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1027
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John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor
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1147
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Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
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1150
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Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise
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1526
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King Franois I returns Spanish captivity to France
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1534
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Lbeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea
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1636
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University of Utrecht opening ceremony
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1668
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England takes control of Bombay India
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1692
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King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
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1780
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1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette & Sunday Monitor)
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1790
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Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
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1793
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Pro-royalist uprising in Vende region of France
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1799
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Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
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1804
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Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
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1804
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Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
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1812
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Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die
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1821
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Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna
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1824
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1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"
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1839
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1st Henley Royal Regatta
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1845
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Joseph Francis, NYC, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat
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1845
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Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid
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1856
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NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won
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1859
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1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury
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1862
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Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM Terr (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
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1863
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Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves
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1871
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Paris Commune founded
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1872
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7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California
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1872
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Thomas J Martin patents fire extinguisher
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1878
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Hastings College of Law founded
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1878
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Sabi Game Reserve, world's 1st official designated game reserve, opens
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1885
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Eastman Film Co manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film
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1885
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Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask
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1886
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1st cremation in England
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1889
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Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! S Afr v England
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1889
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Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 & 8-11) v S Africa at Newlands
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1889
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South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 v England
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1895
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King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day
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1900
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1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam)
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1903
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American Hotel opens in Amsterdam
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1909
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August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm
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1910
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US forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick
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1910
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William H Lewis appointed asst attorney general of US
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1913
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Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
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1913
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Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, & Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
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1915
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Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators
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1916
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Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary
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1917
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Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st US team to win Stanley C
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1923
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Stanley Cup: Ott Senators beat Vanc Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 1
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1924
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Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London
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1926
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ACD de Graeff appointed gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies
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1926
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The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America
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1927
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Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA
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1927
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Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms
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1930
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Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway
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1931
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Iraq & Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty
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1931
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Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio
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1931
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New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies
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1934
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Driving tests introduced in Britain
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1935
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"RvJ" Mitchell & Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire
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1936
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1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio
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1936
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200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech
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1936
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Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
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1937
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Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice & replace his 40 with 36 oz bat
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1937
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Spinach growers of Crystal City, Tx, erect statue of Popeye
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1937
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William H Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands)
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1938
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NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony
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1940
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Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC
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1942
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1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau Camps
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1942
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1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec
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1942
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20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pa, kills 21
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1942
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German offensive in North-Africa under Col-general Rommel
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1943
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1st woman to receive air medal (US army nurse Elsie S Ott)
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1943
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Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean
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1943
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Elsie S Ott becomes 1st woman awarded US Air Force Medal
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1944
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705 British bombers attack Essen
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1945
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-29] Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
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1945
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British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)
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1945
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De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34
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1945
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Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine
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1945
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Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima
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1945
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Kamikazes attack US battle fleet near Kerama Retto
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1945
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US 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms
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1945
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Venray soccer team forms
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1949
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11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36
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1951
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open
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1951
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USAF flag approved
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1952
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14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St Johns 80-63
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1952
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F Drrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich
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1953
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Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio[myelitis]
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1953
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Salk Polio vaccine announced
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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1955
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"Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US
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1956
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Medic Alert Foundation forms
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1956
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Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One
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1958
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30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward & Guinness win
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1958
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Army launches 3rd successful US satellite, Explorer III
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1958
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US Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III"
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1959
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Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad v WI age 15 yrs 124 days
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1960
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Iraq executes 30 after attack on Pres Kassem
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1960
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Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami
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1960
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USC captures NCAA swimming title
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1961
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival
