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St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta
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1098
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Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch
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1535
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12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
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1549
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Tom de Sousa appointed gov-gen of Brazil
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1635
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Acadmie Franaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu)
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1676
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Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass
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1713
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Neth & England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier [OS=Jan 31]
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1716
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Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France
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1720
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Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
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1746
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English Pelham govt resigns
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1749
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10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
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1763
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Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England
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1774
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Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
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1794
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Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E, premieres
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1807
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US Coast Survey authorized by Congress
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1824
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Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
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1840
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British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg
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1846
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Beginning of Mormon march to west US
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1846
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British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
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1855
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US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship
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1859
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Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny
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1860
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John Brahms' 2nd Serenade in A, premieres
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1862
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Dutch 2nd govt of Thorbecke forms
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1863
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1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia
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1863
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PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren (NYC)
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1866
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Dutch govt Frans van der Putte forms
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1868
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Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida
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1870
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City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time)
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1870
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YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (NYC)
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1878
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Peace of Zanj¢n
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1878
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Peter Tsjaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F, premieres
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1879
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1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
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1879
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Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
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1880
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Arcanum about Christian marriage
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1881
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Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris
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1882
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Rimski-Korsakovs opera "Snyegurochka," premieres in St Petersburg
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1883
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Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisc, kills 71
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1890
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Around 11M acres, ceded to US by Sioux Indians opens for settlement
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1897
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NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
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1899
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-39øF (-39øC), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
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1899
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US-Spain peace treaty signed by Pres McKinley. US gets PR & Guam
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1900
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Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec)
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1904
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Japan & Russia declares war after Japan's surprise attack on Russian fleet at Port Arthur disabled 7 Russian warships
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1906
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Britain's 1st modern & largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched
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1906
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State of siege proclaimed in Zululand
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1908
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Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
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1912
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Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
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1913
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Edward Sheldons "Romance," premieres in NYC
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1916
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Conscription begins in Britain
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1917
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Johanna Westerdijk installed as Neth 1st female professor
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1920
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Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
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1923
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Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company
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1923
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Owen Davis' "Icebound," premieres in NYC
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1923
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SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied
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1924
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Bucky Harris, 27, becomes youngest baseball manager (Wash Senators)
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1925
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1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind
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1925
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AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
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1926
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Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins
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1927
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Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
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1930
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Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
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1931
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New Delhi becomes capital of India
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1931
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Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Harts premieres in NYC
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1933
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-54øF (-48øC), Seneca, Oregon (state record)
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1933
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Delivery of 1st singing telegram (Postal Telegram Co NYC)
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1933
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Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship
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1933
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Hitler proclaims end of Marxism
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1933
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Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed
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1934
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1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine
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1934
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Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp
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1934
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Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in NYC
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1934
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Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress, says "Life becomes merrier"
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1934
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Thomson/Gertrude Steins opera premieres in NYC
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1935
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1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service
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1935
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Pennsylvania RR begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
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1937
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Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
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1938
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King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
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1940
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"In The Mood" by Glenn Miller hits #1
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1940
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Tom & Jerry created by Hanna & Barbera debut by MGM
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1940
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
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1940
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
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1941
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1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
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1941
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Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands
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1942
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Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
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1943
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"Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination
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1943
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8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
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1943
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Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
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1944
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Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested
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1944
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U-666/U-545/U-283 sink off Ireland
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1945
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"Rum & Coca Cola" by Andrews Sisters hits #1
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1946
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1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum
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1947
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Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
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1947
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Netherlands Radio Union forms
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1947
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Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
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1947
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WW II peace treaties signed
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1948
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Greek Gen Markos' guerrilla army bombs Saloniki
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1949
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Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
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1951
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"John & Marsha" by Stan Freberg peaks at #21
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1951
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Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari
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1953
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Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood & Demmy GRB
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1953
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Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of GRB
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1953
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
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1953
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Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA
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1954
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Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
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1954
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Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
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1954
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Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
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1954
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER
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1954
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
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1956
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"My Friend Flicka" premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
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1956
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Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
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1957
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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1957
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
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1959
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Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"
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1959
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Tornado in St Louis kills 19 & injures 265
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1960
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"Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 532 perfs
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1960
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Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres
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1961
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AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
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1961
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Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power
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1961
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Walter Piston's 7th Symphony, premieres
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1962
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Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
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1962
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USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel
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1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open
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1963
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon
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1963
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz
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1964
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Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
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1964
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Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
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1964
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WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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Harmel govt in Belgium resigns
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1967
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25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
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1968
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"Spooky" by Classics IV hits #3
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1968
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Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France
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1969
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LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
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1970
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26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
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1970
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Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, Fran
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1971
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American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY
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1971
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Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
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1971
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John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in NYC
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1971
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Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
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1972
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BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
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1972
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Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
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1972
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1973
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2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
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1973
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83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
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1973
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Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 v NZ Dunedin
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1974
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"Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
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1974
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Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
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1974
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Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
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1974
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Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
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1974
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Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London
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1975
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William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1977
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"Party with Comden & Green" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 92 perfs
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1977
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Bomb explosion in Moskouse metro
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1977
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Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
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1977
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Yehonathan Netanyou Lane in the Bronx named in honor of Bronx-born
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1978
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Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
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1979
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"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart peaks at #1
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1979
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Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
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1980
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Ianford Wilsons "Talley's Folly," premieres in NYC
