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421
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Flavius Constantine becomes emperor Constantine III of West Roman emp
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1526
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Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die
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1575
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University of Leiden Neth opens
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1600
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Vatican convicts scholar Giordano Bruno to death
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1601
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Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London
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1622
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King James I disbands the English parliament
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1672
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Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
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1690
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French & Indian troops set Schenectady settlement NY on fire
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1690
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Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal
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1693
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William & Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US
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1735
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1st opera in US "Flora," opens in Charleston, SC
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1743
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Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth
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1744
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French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon
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1750
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Minor earthquake in London
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1775
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Leidse U 400th anniversary dinner
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1776
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Wolfgang von Goethes' "Stella," premieres in Hamburg
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1802
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Simon Willard patents banjo clock
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1807
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Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau
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1809
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Franz I of Austria declares war on France
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1837
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1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
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1861
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Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala
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1862
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Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
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1862
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Opera "Lily of Killarney," premieres in London
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1865
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1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany
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1883
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Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen
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1887
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Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club
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1887
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Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
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1889
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Flood ravages Dutch coast
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1894
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Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks
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1895
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Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg
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1896
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Georges Feydeaus' "Le Dindon," premieres in Paris
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1896
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Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf
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1898
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John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming mach (Mass)
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1904
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Russo-Japanese War begins
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1905
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Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
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1908
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Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert Neth
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1909
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France & Germany sign treaty about Morocco
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1910
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Boy Scouts of America incorporated & chartered (William D Boyce-Chic)
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1911
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US helps overthrow Pres Miguel Devila of Honduras
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1911
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Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in NYC
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1912
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1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla
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1914
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General Zamon becomes president of Haiti
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1915
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"Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA
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1916
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French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
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1916
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NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 seats
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1918
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"Stars & Stripes," weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published
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1920
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Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
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1922
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Radio arrives at the White House
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1923
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Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
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1923
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German NSDAP Volkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily
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1924
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1st coast-to-coast radio hookup: Gen John Joseph Carty speech in Chic
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1925
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Kaufman & Berlin's "cocoanuts," premieres in NYC
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1925
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Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta
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1926
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German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
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1926
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Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin
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1926
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Walt Disney Studios forms
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1927
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Belgian-Swiss treaty signed
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1928
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1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY
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1928
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Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV
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1929
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KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions
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1930
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"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
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1931
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Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000
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1933
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-23øF (-31øC), Seminole, Texas (state record)
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1933
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1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
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1934
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Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC
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1934
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Gaston Doumergue forms new French govt
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1935
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1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
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1936
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1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
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1936
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1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn
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1936
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1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers
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1936
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Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party
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1937
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Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in NYC
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1940
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Lewis & Hamilton's musical "Two for the Show," premieres in NYC
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1940
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Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
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1941
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Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore
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1941
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NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio
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1942
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Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the US war effort
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1942
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Stravinsky's "Danses Concertantes," premieres in Los Angeles
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1943
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Red Army recaptures Kursk
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1944
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1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
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1944
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U-762 sunk off Ireland
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1945
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Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald
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1946
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Bla Bartks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Phila
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1946
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Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties
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1947
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Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
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1947
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KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1948
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5th Winter Olympic games close at St Moritz, Switzerland
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1949
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Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
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1952
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"RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV
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1953
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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1953
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WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
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1955
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Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
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1956
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Mine disaster in Quaregnon Belgium, 8 die
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1957
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SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall
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1958
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Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia
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1958
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French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die
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1958
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KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1960
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Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
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1960
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Congress opens hearings looking into payola
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1962
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KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
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1963
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AFL's Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
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1963
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London
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1964
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Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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1965
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Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84
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1965
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Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"
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1967
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Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
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1967
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Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
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1967
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Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
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1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1968
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Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg)
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1969
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Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
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1969
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Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mxico
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1971
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Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
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1971
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South Vietnamese troops invade Laos
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1972
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Josh Gibson & Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame
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1973
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Jean Kerrs "Finishing Touches," premieres in NYC
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1973
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Mushtaq & Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket v NZ
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1973
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Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal
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1974
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"Good Times," debuts on CBS TV
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1974
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Ringo releases "You're 16"
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1974
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Skylab 4's astronauts land
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1974
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Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
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1975
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1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea
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1975
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Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
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1976
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Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
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1976
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Jan Stephens wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Naples Golf Classic
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1976
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Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)
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1977
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Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966
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1977
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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to
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1978
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Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait
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1979
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1981
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"5 O'Clock Girl" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 12 perfs
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1981
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"Brigadoon" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 133 performances
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1981
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Sally Little wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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1981
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak
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1981
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
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1982
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Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
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1983
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35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander
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1983
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Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
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1983
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Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
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1983
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Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days
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1983
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Tina Howe's "Painting Churches," premieres in NYC
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1983
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Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
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1984
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14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
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1984
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1st time 8 people in space
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1984
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A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation
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1984
