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374
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Comet 1P/374 E1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0884 AUs of Earth
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527
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Justinianus becomes compassionate emperor of Byzantium
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705
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Greek pope John VII chosen as successor to John VI
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1064
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Body of bishop Eleutherius of Blandain moved to Doornik
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1504
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English guilds/corp goes under state control
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1572
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Bloys van Treslong conquers Brielle
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1578
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William Harvey of England discovers blood circulation
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1581
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Portugese Cortes subjects himself on Philip II
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1663
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Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty)
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1724
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Henry Pelham becomes English minister of War
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1724
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Jonathan Swift publishes Drapier's letters
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1748
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Ruins of Pompeii found
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1776
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Friedrich von Klinger's "Sturm und Drang," premieres in Leipzig
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1778
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Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol
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1789
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House of Reps 1st full meeting, NYC, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
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1792
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Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce
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1793
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Volcano Unsen on Japan erupts killing about 53,000
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1803
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French law rules the use of intention
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1826
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Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
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1836
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Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
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1850
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SF County Govt established
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1853
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Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
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1862
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Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA
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1863
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1st wartime conscription law in US goes into effect
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1865
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-9] Battle at Blakely Alabama
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1865
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Battle of 5 Forks Virginia, signalling end of Lee's army
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1866
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US Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US
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1867
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Blacks vote in municipal election in Tuscumbia, Alabama
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1867
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International Exhibition opens in Paris
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1867
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Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies
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1868
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Hampton Institute opens
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1872
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1st edition of The Standard
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1873
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British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die
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1873
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Mehmed Kemals play "Vatan" premeres in Constantinople
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1876
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1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
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1881
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Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem
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1881
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Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens
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1888
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Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam
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1889
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1st dishwashing machine marketed (Chicago)
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1891
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London-Paris telephone connection opens
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1891
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Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
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1899
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NC Mutual opens doors for business
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1900
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1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"
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1905
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British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya
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1910
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Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk
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1914
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UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
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1916
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1st US national women's swiming championships held
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1918
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England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
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1918
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Henry Miller's Theater opens at 124 W 43rd St NYC
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1920
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Church disforms in Wales
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1920
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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1924
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Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
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1924
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Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
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1924
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Imperial Airways forms in Britain
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1925
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1st transmission of Danish state radio
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1925
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Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated [see May 9, 1925]
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1926
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Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren
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1927
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1st automatic record changer introduced by His Master's Voice
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1928
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Chiang Kai-shek's army crosses Yang-tse
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1929
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Austrian govt of Ignaz Seipel falls
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1929
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Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven Netherlands opens
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1929
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Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo
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1929
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Luis Bu¤uel releases "Un Chien Andalou," 24-minute film
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1929
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Morehouse College, Spellman College & Atlanta University affiliate
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1930
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"Blue Angel," starring unknown Marlene Dietrich, premieres in America
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1931
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Earthquake devastate Managua Nicaragua, kills 2,000
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1931
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Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball
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1933
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Hammond scores 336* v NZ at Auckland, 47 fours 10 sixes
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1933
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Heinrich Himmler becomes Police Commander of Germany
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1933
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Nazi Germany begins persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses
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1934
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Bonnie & Clyde kill 2 police officers
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1935
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1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, NY
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1936
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Orissa constituted a province of British India
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1937
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Aden becomes British crown colony
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1938
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Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY
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1938
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Joe Louis KOs Harry Thomas in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1939
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US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory
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1941
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Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in NYC
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1941
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Navy takes over Treasure Island (SF Bay)
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1941
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Nazi's forbid Jews access to cafs
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1941
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Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
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1942
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Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor
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1942
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Mxico changes from 3 time zones to 2
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1944
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German Abwehr ends England spiel, after 132 killed
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1944
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Japanese troops conquer Jessami, East-India
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1945
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1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
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1945
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Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen
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1945
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Ruhrgebied sealed off by US 1st & 9th army
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1945
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Sons of Elburger Soccer team forms in Elburg
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1945
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US forces invade Okinawa during WW II
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1946
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400,000 US mine workers strike
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1946
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Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii
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1946
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Van Acker forms Belgian govt (without CVP)
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1946
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Weight Watchers forms
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1947
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1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
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1948
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H H H Johnson bowls WI to win v England 10-96 match on debut
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1952
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Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe & Gamow
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1952
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1953
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J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea
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1953
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KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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Walcott Worrell & Weekes all make centuries in innings v India
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1954
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1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC
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1954
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1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
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1954
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Earthquake/tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
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1954
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US Air Force Academy forms
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1954
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WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam
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1955
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EOKA-bomb attacks against British govt buildings in Cyprus
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1955
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WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1956
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10th Tony Awards: Diary of Anne Frank & Damn Yankees win
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1956
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KPIC TV channel 4 in Roseburg, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Violent clashes in Algeria, kills at least 380
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1957
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Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising
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1957
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World's biggest glass oven used
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1957
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WYES TV channel 12 in New Orleans, LA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1958
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KVIQ TV channel 6 in Eureka, CA (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1958
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Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
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1960
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2nd French atom bomb explodes (Sahara)
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1960
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France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
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1960
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Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee
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1960
