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Arabs attack Jews in Israel
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1930
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44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64)
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1931
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45th US Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61)
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1931
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Count Gyula K rolyi becomes premier of Hungary
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1931
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Phila A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
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1933
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1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton & Laurie Raiteri in London
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1936
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17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns
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1938
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England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364
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1939
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John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats
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1939
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Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler & Stalin
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1939
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Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact (Soviet Union neutral/Poland divided)
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1939
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USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact
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1940
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German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
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1940
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Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer
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1942
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1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal
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1942
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Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die)
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1942
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British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo
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1942
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Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for NY-Wash game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy reli
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1943
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Red army recaptures Charkow
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1944
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94.5øF (34.7øC) in De Bilt Netherlands & 101.5øF (38.6øC) in Warnsvelt
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1944
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Allied troops capture Marseilles France
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1944
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General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris
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1944
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General Montgomery consults with Generals Bradley/Eisenhower
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1944
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King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies & dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu
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1944
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Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
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1944
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Sammellager Drancy freed
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1944
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US 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine
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1944
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US B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed
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1946
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13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
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1947
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Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert
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1948
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Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine
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1948
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World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
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1950
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Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
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1950
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West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation
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1952
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Arab League security pact goes into effect
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1952
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Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out & is also ejected for argu
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1953
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Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
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1953
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Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
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1953
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Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
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1953
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KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«")
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1953
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1954
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President Get£lio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily
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1955
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open
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1957
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1958
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China PR resumes fire on Quemoi & Matsoe
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1958
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Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours
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1959
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
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1960
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World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
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1961
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Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
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1961
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East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West & East Berlin
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1961
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US lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back
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1962
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1st Europe-US live TV program (via Telstar)
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1962
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John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell
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1963
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Beatles release "She Loves You" in UK
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1963
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Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"
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1963
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
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1964
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St Louis Cards are 11 games back in NL, & win World Series
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1966
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Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon
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1968
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Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily
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1968
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Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew
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1969
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Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno,
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1969
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France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1
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1970
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Kathy Ahern wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
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1970
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Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game
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1971
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WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1972
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Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, & Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers
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1972
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Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley)
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1973
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Intelsat communications satellite launched
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1974
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John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in NYC
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1974
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Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan v England at The Cricket Oval
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1975
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Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway
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1975
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Communists take over Laos
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1975
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Ethiopian junta under Mengistu Haile
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1975
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Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
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1975
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Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland
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1975
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1976
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Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
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1977
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1st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor)
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1977
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Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR
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1977
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Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs « game in 1st place to stay
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1978
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Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar
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1979
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Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC
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1979
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Iran army opens offensive against Kurds
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1979
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UN's Vienna office opens
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1980
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Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss)
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1981
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
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1982
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Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president
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1982
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Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
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1982
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1985
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Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on
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1985
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Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin
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1985
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South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested
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1985
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West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR
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1986
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"Rags" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
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1986
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Vrijkomend vulkaangas kills 1500 people in Nyos-more, Cameroon
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1987
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15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
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1987
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Betsy King wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic
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1987
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Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s
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1988
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Mike Tyson & Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem
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1989
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LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR)
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1989
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Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
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1990
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Armenia declares independence
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1990
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East & West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
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1990
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US begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf
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1992
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Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different s
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1992
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Kris Tschetter wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic
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1993
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Fred McGriff & David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game
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1993
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NY Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points
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1995
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Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save
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1995
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Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant
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1998
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Minnesota LPGA Classic
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BIRTHS
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1486
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Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat
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1524
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Franois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)
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1593
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Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
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1727
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Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
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1740
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Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
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1751
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Louis-Franois Beffara, lexicographer
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1754
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Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