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Soyuz T-10 launches with crew of 3 to Salyut 7
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1985
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1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
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1985
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Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot
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1985
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Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
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1985
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Opposition leader Kim Dae Jung returns to South-Korea
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1986
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5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition
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1986
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
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1987
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37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
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1987
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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1988
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NASA launches DOD-2
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1989
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5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
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1989
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Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
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1989
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US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
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1990
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"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
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1990
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David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London
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1991
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Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract
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1992
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"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1
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1992
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16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France
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1992
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Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
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1993
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GM sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to
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1993
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Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die
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1994
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Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car
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1994
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Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
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1994
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Mtley Cre drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm
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1995
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6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed)
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1996
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NFL & Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind
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1998
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1st female ice hockey game in Olympic history Finland beats Sweden 6-0
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1998
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48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at NYC
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1998
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NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
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BIRTHS
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412
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St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
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1291
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Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
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1552
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Thodore-Agrippa d'Aubign, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
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1577
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Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
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1586
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Jacob Praetorius, composer
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1612
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Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
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1708
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Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
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1712
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L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Vran, French general in America
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1741
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Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
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1764
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Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
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1789
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Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
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1795
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Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
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1795
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Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
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1807
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Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
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1810
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Norbert Burgmuller, composer
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1811
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Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883
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1813
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Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
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1817
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Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
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1818
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Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894
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1819
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John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
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1820
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
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1822
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Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
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1824
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Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
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1828
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Antonio Cagnoni, composer
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1828
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Antonio C novas del Castillo, premier of Spain
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1828
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Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
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1851
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Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist
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1852
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Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author (Tjoma Kartashov) [NS=2/20]
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1859
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John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
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1876
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Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter
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1878
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Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
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1880
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Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter)
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1882
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George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist)
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1883
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Joseph A Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance
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1885
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Edith Evans, London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield)
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1886
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Charlie Ruggles, LA Calif, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show)
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1888
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Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic
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1890
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Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism
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1891
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Edgar Palm, Curaao, pianist/composer
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1892
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Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt)
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1894
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Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher
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1895
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King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)
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1896
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Orville Caldwell, Ca, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)
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1900
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Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
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1900
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John Cameron, judge
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1901
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Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
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1902
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Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda)
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1903
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Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
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1904
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Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
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1905
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Truman Bradley, MO, TV host (Science Fiction Theater)
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1906
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Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein)
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1906
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Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopy)
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1906
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Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
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1908
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Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
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1908
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Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary
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1908
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Myron McCormick, Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again)
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1909
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Henry Roth, writer
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1911
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Anne Aitken, [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found (Diamond Sangha)
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1911
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Elizabeth Bishop, US poet (North & South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956)
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1911
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Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer
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1912
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Simon Jurovsky, composer
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1913
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Betty Field, Boston MA, actress (Kings Row, Bus Stop)
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1913
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John Grandy, Brits RAF-marshal
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1914
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Bert Haas, baseball player
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1914
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Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music)
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1915
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Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer
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1918
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John Intoxication, resistance fighter
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1918
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Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire
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1919
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Buddy Morrow, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
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1920
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Buddy Blattner, baseball player
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1920
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Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
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1921
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Hoot Evers, baseball player
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1922
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Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
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1923
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Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
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1924
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Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
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1924
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Joe Black, baseball player
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1925
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Alvin Brehm, composer
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1925
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Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)
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1925
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Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76)
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1927
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John T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
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1927
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Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
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1927
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Zdenek Zouhar, composer
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1928
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Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer
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1930
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Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
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1930
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Arlan Stangeland, (Rep-R-MN, 1977- )
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1930
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Catherine Hardy, Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1930
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Manuel Castillo, composer
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1931
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James Dean, Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
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1932
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Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party (CDA)
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1932
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John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
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1933
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Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
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1933
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Jack Larson, LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
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1934
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Galina Bystrova, USSR, pentathelete (1957, 58)
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1934
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Nick Nolte, Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man)
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1935
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Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
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1936
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Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
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1936
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Larry Verne, singer (Custer)
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1936
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Manohar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India v WI 1958-59)
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1937
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Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
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1937
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Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
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1938
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Ray Sharpe, singer
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1939
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Barry Mann, vocalist (Who Put the Bump)
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1939
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Gerrit Lakmaaker, sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep)
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1940
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Averil Cameron, British(?) historian
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1940
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Talib Rasul Hakim, composer
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1940
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Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
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1941
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Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
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1942
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Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1942
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Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
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1942
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Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son
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1943
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Bob Oliver, baseball player
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1943
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Creed Bratton, Calif, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
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1943
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Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
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1944
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Bunky Henry, golfer
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1944
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Jim Capaldi, rocker (Traffic)
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1946
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"Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, LA Calif, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