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RCA TIROS (TV & Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched
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1960
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U Nu elected premier of Burma
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1961
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Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
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1963
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NY Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000
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1963
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NYC's newspapers resume publishing after a 114 day strike
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1963
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Soap operas "General Hospital" & "Doctors" premier on TV
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1964
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10øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April
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1964
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John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
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1964
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Robert Lowell's "Benito Cereno," premieres in NYC
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1965
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South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
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1965
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Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
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1966
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1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
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1966
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China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
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1967
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1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
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1968
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KEMO (now KOFY) TV channel 20 in San Francisco, CA (IND) 1st broadcast
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1969
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Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
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1969
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Seattle Pilots trade minor league outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
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1970
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Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
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1970
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John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
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1970
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Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were c
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1970
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Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
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1971
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United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
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1971
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US/Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
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1972
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30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
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1972
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Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
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1973
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Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Classic
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1973
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Japan allows its citizens to own gold
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1973
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John & Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence
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1974
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Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
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1974
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Pioneer Hall opens
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1974
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Yourdon, Inc forms
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1975
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Cambodia President Lon Nol flees for Red Khmer
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1976
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Stephen Wozniak & Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer
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1977
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Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails
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1977
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NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
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1979
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Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following fall of Shah
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1979
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1980
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Baseball Players' Assn votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
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1980
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Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz
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1980
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France performs nuclear test
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1980
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Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
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1981
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CNN airs a videotape that shows that Tamara Rand predicted that Reagan is in danger from someone named Jack Humley (a hoax)
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1982
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Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
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1982
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US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panam
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1983
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Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
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1983
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NY Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
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1984
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14th Easter Seal Telethon raises $24,600,000
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1984
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3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern Cal beats Tenn 72-61
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1984
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8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours
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1985
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47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75
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1986
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Delhi beat Haryana by innings & 141 to win Ranji Trophy
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1986
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US sub Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea
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1986
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World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
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1989
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1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
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1989
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A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
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1990
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"Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
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1990
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19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
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1990
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2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins
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1990
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9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81
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1990
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CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
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1990
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Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
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1990
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It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers
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1990
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Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
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1990
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Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan
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1991
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53rd NCAA Mens Basketball Champion: Duke Bluedevils beats Kansas 72-65
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1991
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Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with NY Mets
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1991
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Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
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1991
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Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race
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1991
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US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour
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1991
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Warsaw Pact officially dissolves
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1992
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5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)
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1992
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Battleship USS Missouri (on which, Japan surrendered) decommissioned
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1992
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Last defendant in St John sex assault case sentenced to 3 yrs prob
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1992
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NFL decides to stay with 17 week sched instead of expanded 18 games
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1992
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NHL players begin 1st strike in 75-year history
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1992
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Rocker Billy Idol fined $2,000 for hitting a woman
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1992
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WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
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1992
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World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former USSR
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1993
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Alan Bennett's "Madness of George III," premieres in London
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1993
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Stephane Powers weds Patrick de la Chenais
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1994
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Bob Feller Statue on Indians Plaza, dedicated
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1995
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Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
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1995
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NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23
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1996
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58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Boston MA on WBCN 104.1 FM (morn)
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1997
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69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
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1997
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Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
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1998
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World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
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2001
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20th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at St Louis
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2002
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64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta
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BIRTHS
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1283
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Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
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1578
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William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
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1582
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Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter
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1582
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Thomas Simpson, composer
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1643
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Christian Demelius, composer
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1697
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Abb Prvost, French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
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1721
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Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
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1725
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Franois Bainville, composer
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1732
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Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (Die Schpfung)
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1755
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
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1772
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Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer
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1785
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J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
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1793
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Edouard Corbire, French captain/writer (Le negrier)
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1802
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Hubert Reis, composer
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1807
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Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic
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1809
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Nikolai Gogol, writer
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1809
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Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner
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1815
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Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
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1817
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Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
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1823
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Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914
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1834
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Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer
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1843
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Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist
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1847
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Gavriil Musicescu, composer
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1847
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Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)
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1852
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Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
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1858
