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1231
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Harderwijk becomes a city
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1488
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Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland
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1509
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King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catharina of Arag¢n
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1517
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Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay
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1572
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Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock
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1578
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England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore & colonize US
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1644
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Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer
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1666
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-14] Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht)
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1676
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Battle at land: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
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1685
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II
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1690
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English king Willem III departs to Ireland
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1699
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England, France & Neth agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain
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1726
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Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier
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1742
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Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
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1770
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Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
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1774
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Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army
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1776
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Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence
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1788
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1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
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1793
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1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
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1816
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Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
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1838
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Iowa Territory is organized
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1859
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Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
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1864
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-12] Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
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1864
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300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
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1864
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Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught
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1864
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Battle of Laurel Hill, WV
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1864
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Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
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1864
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Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
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1870
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1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam
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1876
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Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate
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1878
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DC is given a new govt by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974)
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1891
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Puerto Rican flag adopted
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1895
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1st auto race
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1895
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Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile
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1896
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US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized
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1898
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1st US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War
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1898
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23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75
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1898
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600 US marines land at Guantanamo Cuba
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1898
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Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
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1900
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-12] Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
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1901
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Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
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1904
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Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
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1904
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German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa
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1905
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Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
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1907
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Northants all out for 12 v Gloucestershire
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1911
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Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
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1911
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UNIA founded by Garvey
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1919
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23rd US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass
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1919
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51st Belmont: J Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 & Trip Crown
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1920
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Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president
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1921
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53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8
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1921
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Brazil adopts women suffrage
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1924
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Bene Brak Palestine founded
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1924
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Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC
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1927
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59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6
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1927
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Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs
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1927
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Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
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1928
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Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released
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1934
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Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
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1936
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Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
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1937
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Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
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1938
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42nd US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver
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1938
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Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
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1938
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Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days
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1938
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Earthquake in Belgium
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1938
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England declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge
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1939
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King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
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1940
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Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
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1940
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Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans
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1941
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2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
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1941
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Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews
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1942
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German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
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1942
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US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
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1943
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British invades Pantelleria (tiny island south of Sicily)
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1943
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Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos
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1944
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15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
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1944
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1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC
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1944
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KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail
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1947
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WW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)
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1949
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49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL
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1949
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81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2
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1949
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Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
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1950
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Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
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1951
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Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
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1951
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NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found
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1953
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"Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
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1953
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Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
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1955
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1st magnesium jet airplane flies
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1955
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87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29
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1955
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Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
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1957
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12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
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1958
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UN Security council sends observers to Lebanon
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1959
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Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by US Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)
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1960
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92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2
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1960
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House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
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1961
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"Winston Churchill," last airs on ABC-TV
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1961
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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1961
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Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium
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1961
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Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
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1962
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President FDR accepted an honorary degree from Yale
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1963
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Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama
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1963
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Greek govt of Karamanlis resigns
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1963
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JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"
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1964
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Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
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1964
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Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy
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1964
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Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
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1964
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West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
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1966
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"(I'm A) Road Runner" by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20
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1966
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"I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3
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1966
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"On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 perfs
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1966
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"Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1
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1966
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"Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 perfs
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1966
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"Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in UK
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1966
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French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
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1966
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Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig (SF)
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1967
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A J Foyt & Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans
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1967
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Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
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1967
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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1967
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Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes
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1969
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"The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK
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1969
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David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"
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1970
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US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
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1971
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US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
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1971
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US ends ban on China trade
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1972
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18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern
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1972
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31øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
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1972
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KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE
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1974
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Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash
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1974
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Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief
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1975
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1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
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1975
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Greece adopts constitution
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1975
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One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days
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1976
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"Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV
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1976
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Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
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1976
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Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain
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1976
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Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP is released in USA
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1977
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"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12
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1977
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"Dance & Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
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1977
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"I Need A Man" by Grace Jones peaks at #83
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1977
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"I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & Sunshine Band peaks at #1
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1977
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"Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold peaks at #7
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1977
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"The Pretender" by Jackson Browne peaks at #58
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1977
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"Watch Closely Now" by Kris Kristofferson peaks at #52
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1977
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109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
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1977
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Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
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1977
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ELO releases "Telephone Line"
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1977
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Main Street Electrical Parade premieres [Disneyland? WDW?]