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1980
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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1981
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33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA
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1981
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8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
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1981
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Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
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1982
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28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qubec
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1983
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Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
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1985
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... Sch"ne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:32.82)
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1985
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35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
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1985
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Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission
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1985
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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1985
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1986
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"John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released
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1987
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Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
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1988
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3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in SF strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
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1988
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Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
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1989
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Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
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1989
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Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
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1989
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Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
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1989
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Ron Brown chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party (Democrats)
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1989
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Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
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1989
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To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court
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1989
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Tony Robinson of Jamaica becomes Nottingham's 1st black sheriff
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1989
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1990
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6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
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1990
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Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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1990
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Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
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1990
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S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
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1990
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
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1991
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"La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 24 performances
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1991
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41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
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1991
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament
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1991
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Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
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1991
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Lithuania votes for independence from USSR
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1991
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NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC
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1992
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"Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
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1992
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Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
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1992
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Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
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1993
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"Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
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1993
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Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
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1993
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US officially backs peace plan in Bosnia
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1995
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Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA
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1995
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Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
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1995
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek
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1996
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IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
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1997
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13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1997
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5th annual ESPY Awards presented
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1997
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Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
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1997
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Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
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1997
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O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages
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1997
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Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
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1998
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AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95
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1998
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Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
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BIRTHS
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1609
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John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier
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1637
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Henritte Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry
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1670
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Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter
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1670
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William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
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1685
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Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
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1686
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Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany
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1696
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Johann Melchior Molter, composer
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1702
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Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
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1717
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Pierre de La Garde, composer
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1728
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Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
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1735
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Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer
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1741
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Franz Adam Veichtner, composer
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1750
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Stanislao Mattei, composer
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1775
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Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist
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1788
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Johann Peter Pixis, composer
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1795
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Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
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1807
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Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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1818
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Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
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1819
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Richard Storrs Willis, composer
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1821
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William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
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1824
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Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
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1827
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Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
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1841
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Walter Parratt, composer
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1846
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Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
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1847
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A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
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1862
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W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
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1866
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Bror Beckman, composer
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1866
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Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian
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1868
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William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
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1869
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Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer
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1870
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Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter
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1872
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Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
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1879
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Franz Carl Bornschein, composer
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1880
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Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
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1884
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Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)
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1887
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[Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
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1888
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G Ungaretti, writer
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1889
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Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
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1890
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Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]
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1890
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Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage)
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1891
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Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)
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1892
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Alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)
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1893
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Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)
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1893
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William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
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1894
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Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)
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1894
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[Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, (C) British PM (1957-63)
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1896
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Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)
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1897
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John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
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1898
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Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer
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1898
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Joseph Kessel, French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows)
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1898
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Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)
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1898
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Robert Keith, Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One)
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1900
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Rebecca Negrin
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1902
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Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)
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1902
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Stella Adler, NY, actress (My Girl Tisa)
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1902
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Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
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1903
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Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer
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1904
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John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
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1905
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John Dierkes, OH, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree)
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1905
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Max Schubert, winemaker
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1905
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Vilko Ukmar, composer
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1905
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Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
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1906
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Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz)
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1906
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Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist
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1906
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John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
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1906
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Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
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1906
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Walraven (Wally) van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
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1907
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Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
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1908
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Jean Coulthard, composer
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1909
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Lord Milne
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1910
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Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
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1910
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Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
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1910
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Joyce Grenfell, actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
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1910
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Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
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1912
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Lord Orr-Ewing
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1913
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Philippa Bevans, actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
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1913
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Ragnhild Marie Hatton, historian
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1914
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Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
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1916
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Edward R Roybal, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
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1918
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Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain
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1918
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Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman
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1920
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Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
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1920
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J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
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1921
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Adrian Cruft, composer
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1922
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Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ)
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1922
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Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)
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1923
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Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
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1924
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Bud (Norman) Poile, NHLer
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1924
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Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show)
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1926
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Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player
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1927
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Jakov Lind, German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
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1927
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Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
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1927
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Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
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1927
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Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire
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1928
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Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
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1928
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Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
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1929
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Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
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1929
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Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
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1929
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Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
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1929
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Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
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1930
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John Gilpin, English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland)
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1930
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Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18]
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1930
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Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)
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1931
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Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer
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1931
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Makoto Shinohara, composer
