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1301
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Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales
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1522
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Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches
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1550
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Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
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1569
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King Philip II forms inquistion in South America
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1613
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Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia
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1639
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Acadmie Franaise begins Dictionary of French Language
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1653
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Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
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1668
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Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
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1792
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Austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant
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1792
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D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna
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1795
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11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states
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1795
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Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
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1812
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8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
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1812
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Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
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1818
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1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC)
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1827
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Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC)
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1831
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Belgium adopts it's Constitution
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1836
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"Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
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1839
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Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"
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1862
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Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
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1864
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Federal troops occupy Jacksonville, Florida
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1872
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Alcorn A & M College opens
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1876
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Pres Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring
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1877
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1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)
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1881
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Battle at Ingogo, Transvaal: Boers beat superior British forces
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1882
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Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss
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1883
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Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger
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1884
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Canadian Rugby Football Union forms
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1889
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Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF
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1891
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Great Blizzard of 1891 begins
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1900
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British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal
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1900
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Labour Party forms in England
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1901
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Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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1903
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VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo
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1904
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Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)
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1905
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Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US
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1905
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Oklahoma admitted to statehood
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1908
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Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000
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1910
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Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris
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1912
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2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)
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1914
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Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
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1914
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Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, SF
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1915
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1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received
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1915
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2nd Battle of Masurian Lakes: German armies surrounded a Russian army
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1922
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John Willard's "Cat & the Canary," premieres in NYC
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1924
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Mussolini govt exchanges diplomats with USSR
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1928
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1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler)
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1931
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US opera, "Peter Ibbetson," by Deems Taylor premieres at Met Opera NYC
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1933
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Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
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1933
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Social-Dem meeting in Berlin "As thousands cheer" Marxism is dead
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1934
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1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss
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1935
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Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow symbol Rich Uncle Pennybags
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1936
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A flag is authorized for Vice President
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1936
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Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
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1940
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British railroads nationalized
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1940
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Walt Disney's 2nd feature-length movie, "Pinocchio," premieres (NYC)
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1941
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Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey Orch record "Everything Happens to Me"
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1942
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1st indoor 15' pole vault (Cornelius Warmerdam 15' 3/8")
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1943
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Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)
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1944
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Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records
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1944
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Germans launch counteroffensive at Anzio Italy
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1945
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General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila
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1945
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Pres Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
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1945
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US 76th/5th Infantry divisions begin crossing Sauer
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1946
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Filibuster in US Senate kills FEPC bill
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1947
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Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
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1948
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"Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs
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1948
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Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff
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1949
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Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
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1950
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Georges Bidault forms French govt
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1950
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Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1950
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US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
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1956
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Autherine Lucy, 1st black admitted to U of Alabama, is expelled
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1958
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1st showing of DAF 600 auto
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1958
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Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
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1958
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Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced
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1959
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"Whoop-Up" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances
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1959
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Castro proclaims new Cuban constitution
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1959
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Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
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1959
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Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
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1960
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Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea
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1961
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Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"
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1962
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Gas explosion in Luisanthal coal mine Voelklingen Germany kills 298
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1962
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President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
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1962
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Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
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1964
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Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
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1964
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Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour
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1964
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Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
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1964
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Roger Sessions' 5th Symphony, premieres
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1965
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Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali
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1965
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George Harrison has his tonsils removed
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1965
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Operations begin at Grupo Folklorico Antiyano on Curacao
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1965
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US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam
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1965
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WVIZ TV channel 25 in Cleveland, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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KWCM TV channel 10 in Appleton, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in NYC
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1968
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Belgium govt of Vanden Boeynants falls
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1968
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WLED TV channel 49 in Littleton, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1969
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"This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV
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1969
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Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
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1969
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Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
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1970
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"Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
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1970
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"Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
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1970
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LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