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1962
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Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state leg
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1964
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"Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances
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1967
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21st Tony Awards: Homecoming & Cabaret win
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1967
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open
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1967
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Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
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1969
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Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV
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1969
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Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Neth goes into use
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1969
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Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched
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1970
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"Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances
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1970
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500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
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1970
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Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
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1970
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Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl
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1971
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"Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings
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1971
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"Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV
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1971
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Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence
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1972
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"Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 144 perfs
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1972
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Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
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1972
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LA Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13)
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1973
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35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76
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1973
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Soap "Young & Restless" premieres
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1973
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Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange
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1973
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UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title
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1974
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George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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1974
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Romanian communist party names party leader Ceausescu president
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1975
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"Tommy" premieres in London
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1975
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Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
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1976
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AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M
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1976
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Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album
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1977
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Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero"
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1979
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41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St 75-64
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1979
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Camp David peace treaty between Israel & Egypt
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1979
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Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak
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1979
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Padres & Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it
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1980
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Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
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1981
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Police & Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia
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1981
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Soyuz T-4 lands
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1982
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Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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1982
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Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK
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1982
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Soap opera "Capitol" premieres
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1983
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1986
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Geffen records signs Guns & Roses
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1987
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August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in NYC
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1987
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Hyderabad beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
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1987
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NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit
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1987
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Natl Fed of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet)
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1988
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Janet B Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)
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1989
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1st free elections in USSR; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins
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1989
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Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
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1990
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62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy," D Day-Lewis, J Tandy win
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1991
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Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street & Lexington Ave, NYC
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1991
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Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London
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1991
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Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34
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1991
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Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final
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1992
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Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington
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1992
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NHL NY Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
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1994
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Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec)
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1994
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Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60)
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1994
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Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26)
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1994
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Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman
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1994
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Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
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1995
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"Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 perf
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1995
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"Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 56 perfs
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1995
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15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins
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1995
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24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen
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1995
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Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup
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1996
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Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
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1997
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"Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
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1997
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NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan
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BIRTHS
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1479
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Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33)/son of Ivan III
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1516
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Konrad von Gesner, Zrich Switz, naturalist (Bibliotheca Universalis)
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1577
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Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I & Charlotte of Bourbon
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1659
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William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
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1671
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Giacomo Cesare Predieri, composer
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1684
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Johann Graf, composer
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1717
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Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer
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1753
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Benjamin Thompson, physicist (Royal Inst of Great Britain, Woburn MA)
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1758
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Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer
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1773
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Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician/astronomer/author (Marine Sextant)
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1783
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Johann Baptist Weigl, composer
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1806
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Josef Slavik, composer
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1813
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Thomas West Sherman, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
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1817
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Herman Haupt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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1819
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Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer
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1819
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Louise Otto, Germany, author/feminist
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1821
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Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel)
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1827
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Emanuel Kania, composer
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1830
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Eliza Laurillard, Dutch vicar/poet/writer
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1830
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John Rogers Thomas, composer
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1833
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Betsy Perk, [Christina E], Dutch journalist/writer/feminist
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1840
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Carli Zoeller, composer
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1840
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George Smith, London England, assyriologist (cuneiform (script))
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1850
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Edward Bellamy, author (Looking Backward)
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1854
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Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
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1856
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David Alfred Thomas, Glamorganshire UK, 1st Viscount Rhondda
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1859
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A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, England, poet (Shropshire Lad)
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1859
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Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer
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1862
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George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer
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1863
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Henry Royce, founder (Rolls-Royce Limited in 1884)
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1868
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Fuad I, king of Egypt (1922-36)
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1871
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Seraf¡n Alvarez Quintro, Spanish dramatist/playwright (El Flechazo)
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1873
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[Louise] Sophie de Vries, actress (On Hope of Blessing)