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1931
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Thomas Bernhard, writer
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1932
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Donald Hilton, Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church)
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1932
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Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
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1935
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Conrad Klapheck, German painter (typewriters)
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1935
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Salvator Pueyo, composer
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1935
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Theodore Antoniou, composer
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1936
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Olwyn Bowey, painter
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1936
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Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
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1937
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Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
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1937
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Lord Justice Rose
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1937
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Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)
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1939
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Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)
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1939
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Boris Pickett, vocalist (Monster Mash)
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1939
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Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)
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1940
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Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic
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1940
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Jimmy Merchant, rocker
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1940
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Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1940
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Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd's)
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1941
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John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
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1941
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Michael Apted, director/researcher (Granada TV)
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1942
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Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools)
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1942
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Michael Bishop, CEO (British Midland Airways)
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1943
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Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)
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1944
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Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
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1945
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John Hayes, secretary-general (British Law Society)
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1945
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Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1946
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Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
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1946
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Keith Mans, MP
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1948
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Conrad Cummings, composer
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1949
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Joe Lavender, NFLer
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1950
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Gail Rebuck, CEO (Random House)
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1950
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Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
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1950
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Mike Rutherford, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics)
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1951
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Roxanne Pulitzer, Glendale Calif, author (Prize Pulitzer)
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1951
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Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
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1952
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Mike Varty, NFLer
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1953
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Carl Joseph Stone, composer
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1953
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John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
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1955
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Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
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1955
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Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
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1957
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Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
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1957
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Pranab Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982)
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1958
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Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
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1959
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Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
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1960
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Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio)
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1961
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David Ward, cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman)
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1961
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Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
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1961
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George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser (Clinton)
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1962
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Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica)
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1962
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Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Oly-9/10-88, 92, 96)
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1963
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Bennie Thompson, NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens)
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1963
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Harris Huizingh, soccer player (FC Groningen)
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1963
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Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star
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1963
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Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
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1964
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Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu)
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1964
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Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
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1964
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Roger Reijners, soccer player (MVV)
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1964
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Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
|
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1965
|
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Lenny Webster, New Orleans LA, catcher (Montreal Expos)
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1965
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Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned)
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1966
|
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Daryl Johnston, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
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1967
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Bradley Hughes, Mordialloc VIC, Australasia golfer
|
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1967
|
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Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer (NY Jets, St Louis)
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1968
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Peter Popovic, Koping Swe, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
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1968
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Ryan Bowen, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
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1969
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Jayhawk Owens, Cincinnati Ohio, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1969
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Tim Clark, US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
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1970
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Alberto Castillo, Dominican/US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
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1970
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Bobby Jones, Fresno CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
|
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1970
|
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Brendan Eppert, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1971
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Kevin Sefcik, Oaklawn IL, infielder (Phila Phillies)
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1971
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Marty Nothstein, Allentown Pa, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96)
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1971
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Wayne Gandy, tackle (St Louis Rams)
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1972
|
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Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer (Australian Test fast bowler v WI 1996)
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1972
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Nancy Christian, Scottsdale Az, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995)
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1972
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Sara Simmons, Belmont Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Torey Hunter, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
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1974
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Andrew English, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
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1974
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Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC)
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1974
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Ty Law, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
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1975
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Tina Thompson, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
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1977
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Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord NH, Miss America-NH (1996)
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DEATHS
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1134
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Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies
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1162
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Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies
|
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1164
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Hugo of Fosses/Prmontr, abbott of Prmontr, dies
|
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1164
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Hugo van Fosses/Prmontr, abbott of Prmontr, dies
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1482
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Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
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1495
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William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
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1567
|
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Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
|
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1588
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Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82
|
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1598
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Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
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1657
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Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59
|
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1678
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Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
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1686
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William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies
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1711
|
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Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
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1772
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Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75
|
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1772
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Louis Tocqu, French painter, dies at 75
|
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1774
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Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
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1783
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James Nares, composer, dies at 67
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1816
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Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
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1822
|
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Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
|
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1825
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Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
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1829
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Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
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1832
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Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
|
|
1837
|
|
Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
|
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1861
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Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies
|
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1876
|
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Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43
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1879
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Honor V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
|
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1879
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Wolter R baron van Hovell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
|
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1880
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Isac M "Isaac A" Crmieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83
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1887
|
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Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
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1887
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Pieter JBCR van der Aa, Dutch geographer, dies at 54
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1902
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J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies
|
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1905
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Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
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1912
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Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
|
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1915
|
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Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
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1917
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Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
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1918
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Abdl-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
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1923
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Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
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1932
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R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76
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1939
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Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
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1943
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Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance
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1945
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Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63
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1948
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Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
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1948
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Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
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1950
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Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70
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1951
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Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71
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1957
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
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1958
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Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
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1962
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Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
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1966
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Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
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1968
|
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Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79
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1977
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Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70
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1982
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K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
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1983
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|
Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80
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1986
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Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83
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1989
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Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
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1992
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Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
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1992
|
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Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70
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1992
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Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
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1992
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Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
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1992
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Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies
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1992
|
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Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
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1993
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John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
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1993
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Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
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1993
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|
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, PM of France (1957), dies
|
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1995
|
|
Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at 85
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|
1995
|
|
Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
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|
1995
|
|
Paul Monette, writer, dies at 49
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|
1995
|
|
S van der Linde, church historian, dies at 89
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1996
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|
Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67
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1997
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|
Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47
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1997
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|
Milton Cato, PM of San Vincent & Grenadines (1979-84), dies
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1998
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Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
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1998
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Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies
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