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1769
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Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La Rgne Animal)
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1773
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Jakob F Fries, German philosopher
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1809
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Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
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1818
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Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
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1829
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Moritz B Cantor, German math historian
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1832
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Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
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1851
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A Jir sek, writer
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1854
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Moritz Moszkowski, composer
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1864
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Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)
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1867
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Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)
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1869
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Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]
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1869
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James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
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1879
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Alfreds Kalnins, composer
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1881
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Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist
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1885
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Henry Thomas Tizard, scientist
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1886
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Gottfried Rudinger, composer
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1887
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Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright
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1887
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Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright
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1887
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Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright (Fatherland)
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1889
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A Lichtenstein, writer
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1893
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Roy Agnew, composer
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1894
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Gareth Hughes, Llanelly Wales, actor (Midnight Girl)
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1900
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Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf)
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1901
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Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman
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1901
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John Sherman Cooper, (Sen-Ky)
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1903
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Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian/senator
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1903
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William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist (Method for Violin & Viola)
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1905
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Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest)
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1908
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Arthur Adamov, Kislovodsk Russia, playwright (Paolo Paoli)
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1908
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Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1938 England tour)
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1908
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Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP
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1911
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Albert Alberts, writer/journalist (French battle)
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1911
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Birger Ruud, Norway, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
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1911
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Carl Dolmetsch, director (Haslemere Festival)
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1911
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Elizabeth "Betty" Robinson, US 100m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1912
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Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way)
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1912
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Jara Ribnikar, writer
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1912
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Lord Kissin, president (GPG)
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1913
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Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show)
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1913
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Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera, composer
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1913
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Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant
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1916
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Mary Ward, [Myra Syrir], actress (Jenny Kissed Me, Playing for Keeps)
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1918
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Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje)
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1919
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James Quinn, film producer/actor (Joey, Hammett, Overlord)
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1919
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Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO (Rothmans International)
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1920
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Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke)
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1921
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Sam Cook, cricketer (England slow left-armer in only Test)
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1922
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Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid)
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1922
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Jack Boddy, British trade union leader
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1923
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Humphrey Fisher, TV producer
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1923
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Kenneth Rickards, cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs)
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1923
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Richard Adler, composer/songwriter (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)
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1923
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Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70)
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1924
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Denis Sargan, econometrician
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1924
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Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer
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1924
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Ephraim Kishon, writer
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1924
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Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia
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1925
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Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer
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1925
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Wlodzimierz Kotonski, composer
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1927
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Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
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1927
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Houari Boumdienne, president of Algeria (1965-78)
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1927
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John Hoskyns, director-general (Institute of Directors)
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1927
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Martial Solal, composer
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1928
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Gerd Natschinski, composer
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1929
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Peter Thompson, golfer
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1930
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Andy Ireland, (Rep-R-FL, 1977- )
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1930
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Jack Bannister, cricketer (Warwickshire stalwart)/commentator (BBC)
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1930
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John Fairclough, British scientific adviser
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1930
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Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France
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1930
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Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)
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1931
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Richard Vincent, British chief of Defense
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1932
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Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
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1933
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Manfred Donike, chemist drug test pioneer
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1933
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Pete Wilson, (Sen-R-CA, 1983-88/Gov-R-Ca 1991- )
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1934
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Barbara Eden, [Huffman], Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie)
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1934
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Christian "Sonny" Jurgensen, NFL QB (Eagles, Redskins)
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1934
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Lojze Lebic, composer
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1934
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Sonny Jurgensen, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins)/sportscaster
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1935
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Brendan Jackson, British air marshal
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1935
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Loren Rush, composer
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1935
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Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director (Victoria & Albert Museum)
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1936
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Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters)
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1938
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Roger Greenaway, composer
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1938
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Ronny Cox, actor/singer (Robocop, Dr John Gideon-St Elsewhere)
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1939
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Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office
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1939
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Ronald [Ronny] A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles
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1940
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Lee Majors, Wyandotte, actor ($6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy)
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1940
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Richard Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actor (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
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1940
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Tony Bill, SD Cal, actor (What Really Happened to the Class of '65)
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1941
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Gloria Ehret, LPGA golfer
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1942
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Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant Tx, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)
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1942
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Patricia McBride, Teaneck, NJ, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
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1943
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Bobby Diamond, LA Calif, actor (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis)
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1943
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Dale Campbell-Savours, MP (Lab)
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1943
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Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security
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1944
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Antonia Novello, 14th US Surgeon General (1990-92)
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1944
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Lena Tabori, Stockholm Sweden, model/daughter of Viveca Lindfors
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1947
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Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I'm A Boy)
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1947
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Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
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1947
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Terje Rypdal, composer
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1947
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Willy Russell, author/playwright (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita)
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1948
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Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar)
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1948
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Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman (NY Yankees)/1st designated hitter
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1949
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Christopher Blake, actor (Alexa)
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1949
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Geoff Capes, shot putter
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1949
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John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist
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1949
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Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot (Flying Tigers)
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1949
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Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch MP (CDA)
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1949
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Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
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1949
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Shelley Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
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1949
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Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky)
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1951
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Barbra Mizrahie, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor)
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1951
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Mark Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
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1951
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Queen Noor, of Jordan
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1952
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Cathy St George, Norfolk Va, playmate (Aug, 1982)
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1952
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Dalton Reed, singer
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1952
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Mac Cone, Memphis Tenn, Canadian equestrian jumper (Olympics-96)
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1953