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1874
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Gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)
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1874
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Oskar Nedbal, composer
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1874
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Robert Frost, SF, poet (Mending Wall, Road Not Taken)
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1875
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Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Apr 26]
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1880
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Duncan Hines, US, restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens)
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1884
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Wilhelm Backhaus, Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
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1885
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Julius Harrison, composer
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1885
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Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer
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1888
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Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist (Atlas ver Svensk Folk culture)
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1889
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Vaclav Kapral, composer
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1890
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Jozef Arras, Flemish writer
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1893
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Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy)
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1894
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Will Wright, SF CA, actor (Living Christ Story)
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1896
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Richard Flury, composer
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1897
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Jean Epstein, French director (Sa tte/Eau vive)
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1898
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Renzo Massarani, composer
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1899
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James B Connant, chemist/college president (Yale)
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1899
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William Baines, composer
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1900
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Isadore Freed, composer
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1902
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Leslie Melville, economist
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1904
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Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)
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1904
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Hermann Schroeder, composer
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1904
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Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image)
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1905
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Pablo Garrido, composer
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1905
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Viktor Emil Frankl, pyschiatrist (Man's Search for Meaning)
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1907
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Leigh Harline, composer
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1907
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Louis Saguer, composer
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1908
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Betty MacDonald, [Anne E Campbell Bard], US writer (Egg & I)
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1908
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Hank Sylvern, Bkln NY, orch leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen)
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1908
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Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Essen Germany, tennis star (French 1935)
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1908
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Kenneth Mellanby, entomologist
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1908
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Robert William Paine, architect
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1909
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Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor (Desert Rats)
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1909
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Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer
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1911
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Bernard Katz, biophysicist
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1911
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Tennessee Williams, Columbus Miss, playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
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1913
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Paul Erdos, mathematician
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1914
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Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral
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1914
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William Westmoreland, Saxon SC, army general (Vietnam era)
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1916
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Bill Edrich, cricketer (Middlesex & England bat, Compton's mate)
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1916
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Christian B Anfinsen, US chemist (cell physiology, Nobel 1972)
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1916
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Harry Rabinowitz, British? composer/conductor
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1916
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Mort Abrahams, producer (Dr Doolittle, Planet Of Apes)
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1916
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Sterling Hayden, NJ, actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra)
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1916
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Vic Schoen, Bkln NY, orch leader (Patti Page Olds Show)
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1917
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Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge (England)
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1917
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Rufus Thomas, Miss, singer (Walking the Dog)
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1919
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Strother Martin, Kokomo Ind, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot)
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1920
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George E Brown Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1963-71, 73- )
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1921
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George Jefferson, CEO (British Telecom)
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1921
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Joe Loco, [Jose Esteves, Jr], musician
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1921
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Peter Horsley, CEO (Osprey Aviation)
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1922
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William Milliken, actor (Drive-in)
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1923
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Bob Elliot, Boston Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray, Get a Life)
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1923
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Clifton Williams, Traskwood Arkansas, band master (Sinfonians)
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1923
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Elizabeth Jane Howard, British novelist (After Julius)
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1925
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Claudio Spies, composer
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1925
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Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip)
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1925
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Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder
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1925
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Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56)
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1925
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Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial)
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1926
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Ann Curtis, US, 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1927
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Jonathan Tod, Vice-Admiral (England)
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1928
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Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men)
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1929
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Amde Turner, QC/MEP
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1929
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Maurice Simon, jazz musician
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1930
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Cristobal Halffter, composer
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1930
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Gregory Corso, beat poet (Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man)
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1930
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Sandra Day O'Connor, Texas, 1st woman Supreme Court Justice (1981- )
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1931
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Leonard Nimoy, Boston, actor (Spock-Star Trek, Mission Impossible)
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1932
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Dick Nolan, football coach
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1934
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Alan Arkin, NYC, actor (Catch 22, In-Laws, Simon, Wait Until Dark)
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1934
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G T Pryce, CEO (Dalgety)
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1934
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Gino Cappelletti, ORFU, AFL running back (AFL Player of Year 1964)
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1935
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Earl of Kinnoull
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1936
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Erich Urbanner, composer
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1936
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Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
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1937
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Barbara Pearl Jones, Chic Ill, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1952, 60)
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1937
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Lord Chetwode
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1937
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Wayne Embry, holder of 7 basketball records (Miami of Ohio)
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1939
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Colin Webb, general manager (Press Assn)
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1939
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James Caan, Bronx NY, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather)
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1939
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Phillip R Allen, Pitts, actor (Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice)
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1939
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Stuart Sutherland, Professor Emeritus (Sussex U)
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1940
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Bill Ind, Bishop-designate (Truro)
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1940
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Braulio Baeza, jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer)
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1940
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Nancy Pelosi, (Rep-D-California)
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1940
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Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
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1940
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Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1941
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Barclay Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Bob Plager
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1941
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Bob Plager, hockey player/twin brother of hockey's Barclay Plager
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1942
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Erica Jong, [Mann], NYC, author (Fear of Flying)
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1943
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Robert Woodward, investigative reporter (Watergate, CIA crimes)
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1944
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Diana Ross, [Earle], Detroit, (Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany)
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1945
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Mikhail Voronin, USSR, horse vault gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1946
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Johnny Crawford, LA Calif, actor (Mark-The Rifleman)
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1947
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Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Neth singer
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1948
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Kyung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters)
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1948
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Richard Tandy, rock bassist (ELO)
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1948
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Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun)
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1949
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Baroness Hayman
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1949
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Fran Sheehan, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
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1949
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Vicki Lawrence, Inglewood Ca, actress (Carol Burnette, Mama's Family)
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1950
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Ernest Thomas, Gary Ind, actor (Roger-What's Happening!!)