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1970
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
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1970
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
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1971
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Swiss men accept female suffrage
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1973
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1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
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1973
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Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
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1974
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Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
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1974
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Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters
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1975
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NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
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1976
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Darryl Sittler, Toronto, sets NHL record with 10 points in a game
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1976
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FCC raids & shuts down pirate radio station WCPR (Bkln NY)
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1976
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Larry Groce's "Junk Food Junkie" peaks at #9
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1976
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World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (USSR)
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1977
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Soyuz 24 launches with 2 cosmonauts
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1978
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Ethiopian offensive in Ogaden desert
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1979
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"Supertrain," TV Anthology, Superbomb of 1979, debuts on NBC
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1979
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Colonel Benjedid Chadli succeeds pres Boumdienne in Algeria
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1979
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Faoud Bacchus scores 250 for WI v India at Kanpur
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1979
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Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles
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1979
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Toronto Maple Leaf Darryl Sittler scores NHL record 10 pts (6 goals)
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1982
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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1982
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Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica
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1983
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1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
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1984
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Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk (US)
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1984
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David (born without immunity system) at 12, touches mom for 1st time
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1984
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Michael Jackson awarded a 4-ft-high platinum disc by CBS
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1985
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"New York, New York" became the official anthem of NYC
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1985
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Marshall U's Bruce Morris scores a basket from 92'5¬"
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1985
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NY Devil Don Lever becomes 57th NHLer to score 300 goals
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1986
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Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti
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1986
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Philippine Corazon Aquino defeats incumbent dictator Ferdinand Marcos but fraudulent returns gave the election to Marcos
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1986
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
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1987
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"Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93
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1987
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Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
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1987
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Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
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1987
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
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1988
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38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
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1988
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Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens
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1988
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
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1988
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NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-6
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1989
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40th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-5 at Edmonton
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1989
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Tennis superstar Bjrn Brg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
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1990
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Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators
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1990
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Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood Calif scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses
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1990
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USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
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1991
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Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame
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1991
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected president
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1992
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Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
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1992
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Shannon LA Rhea Marketic, 22, (California), crowned 41st Miss USA
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1993
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NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-20
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1993
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Pebbles Flintstone & Bamm Bamm Rubble wed
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1993
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Tammie Green wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
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1994
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21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins
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1994
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Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
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1994
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Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant
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1995
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Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting
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1997
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US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
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1998
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18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
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1998
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NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7
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BIRTHS
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1478
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Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
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1556
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Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren
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1589
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Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
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1612
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Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
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1655
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Jean-Franois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
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1688
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Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
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1693
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Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
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1700
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Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
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1707
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Carl August Thielo, composer
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1710
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William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
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1739
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Joseph Pouteau, composer
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1740
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Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
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1753
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Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)
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1758
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Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer
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1801
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John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist
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1803
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Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasvrus)
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1804
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John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements
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1809
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Frederik Paludan-Mller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)
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1812
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Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)
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1817
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Leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)
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1822
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Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer
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1823
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Richard Genee, composer
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1824
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William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae)
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1825
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Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer
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1833
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Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)
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1834
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Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table)
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1837
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James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
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1839
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Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)
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1842
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Alexandre Ribit, premier (France)
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1847
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Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor
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1862
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Bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)
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1863
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Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer
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1864
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Arthur Collins, singer/comedian (Peerless Quartet)
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1864
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Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer
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1866
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Raf[ael] Verhulst, [Koen Ravestein], Flemish writer (Jesus of Nazarus)
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1867
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisc, kid book author (Little House on Prarie)
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1869
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Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Jan Cimbura)
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1870
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Alfred Adler, Austria, psychiatrist (Inferiority Complex)
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1871
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Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer
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1872
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Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek lawyer/diplomat/foreign minister
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1875
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Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer
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1875
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Walter Courvoisier, composer
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1877
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Feliks Nowowiejski, composer
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1877
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Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist
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1877
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Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs (1929-..)