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1946
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Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
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1947
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Sam Gannon, cricketer (Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests v India 1977-78)
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1948
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Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, vocalist (Seals & Crofts-You Still Move Me)
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1949
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Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
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1949
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Julia Barr, Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
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1949
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Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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1950
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England Dan, singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
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1950
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Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon, Cuba, cosmonaut
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1950
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Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
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1950
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Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash)
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1951
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Camille LaPierre, NHLer
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1952
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Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike)
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1952
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Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate (1992)
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1953
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Mary Steenburgen, Newport Ark, actress (Parenthood, Time After Time)
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1954
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"Sensational" Sherri Martel, [Russell], New Orl, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
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1955
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Ethan Phillips, actor (Neelix-Star Trek Voyager)
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1955
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Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary)
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1955
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John Grisham, writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief)
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1959
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Heinz Gunthardt, Switzerland, tennis star
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1959
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Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1959
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Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978)
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1960
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Alex Scott, British horse trainer
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1960
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Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing (Minn North Stars, Wash Caps)
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1960
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Linda Fratianne, LA Calif, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
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1961
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Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans)
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1961
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Vince Neil [Wharton], Ca, vocalist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls Girls)
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1963
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Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer (elegant Indian batsman 1984-)
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1963
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Raleigh MCkenzie, NFL center/guard (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers)
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1964
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Dennis Gibson, NFL inside linebacker (SD Chargers)
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1965
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Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District)
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1965
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Jim Thornton, NFL tight end (Houston Oilers)
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1965
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Lee Knight, CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1965
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Mathilda May, Paris France, actress (Lifeforce)
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1965
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Rod Bernstine, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
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1965
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Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, LA Raiders)
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1966
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Gary Coleman, Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
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1966
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Kirk Muller, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1967
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Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing (Wash Caps)
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1968
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Joy Fawcett, Inglewood Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Ron Goetz, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1969
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Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
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1969
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Mary McCormack, actress, (Murder One, Private Parts)
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1970
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Alonzo Mourning, NBA center (Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets)
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1970
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Cameron Cuffy, cricketer (St Vincent & WI fast bowler 1994-)
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1971
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Heidi Mark, Columbus OH, playmate (Jul, 1995)
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1972
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Adrian Rollins, cricketer (Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex)
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1972
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Marcus Pollard, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
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1973
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Andreas Gliatis, soccer player (NEC)
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1973
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Dave Dopek, Bolingbrook Illinois, 200m runner
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1973
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Eric Kresser, quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1973
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Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1973
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Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Damon Denson, guard (New England Patriots)
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1975
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Joshua Morrow. Juneau Alaska, actor (Nicholas Newman-Young & Restless)
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1976
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Holly Manthei, Edina Minn, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Jim Parque, Norwalk Calif, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1978
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Christa Williams, Houston TX, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
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1979
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Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1997)
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1981
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Tommy Michaels, Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)
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DEATHS
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1124
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Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
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1245
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Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
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1303
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Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
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1513
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Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaao & Bonaire), dies
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1587
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
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1611
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Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
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1650
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John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
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1676
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Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
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1686
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Franois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
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1691
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Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
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1691
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Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
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1709
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Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
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1725
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Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
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1740
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Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
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1749
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Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
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1771
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Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
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1797
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Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
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1801
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Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
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1821
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Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62
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1824
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Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71
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1849
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France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48
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1849
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Franois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68
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1874
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David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66
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1878
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Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83
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1884
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Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76
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1897
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Antonio C novas del Castillo, premier of Spain, murdered at 69
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1907
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Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
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1909
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Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80
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1909
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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
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1911
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Gustaf Frding, Swedish poet (Grabstnk), dies at 50
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1920
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Richard Dehmel, writer, dies at 56
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1921
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Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
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1924
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Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
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1932
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Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
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1935
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Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87
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1937
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Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75
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1942
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Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
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1944
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Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
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1946
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Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
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1947
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Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
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1949
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Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
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1949
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Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
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1953
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Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63
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1954
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Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
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1956
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Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93
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1957
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John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53
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1959
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William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
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1961
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William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81
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1963
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Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48
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1963
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George Dolenz, Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55
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1964
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Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
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1968
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J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56
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1973
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Herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies
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1974
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Fern Andra, dies at 80
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1974
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Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
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1975
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Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
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1979
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Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
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1982
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John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
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1985
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Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71
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1985
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Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
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1987
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Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies
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1987
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Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
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1987
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Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74
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1988
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Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67
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1989
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Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81
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1990
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Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
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1991
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Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47
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1992
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Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
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1993
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Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
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1993
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Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
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1993
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Eliot Janeway, financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
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1993
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Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
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1993
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Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
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1994
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Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70
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1994
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Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
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1994
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Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
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1995
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B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70
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1995
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Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88
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1995
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William Fulbright, US politician, dies
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1996
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John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76
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1996
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Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
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1997
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Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
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1998
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William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
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