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1950
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Graham Barlow, cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77)
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1950
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Martin Short, Hamilton Ontario, comedian (SNL, SCTV, 3 Amigos)
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1950
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Ronnie McDowell, Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone)
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1950
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Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
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1950
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Tony Papenfuss, Minneapolis Minn, (Daryl-Newhart)
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1951
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Richard B Shull, US actor (Hail to the Chief, Big Bus)
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1952
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David Amess, MP
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1953
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Michael Bonagura, Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart)
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1953
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Tatyana Providokhina, Russian 1K runner (world record)
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1954
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Curtis Sliwa, founder (Guardian Angels)/radio personality (WABC)
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1954
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Piers Gardner, director (Brit Institute of Intl & Comparative Law)
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1955
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Dean Dillon, Lake City TN, country singer (Chair)
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1956
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Charly McClain, Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart)
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1956
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Tatyana Kochergina, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1957
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Leeza Gibbons, SC, TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Leeza)
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1957
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Walter Rohlfing, Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
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1959
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David Delong, Portland Ore, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 BC Open)
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1960
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Billy Warlock, Hawthorne Calif, actor (Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch)
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1960
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Debbie Hall, LPGA golfer
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1960
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Marcus Allen, NFL running back (LA Raiders, KC Chiefs, Heisman 1981)
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1960
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Michael Evans, Fontana CA, US water polo player (Olympic-silver-88)
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1961
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Leigh Bowery, designer
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1961
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William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales
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1962
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John Stockton, Spokane Wash, NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-96)
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1962
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Kevin Seitzer, Springfield IL, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1962
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Maarten de Young, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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1962
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Richard Coles, rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way)
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1962
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Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
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1963
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Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host (Cry of the Lion)
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1963
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Rebecca Twigg, Seattle Wash, 79K cyclist (Olympic-silver-1984, 92, 96)
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1964
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Ab Plugboer, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1964
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Ulf Samuelsson, Fagersta SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Rangers)
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1966
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Lee Porter, Greensboro NC, Nike golfer (1992 Texarkana Open-5th)
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1966
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Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
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1966
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Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (NO Saints)
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1968
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Edward Kaminski, KC Kansas, javelin thrower
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1968
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Ian Hutchings, Zimbabwe, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Klondike Klassic)
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1968
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Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
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1968
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Kari Gronroos, WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores)
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1968
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Mike Trevathan, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
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1968
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Shane Reynolds, Bastrop LA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
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1969
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Beth Howell, Clinton Mississippi, Miss Mississippi-America (1991)
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1969
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Luke Richardson, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
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1969
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Vikram Rathour, cricketer (Indian Test opening batsman 1996-)
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1970
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Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone)
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1970
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Paul Bosvelt, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente)
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1971
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Dave DeGraaf, Lansing Mich, team handball circle (Olympics-1996)
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1971
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Jesus Tavarez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
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1971
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Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star
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1971
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Tommy Fagan, CFL/NFL defensive end (Atl Falcons, Winn Blue Bombers)
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1972
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Naoko Kijimuta, Yokohama Kanagawa Japan, tennis star (1996 Jakarta)
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1972
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Steve Anderson, CFL defensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
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1973
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Marshall Faulk, running back (Indianapolis Colts)
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1974
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Alfred Shipman, CFL slot back (BC Lions)
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1974
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Hakeem Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys)
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1974
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Irina Spirlea, Bucharest Romania, tennis star (1996 Amelia Island)
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1974
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Mike Peca, Toronto, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres)
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1979
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Heidi Zeigler, actress (Sherry-Just the 10 of Us)
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1986
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Jessica McClure, baby trapped in Texas well in 1988
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1988
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Jose Vizcaino, San Cristobal Dom Rep, infielder (NY Mets)
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2228
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James T Kirk, science fiction captain of USS Enterprise (Star Trek)
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DEATHS
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752
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Stephen II, Catholic Pope (3/22-26/752), dies
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809
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Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Mnster/saint, dies at about 66
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1258
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Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies
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1350
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Alfonso XI, King of Castile & Le¢n, dies
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1546
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Thomas Elyot, British diplomat, dies
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1566
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Antonio de Cabezon, composer, dies
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1638