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1978
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"Grease" starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John opens
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1978
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24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
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1978
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Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title
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1978
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Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24« hrs of hula-hoop
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1978
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Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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1979
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Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months
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1980
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K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
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1981
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Cannibal Issei Sagawa kills Dutch student
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1981
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Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
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1982
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Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
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1982
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Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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1982
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Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
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1982
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Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
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1983
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"Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8
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1983
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"Cool Places" by Sparks & Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49
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1983
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"Faithfully" by Journey peaks at #12
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1983
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"My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5
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1983
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"Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59
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1983
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"When I'm With You" by Sheriff peaks at #61
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1983
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115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8
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1983
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Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
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1983
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Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern Calif Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score & intentionally gutter
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1983
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Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
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1984
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Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial of half of his ashes
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1984
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Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been disco
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1985
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Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
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1985
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Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
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1985
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WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR
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1986
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"Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV
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1986
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Amnesty International megaconcert
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1987
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Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
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1988
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"Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall & John Oates peaks at #3
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1988
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"Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61
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1988
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"We All Sleep Alone" by Cher peaks at #14
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1988
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120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
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1988
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25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
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1988
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Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London
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1988
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Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8¬")
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1988
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Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI)
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1989
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59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)
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1989
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7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody
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1989
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Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International
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1990
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Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress
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1990
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Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex
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1990
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Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitut
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1990
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UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
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1991
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Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
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1992
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Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group
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1992
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Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
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1992
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US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
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1993
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"Jurassic Park" opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
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1993
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"Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
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1993
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"Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
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1994
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"Meet The Flintstones" by The BC 52's peaks to #33
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1994
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126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8
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1994
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Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, & 8' high in Jacksonville, Fl Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped
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1994
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Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden
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1994
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Moshood Abiola becomes pres of Nigeria
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1995
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65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)
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1995
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Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
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1995
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Rondell White has six hits & hits for the cycle in 13-innings
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1996
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Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US senate to run for president
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BIRTHS
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1572
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Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)
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1672
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer
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1697
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Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist
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1704
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Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer
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1719
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Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik
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1723
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J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz
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1740
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Luigi Gatti, composer
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1776
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John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)
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1807
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James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
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1808
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Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
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1816
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Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
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1822
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Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889
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1823
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James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
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1829
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Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)
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1840
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Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser
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1842
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Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician
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1842
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Carl PG von Linde, German engineer/physicist (Linde-procd)
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1847
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)
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1861
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Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer
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1863
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Eduard David, German undersecretary (constitution of Weimar)
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1864
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Richard Georg Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Don Quixote)
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1865
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Jan H Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam)
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1867
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Charles Fabry, discoverer (ozone layer in upper atmosphere)
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1874
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Richard Stohr, composer
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1876
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Alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History)
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1879
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Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager
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1880
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Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana)
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1883
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Frank O King, Cashton Wisc, cartoonist (Gasoline Alley)
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1886
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David Steinman, NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough)
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1886
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Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress (Suddenly it's Spring)
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1889
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Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director (Keystone Kops)
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1892
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Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic
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1895
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Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)
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1897
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Bruno Frei, writer
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1899
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George Frederick McKay, composer
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1899
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Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)
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1900
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Lawrence E Spivak, Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press)
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1902
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Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer
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1903
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Ernie Nevers, NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals)
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1904
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Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano)
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1904
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Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer
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1904
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Emil Frantisek Burian, composer
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1906