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Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
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1858
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Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)
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1864
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Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer
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1865
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Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
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1866
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Ferruccio D M B Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
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1866
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Johannes C H de Meere, Dutch zoologist
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1866
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Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist
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1868
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Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
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1869
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Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom)
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1871
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F Melius Christiansen, composer
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1872
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Tadeusz Joteyko, composer
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1873
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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
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1875
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Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)
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1878
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Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
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1883
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Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor
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1883
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Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
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1884
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Laurette Taylor, [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)
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1885
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Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones
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1886
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Casimir von Paszthory, composer
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1886
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Wallace Beery, KC MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8)
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1887
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Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist
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1893
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Cicely Courtneidge, Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure)
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1895
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Alberta Hunter, blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
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1897
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Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
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1898
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Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand)
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1898
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Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)
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1898
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Roger Bastide, French sociologist
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1901
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Boris Koutzen, composer
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1902
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L P Jai, cricketer (one Test India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0)
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1904
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Juan Gil-Albert, poet
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1905
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Clara "Mother" Hale, US social worker (Hale House)
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1905
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Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
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1905
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Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
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1906
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Ned Glass, Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie)
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1906
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Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
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1907
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Walter Kaufmann, composer
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1908
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Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
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1909
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Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)
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1909
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Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
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1911
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Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star/writer
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1911
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Ferdinand J Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense (soc dem)
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1911
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Gnther Rennert, Essen Germany, opera director/producer
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1914
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Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist
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1915
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Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
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1915
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Willy Dixon, blues artist (Mellow Down Easy)
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1917
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Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)
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1917
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Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk)
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1920
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Joan Frances Will, actress
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1920
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Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
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1921
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Douglas Allenbrook, composer
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1921
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William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island)
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1922
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William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)
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1923
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Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)
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1924
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Gunther Becker, composer
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1925
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Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
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1926
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Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
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1926
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Lyndon Brook, actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky)
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1927
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Amos Milburn, rocker
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1928
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Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)
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1928
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George Grizzard, NC, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
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1928
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Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
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1928
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Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
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1929
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Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being)
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1930
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Grace Lee Whitney, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek)
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1930
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Joan Franks-Williams, composer
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1931
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George Baker, Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly)
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1931
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Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy)
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1932
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Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor
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1932
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Debbie Reynolds, El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
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1932
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Gordon Jump, Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
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1932
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Jiri Smutny, composer
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1933
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Dan Flavin, US minimalist sculptor
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1934
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Don Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns)
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1935
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Hans H Boswinkel, actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love)
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1935
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John Murray, cricketer (Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Test
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1939
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Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus)
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1939
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Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
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1939
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Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
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1941
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Ajit Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt)
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1942
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Alan Blakley, rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
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1942
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Danny Brooks, rocker (Dovells)
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1942
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Phil Margo, Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
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1942
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Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr, US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona)
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1944
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Carol White, England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting)
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1945
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Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
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1946
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Arthur Conley, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
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1946
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John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
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1946
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Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, London, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
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1946
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William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
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1947
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David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon
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1948
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Jimmy Cliff, Reggae singer
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1948
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Simon Crowe, rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye)
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1948
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Y Y Williams, Welsh rugby player
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1949
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Gill Scott-Heron, US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon)
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1950
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Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
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1950
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Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
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1952
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Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103)
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1952
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Annette O'Toole, Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III)
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1952
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Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
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1952
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Rey Robinson, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972)
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1953
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Aftab Baloch, cricketer (Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74)
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1953
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Barry Sonnenfeld, director (When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery)
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1954
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Jeff Porcaro, LA Calif, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
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1955
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Danny Joe Pohl, Mt Pleasant MI, PGA golfer (1986 Colonial)
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1955
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Stan Ridway, rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
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1956
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Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)
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1957
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David Gower, cricketer (elegant England left-handed batsman 1978-92)
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1957
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Donald William Hammond, Frederick MD, PGA golfer (1986 Bob Hope)
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1957
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Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)
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1958
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Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1961
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Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas)
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1961
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Jim Jeffcoat, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
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1961
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Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