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1878
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Ossip Gabrilovich, composer
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1883
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Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You)
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1883
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Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist
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1885
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Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)
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1891
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Joachim Stutschewsky, composer
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1896
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Harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)
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1896
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Jacob Paludan, Danish pharmacist/writer (Jírgen Stein)
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1897
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Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer
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1899
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Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member
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1901
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Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)
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1902
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Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)
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1904
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Milton Krims, writer (Speed)
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1905
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Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist
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1905
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Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (L'Humanit, La Conspiration)
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1905
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Ulf Svante von Euler, Sweden, physiologist (Nobel 1970)
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1906
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Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo
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1907
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Arthur George Bottomley, politician
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1909
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Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS]
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1910
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Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)
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1912
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Derek Farr, London, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large)
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1912
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Jane Ross, Spokane Wash, actress (Audrey-Phyllis, Coed Fever)
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1914
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David Ignatow, US poet (Tread the Dark, Rescue the Dead)
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1914
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Jacques Mornard, [Ram¢n Mercader], murderer (Trotsky)
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1914
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Ralph Whitlock, writer
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1917
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Dick Emery, London England, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love)
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1919
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Dom Hlder Cmara, Brazilian bishop
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1919
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Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
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1920
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Eddie Bracken, Astoria NYC, actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing)
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1920
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Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh)
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1921
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Athol Rowan, cricketer (brother of Eric, South African off-spinner)
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1921
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Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk
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1923
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George H H Lascelles, English earl of Harewood/leader (Covent Garden)
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1923
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Keefe Brasselle, Elyria Ohio, actor (Be Our Guest)
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1924
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Cathy Long, (Rep-D-LA, 1985-86)
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1924
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Dora Bryan, [Broadhurst], Southport England, actress (Taste of Honey)
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1924
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Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress (Carry on Doctor)
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1924
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Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
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1925
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Arthur Berry, artist
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1925
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H Eisenreich, writer
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1925
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Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer/conductor (Paradise Lost)
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1925
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Romolo Valli, actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia)
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1926
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Konstantin Petrovich Feokistov, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
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1927
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John Buller, composer
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1928
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Al "Fuzzy" Smith, baseball player
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1932
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Alfred M Worden, Jackson Michigan, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
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1932
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Gay Talese, author (Honor Thy Father)
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1934
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Earl King, [Solomon Johnson], rocker
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1934
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King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US vocalist (Memphis Soul Stew)
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1934
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Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid (CDA)
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1935
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Herb Kohl, (Sen-D Wisconsin)
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1938
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Juan Pizarro, baseball player
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1938
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Robert Frank Baksa, composer
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1940
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Gary Bond, England, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days)
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1942
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Ton [ACHM] de Kok, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1944
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Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect (CDA)
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1944
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Berry [AH] Esselink, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1944
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Michael A Andrews, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
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1945
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Gerald Davies, British rugby player
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1945
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Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Boxer)
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1946
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Hector Babenco, director (Ironweed, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
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1946
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Lawrence Ascott, rocker (Isotope)
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1946
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Sammy Johns, rocker (Politics, Religion & Her)
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1948
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Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
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1949
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Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
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1949
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Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups)
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1950
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Burt Hooton, baseball player
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1950
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Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
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1950
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Marilyn Cochran, Burlington Vt, skier (Olympics-1972)
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1951
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Benny Ayala, baseball player
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1951
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Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
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1953
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Robert Brazile, NFLer
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1954
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Miguel Ferrer, Santa Monica CA, actor (Robocop)
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1955
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Charlie Puleo, baseball player
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1955
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Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
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1956
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Garth Brooks, Tulsa Okla, country vocalist (No Fences)
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1957
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Carney Lansford, baseball player
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1957
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Damaso Garcia, baseball player
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1958
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Manuel Mijares, Mexico, spanish vocalist (Maria Bonita)
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1958
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Michele Drake, La Jolla CA, playmate (May, 1979)
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1959
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Brian Travers, rock saxophonist (UB40-Red Wine)
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1959
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Sammy Lee, British soccer player
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1960
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James Spader, NYC, actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin)
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1960
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Steve Bronski, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
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1962
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Alan Sippy, cricketer (dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's)
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1962
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David Bryan, rock keyboardist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name)
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1963
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Heidemarie M Stefanyshyn-Piper, St Paul Minn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
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1963
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Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland)
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1964
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Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, Riverside Calif, swimmer (Olympic-silver-84)
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1964
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Dona L Speir, Norwalk Calif, playmate (March, 1984)
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1964
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Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
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1965
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Jason Gedrick, Chicago IL, actor (Heavenly Kid, Class of '96)
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1965
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Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Hawaiian-20th)
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1965
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Reginald Thal, soccer player (MVV)
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1966
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Chris Rock, comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)
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1967
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Joseph Tilford Leigh Greene, Dayton Ohio, long jumper (Oly-br-92, 96)
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1968
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Ashely Allen, San Antonio TX, playmate (Aug, 1992)
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1968
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Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star (1990 Pretoria)
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1968
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Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star
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1968
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Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
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1969
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Bucky Richardson, US football quarterback (Houston Oilers)
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1969
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Fiona Robinson, Collie Western Aust, basketball player (Oly-bronze-96)