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Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop
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1907
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Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Man in the Moon)
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1907
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Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader
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1907
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Paul Mellon, US, oil magnate/pres (Washington National Gallery of Art)
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1910
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Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II, Apocalypse Now)
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1910
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer (Calypso)
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1911
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Russ Hodges, Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights)
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1912
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Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer
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1912
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William Baziotes, painter (abstract expressionist)
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1913
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John Elliott Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp)
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1913
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Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer
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1913
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Ris Stevens, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera)/actor (Going My Way)
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1913
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Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
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1914
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Gerald Mohr, NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue)
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1914
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Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist (Church & Emperor)
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1914
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Henry G Cisheros, (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
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1914
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Jack Mann, pilot/hostage
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1915
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David Kindersley, font designer/cutter
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1917
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James Bostock, painter/engraver
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1918
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Nelson Mandela, President (South Africa)
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1919
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Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident)
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1920
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Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72)
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1920
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Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)
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1920
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Irving Howe, US, writer/critic (World of Our Fathers)
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1920
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Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)
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1921
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Beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer
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1921
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Michael Meyer, UK, novelist/Ibsen translator (Hedda Gabler)
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1922
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Erving Goffman, sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life)
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1922
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John Bromfield, South Bend In, actor (Easy to Love)
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1922
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Michael Cacoyannis, director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women)
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1922
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Tony Charmoli, director/choreographer (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye)
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1923
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Gerard Vaughn, MP (Conservative)
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1925
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William Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice)
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1926
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Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian
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1926
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Carlisle Floyd, Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk)
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1927
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Beryl Grey, prima ballerina
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1927
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Eric St Eval Atkinson, cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59)
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1927
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John Aspinall, owner (casino, zoos)
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1927
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Josef Anton Reidl, composer
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1927
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Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)
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1928
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Fabiola de Mora y Arag¢n, Spanish Queen of Belgium
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1928
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Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA)
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1930
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Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup)
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1930
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Charles B Rangel, (Rep-D-NY, 1971- )
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1931
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Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate
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1931
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Lucianna Paluzzi, Rome Italy, actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball)
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1931
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Tab Hunter, NYC, actor (Tab Hunter Show)
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1932
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Athol Fugard, Middleburg S Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot)
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1932
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Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state
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1933
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Jud Strunk, Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In)
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1934
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Anthony Evans, British high court judge
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1934
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Pookie Hudson, vocalist (Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite-Spaniels)
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1935
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Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], Milwaukee, actor (Silver Streak)
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1935
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Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer (played 1 Test Pakistan v WI 1958)
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1936
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Chad Everett, South Bend In, actor (Medical Center, Airplane II)
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1936
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George Bryan Ingham, artist
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1937
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Johnny Brown, St Petersburg Fla, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams)
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1939
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Barry George Barrington Porter, politician
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1939
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Barry Porter, MP (Conservative)
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1939
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Christina Crawford, author, Joan's daughter (Mommie Dearest)
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1939
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Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix)
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1939
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Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist
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1939
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Wilma Burgess, country-pop singer
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1940
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Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris)
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1942
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Somachandra De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84)
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1944
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Alan Horworth, MP
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1944
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Barry Stevens, British/Neth, choreographer (Personals, Young Again)
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1944
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James "Ox" D A van Hoften, Fresno Calif, astronaut (STS 11, STS 20)
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1945
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Adrienne Barbeau, Sacramento Calif, actress (Maude, Swamp Thing)
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1946
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Jenny Pittman, horse trainer
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1946
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John Lawton, British rock singer (Uriah Heep)
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1946
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Michael Wilkes, commander (UK Field Army)
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1946
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Richard Pietraá, writer
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1947
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Glenn Leonard, R&B singer (Temptations)
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1948
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Anthony Nelson, British Sec of Treasury
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1948
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Skip Alan, [Alan Skipper], drummer (Them, Pretty Things)
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1948
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Stephen Schnetzer, Boston Mass, actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World)
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1949
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Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Legs, Fandango)
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1949
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George Willig, stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977)
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1950
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Debbie "Pokey" Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1950
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Lindsey de Paul, singer
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1950
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Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)
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1951
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Collis King, cricketer (WI all-rounder late 70s)
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1951
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Jan Fransen, Dutch MP (VVD)
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1951
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Maren Seidler, Bkln NY, shot putter (Olympics-11th-1968)
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1951
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Mark D Siljander, (Rep-R-MI, 1981- )
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1951
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Mithra Wettimuny, cricketer (bro of Sidath 2 Tests for SL v NZ 1983)
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1952
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Donnie Van Zant, rock vocalist (.38 Special)
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1952
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Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
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1953
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Peter Bergman, actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band)
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1954
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Gary Fencik, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
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1954
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John Dyson, cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman)
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1955
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Tony Allcock, bowler
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1956
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Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
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1957
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Bruce Plummer, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 West Coast)
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1958
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Deborah Vidal, Ponce Puerto Rico, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile-19th)
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1959
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Hugh Laurie, actor (Strapless)
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1962
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Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
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1963
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Max Stevens, Millmeran QLD, Australasia golfer
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1963
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Tommy Barnhardt, NFL punter (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, TB Bucs)
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1964
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Kim Gallagher, Phila, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1965
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Anthony Painter, Milton NSW, Australasia golfer
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1965
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Giola Bruno, rocker (Expose)
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1965
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Joe Cain, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
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1966
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Scott Mellanby, Montreal, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
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1966
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Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
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1967