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Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
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1953
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Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German FR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
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1956
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? Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day
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1956
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David A Wolf, Indianapolis Ind, MD/astronaut (STS 58, sk: 89/91)
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1960
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Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
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1961
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Bobby Gubby, rocker
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1961
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Julio Franco, Sp de Macrois Dom Rep, infielder (Cleveland Indians)
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1962
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Glenn Healy, Pickering, NHL goalie (NY Rangers)
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1962
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Kyle Clifton, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
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1963
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Blaine Schmidt, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1963
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Richard Illingworth, cricketer (England slow-left-armer 1991- )
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1964
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Cam Emerson, Hamilton Ont, Canadian golfer (1989 Canadian Long Drive)
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1965
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Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star
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1966
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Laura Richmond, Fort Dix NJ, playmate (Sep, 1988)
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1966
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Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Rik Smits, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
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1967
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Karen Noble, Morristown NJ, LPGA golfer (1995 Dinah Shore-32nd)
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1967
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Markus Ketterer, Helsinki FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland)
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1967
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Nancy Jane Cox, Campbellsville Kentucky, Miss Kentucky-America-1991
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1968
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Christian Dean DiMarco, Huntington NY, PGA golfer (1994 Deposit-3rd)
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1968
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Cortez Kennedy, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
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1968
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Scott Kowalkowski, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
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1969
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Amanda Hope, Austin Texas, playmate (Jul, 1992)
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1969
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Clayton Holmes, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1970
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Andrew Henry, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1970
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Fabian Wilnis, Dutch soccer player (NAC, De Graafschap)
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1970
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LaMark Carter, Shreveport Louisiana, triple jumper
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1970
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River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)
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1971
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Hugh Douglas, NFL defensive end (NY Jets)
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1972
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Anthony Calvillo, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1972
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Sheldon Benoit, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
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1972
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Tony Carter, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
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1973
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James Roe, wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
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1973
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Jason Clemett, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
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1974
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Paula Gaye Montgomery, Cabot Ark, Miss America (Arkansas-3rd-1996)
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1975
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Joe Andruzzi, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1976
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Kate Sobrero, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Linette Smith, Miss Universe-British Virgin Islands (1996)
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1977
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Nicole Bobeck, Chic, figure skater (US Champ 1995)
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1978
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Kobe Bryant, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
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1994
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? Beatty, son of Warren Beatty & Annette Bening
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DEATHS
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634
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Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed, dies
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1305
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William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded
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1328
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Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle
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1507
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Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72
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1540
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Guillaume Bud, French humanist, dies at about 72
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1591
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Luis de Lon, scholar/poet, dies
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1618
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Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33
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1628
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George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36
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1668
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Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies
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1723
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Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64
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1777
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Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77
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1802
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Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51
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1806
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70
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1819
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Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
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1825
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Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81
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1831
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August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70
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1839
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Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57
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1865
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Ferdinand G Waldmller, Austria painter (biedermeier), dies
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1878
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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77
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1898
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Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82
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1903
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Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75
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1914
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Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
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1914
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George A Pogson, British consul in Puerto Rico, dies
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1926
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Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31
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1927
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Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass
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1929
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Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies
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1933
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Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62
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1937
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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68
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1939
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Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48
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1941
|
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Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies
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1943
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Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88
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1944
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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63
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1956
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... Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day
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1958
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Martin du Gard, writer, dies
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1960
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Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at 65
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1962
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Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70
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1962
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Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47
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1965
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John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67
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1966
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Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83
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1970
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Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55
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1971
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Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58
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1971
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Oliver F McGowan, actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64
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1972
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Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68
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1975
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Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
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1977
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Sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family Affair), dies at 59
|
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1979
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Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies
|
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1979
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Richard Hearne, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 70
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1980
|
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Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77
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1982
|
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Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
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1982
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Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies
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1986
|
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Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80
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1987
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Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80
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1989
|
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Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies
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1989
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Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry), dies
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1989
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Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black
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1990
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David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80
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1991
|
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Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
|
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1992
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Malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85
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1992
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Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
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1992
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Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
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1993
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Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80
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1993
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Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42
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1993
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Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88
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1994
|
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Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82
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1994
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Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70
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1994
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Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65
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1994
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Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer, dies at 77
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1994
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Zolt n F bri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76
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1995
|
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Alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist, dies at 96
|
|
1995
|
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Arthur Holt, politician, dies at 81
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1995
|
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Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician, dies at 31
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1995
|
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Hedda J Garza, writer/political activist, dies at 66
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1995
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|
James Pilditch, designer, dies at 66
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1995
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Johnny Carey, soccer star, dies at 76
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1995
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Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon, dies at 72
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1997
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Eric Gairy, PM of Grenada (1974-79), dies
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