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1962
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Phillip Schofield, TV personality/designer (Nightfire)
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1962
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Rich Amaral, Visalia CA, outfielder (Seattle Mariners)
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1964
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John Morris, cricketer (England right-hand batsman v India 1990)
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1964
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Kevin Duckworth, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
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1964
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Scott Stevens, Kitchener, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team Canada)
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1965
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John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants, NY Jets)
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1965
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Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
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1966
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Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1966
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Odie Harris, NFL safety/defensive back (Houston Oilers)
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1968
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Joel Smeenge, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1969
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Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
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1969
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Arnaud Boetsch, Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior)
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1969
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Frank Castillo, El Paso TX, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
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1969
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John Forest, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1969
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Kevin Dean, Madison, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
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1969
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Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)
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1970
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Mark Wheeler, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs, NE Patriots)
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1970
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Wes Barnett, St Joseph MO, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Oly-6th-92, 96)
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1970
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Wyatt Jones, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1971
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Daniel Vacek, Prague Czech, tennis star
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1971
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Ernest Jones, NFL defensive end (Saints, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1971
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Jessica Collins, [Capogna], actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving)
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1972
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Kenny Gales, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons)
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1972
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Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1973
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Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1973
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Stephen Fleming, cricketer (NZ left-handed Test batsman 1994-)
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1975
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Kristine Quance, 100m breaststroke/200m medley (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Magdalena Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow)
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1976
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Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid)
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1980
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Bryan Buffinton, Ridgewood NJ, actor (Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light)
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1982
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Sam Huntington, actor (Jungle 2 Jungle)
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DEATHS
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1204
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Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
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1205
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Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
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1548
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Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
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1611
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Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72
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1734
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Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69
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1799
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Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52
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1807
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Louis Franois Chambray, composer, dies at 69
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1807
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Mikl¢s Rvai, Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57
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1807
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Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61
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1814
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Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87
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1830
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Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51
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1832
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Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
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1866
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Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98
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1866
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Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies
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1869
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Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69
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1870
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Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
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1878
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Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
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1901
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Franois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
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1910
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Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
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1914
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Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB
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1915
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Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82
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1916
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Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
|
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1916
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Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist/writer (Abbingawld), dies
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1917
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Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
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1918
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Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
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1922
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Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
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1925
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Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77
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1930
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Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
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1930
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Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
|
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1933
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Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64
|
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1936
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Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61
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1941
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Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81
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1946
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Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
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1947
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George II, king of Greece, dies at 56
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1950
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Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
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1951
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Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51
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1952
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Ferenc Moln r, Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester), dies at 76
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1955
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Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
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1957
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Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
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1960
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Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
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1964
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Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60
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1965
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Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76
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1966
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Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
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1968
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Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
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1969
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Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
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1973
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Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
|
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1974
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Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86
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1975
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Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95
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1976
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Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
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1976
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Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
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1976
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Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
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1976
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S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
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1979
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Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51
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1981
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D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
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1984
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Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44
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1988
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Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
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1988
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Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
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1989
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Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
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1991
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Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
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1991
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Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
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1991
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Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95
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1992
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Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
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1993
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Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
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1993
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Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
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1993
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Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
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1993
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Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
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1994
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Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
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1994
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Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
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1994
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Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix, dies at 86
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1994
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Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
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1995
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Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50
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1995
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Francisco Moncion, dancer, dies at 73
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1995
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Johnny Nicholss, footballer, dies at 63
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1995
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Lucie Rie, potter, dies at 93
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1995
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Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75
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1995
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Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
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1996
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Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
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1996
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Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89
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1996
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John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist, dies at 87
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1996
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John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
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1996
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Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
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1997
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Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
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1997
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Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
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