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1970
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Chris Gardocki, NFL punter (Indianapolis Colts)
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1970
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Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
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1970
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Stanley Roberts, NBA center (LA Clippers, Minn Timberwolves)
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1971
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Andrew Currey, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Marvin Graves, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
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1972
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Aftab Habib, cricketer (Leicestershire righty batsman 1996)
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1972
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John Slaney, St John's, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
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1973
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Billy Baumhoff, St Louis MO, soccer midfielder/forward (Oly-gold-96)
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1973
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Juwan Howard, NBA forward/center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
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1973
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Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star (1993 Futures-Singapore)
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1973
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Leanne Schuster, Mesa Az, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1995)
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1973
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Sonia Paquette, St-Janvier Quebec, hurdler (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Tim Bowens, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
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1974
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Ryan Phillips, linebacker (NY Giants)
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1974
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Steve Nash, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
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1975
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Alexandre Daigle, Montreal, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
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1975
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Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
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1976
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Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir, Miss Universe-Iceland (1996)
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1976
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Terry Battle, running back (Detroit Lions)
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1977
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Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1977
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Hillary Wolf, Chicago, extra lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1979
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Cerina Vincent, Miss Nevada Teen USA (1996)
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1985
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Tina Majorino, actress, (Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman)
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DEATHS
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590
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Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague
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1593
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Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
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1609
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Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
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1743
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Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57
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1749
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Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76
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1779
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William Boyce, composer, dies at 67
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1820
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Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57
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1823
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Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58
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1827
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Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73
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1830
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Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
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1857
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Flix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65
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1862
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Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61
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1865
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John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64
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1878
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Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85
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1881
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Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73
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1897
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Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49
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1901
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Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64
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1911
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Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies
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1915
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Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68
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1918
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Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, composer, dies at 68
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1920
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Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed
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1921
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Peter Kropotkin, Russ Prince/geologist/revolut anarchist, dies at 78
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1931
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Ion Vidu, composer, dies at 67
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1933
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Albert Gyrgy Earl Apponyi, Hung minister of Education, dies at 86
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1937
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Elihu Root, US min of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel 1912), dies at 91
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1940
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Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies
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1942
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Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, marathoner (Oly-gold-1908), dies at 56
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1948
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"Red" McKenzie, blues-jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies
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1954
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Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer, dies at 54
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1957
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Rudolph Reti, composer, dies at 71
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1958
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Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76
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1959
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Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84
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1959
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Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83
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1959
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Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32
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1960
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Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at 57
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1961
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Louis-Ferdinand Cline, Fren physician/author/anti-semite, dies at 67
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1962
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Arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow
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1964
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Hermann A J Kees, German egyptologist, dies at 77
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1964
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Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Oly-gold-32), dies at 59
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1965
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Nance O'Neil, actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90
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1967
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Henry Morgenthau, US minster of Finance (devaluate dollar), dies at 74
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1968
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Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36
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1968
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Stuart Foster, singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
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1969
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Bainbridge Crist, composer, dies at 85
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1974
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Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61
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1975
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Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
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1977
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Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82
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1979
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Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns
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1980
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Ernst Kunz, composer, dies at 88
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1980
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Katherine Emery, actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
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1984
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Brooks West, actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
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1985
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Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83
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1985
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Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
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1986
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Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81
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1987
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David Savoy Jr, rock manager (Hsker Du), commits suicide at 24
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1988
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Lin[wood V] Carter, US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
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1990
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Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies
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1990
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Jimmy Van Heusen, composer (Call Me Irresponsible), dies at 77
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1990
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Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
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1991
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Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75
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1991
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Gladys LaVerne, dies of heart problems at 87
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1992
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Jeanne Gerson, dies of cancer & pneumonia at 87
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1993
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Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
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1993
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W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
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1994
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Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at 74
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1994
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Richard Bissell, US under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84
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1995
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Helen Wallis, cartographer/Librarian, dies at 70
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1995
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Massimo Pallottino, Ital archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at 86
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1996
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George Lowthian Trevelyan, designer/visionary, dies at 89
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1996
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Isian Kehinde I K Dairo, musician/academic, dies at 65
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1996
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Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist, dies at 84
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1996
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Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer, dies at 88
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1996
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Tiny Winters, musician, dies at 87
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1997
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Danil Shafran, cellist, dies at 74
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1998
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Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51
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