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Clare Carey, actress (Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach)
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1967
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John Doherty, pitcher
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1967
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Mario Chitarroni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1968
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Staci Baldwin, Miss Washington USA (1996)
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1969
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Johan Hansma, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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1969
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Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer (Josephine)
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1970
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Brock Marion, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
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1970
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Roman Kontsek, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
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1970
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William Selby, Monroeville MI, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
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1971
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Dion Foxx, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1971
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Duane Dmytryshyn, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
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1972
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Andrew Peterson, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
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1972
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Joe O'Brien, WLAF defensive tackle (Scottish Claymores)
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1973
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Lance Johnstone, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
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1973
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Robby Kiger, Encino Calif, actor (Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox)
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1973
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Tony McKenzie, WLAF guard (London Monarchs)
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1974
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Emilee Klein, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-2nd)
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1974
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Tanya Pogatchnik, Miss Montana USA (1996)
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1974
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Tatiana Ignatieva, Minsk Belarus, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sopot POL)
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1976
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Scott Guyton, Tokoroa NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Joshua Jackson, actor (Mighty Ducks)
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1978
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Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1996)
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1986
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Brighton Hertford, actress (BJ Jones-General Hospital)
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1989
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Jeff Linton Osbourne, son of Jeffrey & Sheri
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DEATHS
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1216
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Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies
|
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1249
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Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies
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1479
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Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies
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1488
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James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle
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1560
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Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44
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1560
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Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44
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1666
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Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55
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1674
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Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52
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1698
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Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64
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1764
|
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Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74
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1766
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Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73
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1775
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Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67
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1808
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Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83
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1811
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Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82
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1825
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Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54
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1828
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Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
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1829
|
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Adolf Mllner, writer, dies
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1856
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Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76
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1879
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Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39
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1886
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Ant¢nio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40
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1896
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Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
|
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1900
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Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53
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1903
|
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Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35
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1906
|
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Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50
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1908
|
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Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45
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1912
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Lon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74
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1913
|
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Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
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1915
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Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy), dies at 64
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1924
|
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Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87
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1924
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Theodore Dubois, composer, dies at 86
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1927
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William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies
|
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1929
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Gyula Andr ssy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68
|
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1930
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George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies
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1930
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Henry Clay Folger Jr, CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72
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1943
|
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Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50
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1949
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Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
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1949
|
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Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
|
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1951
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Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies
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1955
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Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
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1955
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Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer, dies at 72
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1955
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Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75
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1956
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Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
|
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1956
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Ralph Morgan, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
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1963
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Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
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1966
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Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
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1966
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Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68
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1967
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Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79
|
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1969
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John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89
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1969
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J¢szi Jen Ters nszky, Hungarian writer (Till Next Time), dies at 81
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1970
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Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89
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1970
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Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87
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1970
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Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
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1970
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Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
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1975
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Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90
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1979
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August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85
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1979
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John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72
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1981
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Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73
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1984
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Enrico Berlinguer, secr-general (CP) Italy, dies
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1985
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Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31
|
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1986
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Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80
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1988
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Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
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1988
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Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
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1990
|
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Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
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1991
|
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Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
|
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1992
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Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103
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1992
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Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer
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1992
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Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
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1993
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Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 84
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1993
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Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40
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1994
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Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44
|
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1994
|
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Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace), dies at 77
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1994
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Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
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1994
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Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90
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1995
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|
Lovelace Watkins, singer, dies at 58
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1995
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Luigi Innocenti, designer, dies at 71
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1996
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|
Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
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1996
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Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], actress (Gloria), dies at 90
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1996
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Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
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1996
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|
Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
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1996
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Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49
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1997
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Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert (PBS), dies of Alzheimer's at 87
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