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Palamedes "Stevens" Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 30
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1649
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John Winthrop, Puritan & 1st Governor (Mass), dies
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1657
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Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69
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1713
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Pal Esterhazy, composer, dies at 77
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1726
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John Vanbrugh, Dutch/English playwright (Provoked Wife), dies at 62
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1736
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Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49
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1797
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James Hutton, geologist, dies
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1809
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Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer, dies at 68
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1820
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Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71
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1827
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Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
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1831
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Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71
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1837
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Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53
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1865
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Thomas Hancock, pioneer of rubber industry (Stoke Newington), dies
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1871
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Franois-Joseph Ftis, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87
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1880
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Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer, dies at 62
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1892
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Anton Wallerstein, composer, dies at 78
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1892
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Walt Whitman, poet, dies in Camden, NJ at 72
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1896
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Nanny v Hof, writer, dies
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1900
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Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi/found Amer Hebrew Congregations, dies at 80
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1902
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Cecil Rhodes, Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890-96) dies at 48
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1909
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Nikolai Arkas, composer, dies at 56
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1918
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Csar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83
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1923
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Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77
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1924
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Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78
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1926
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Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies
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1926
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Konstantin Fehrenbach, German reichs chancellor (1920-21), dies at 74
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1932
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Jean Cartan, composer, dies at 25
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1934
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Grete Gulbransson, writer, dies at 51
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1937
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Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide
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1944
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Benjamin Crmieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55
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1945
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David Lloyd George, British (L) premier (1916-22), dies at 82
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1945
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Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter, shot to death at 29
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1948
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Helen Ernst, German poster artist/resistance fighter, dies at about 43
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1953
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Albert Spalding, composer, dies at 64
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1956
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Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann, composer, dies at 70
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1957
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Max Ophls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies
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1958
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Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies
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1959
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Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71
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1960
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Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61
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1962
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Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at 64
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1967
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Max Ophls, [Oppenheimer], German/French actor (Caught, Exile), dies
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1969
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B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at 87
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1969
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Gnther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66
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1973
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George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80
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1973
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Noel Coward, English playwright (Private Letters), dies at 73
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1973
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Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67
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1975
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Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68
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1976
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Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
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1979
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Jean Stafford, US author (Boston Adventure), dies at 63
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1980
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Jon-Jon Poulos, rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32
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1981
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Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at 77
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1981
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Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies
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1982
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Agathe "Henritte" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at 91
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1983
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Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies at 75
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1986
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Bartlett Robinson, actor (Wendy & Me, Mona McCluskey), dies at 73
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1987
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Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88
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1990
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International Chrysis, Transvestite actor (Q&A), dies of cancer at 38
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1990
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Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68
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1991
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Frans Dohmen, union leader (Neth Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81
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1993
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Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50
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1993
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Roy Riegels, U of Calif football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
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1994
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Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41
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1994
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Jan Bor, Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83
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1995
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Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright), dies at 31
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1996
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(Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at 83
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1996
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David Packard, electronic engineer/businessman, dies at 83
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1996
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Edmund S Muskie, vice pres candidate/(Gov-D-Maine), dies at 81
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1996
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Thomas Wakefield, writer, dies at 60
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