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844
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Gregory IV begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1139
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Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant
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1327
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King Edward III accedes to British throne
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1348
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Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000
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1494
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Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples
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1533
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England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
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1554
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Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
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1565
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Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army
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1579
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Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
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1721
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Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
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1775
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Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
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1787
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Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfiel
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1799
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1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont
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1802
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Napoleon elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
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1817
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Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome
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1825
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1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY
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1835
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Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
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1835
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Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
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1844
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Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative
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1851
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Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
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1854
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow
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1856
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Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
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1858
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Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
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1863
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Battle of Kinston, NC
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1863
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General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
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1865
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CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
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1870
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Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
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1875
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Anti-slavery society forms (NY)
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1877
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Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
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1882
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Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
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1885
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Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres
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1890
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National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
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1890
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Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
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1890
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United Mine Workers of America forms
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1894
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James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
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1902
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Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg
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1904
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179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
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1904
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J M Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin
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1905
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Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa
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1906
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Del Valle Inclans "El Marqus de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid
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1907
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Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to Natl Inst of Arts & Letters
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1908
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John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp
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1909
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Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden
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1910
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1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf v Eng)
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1910
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Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
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1915
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Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF
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1915
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Giordano, Sardou & Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gne" premieres in NYC
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1915
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Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (NY to SF)
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1916
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Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
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1918
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Russia declared a republic of Soviets
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1919
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Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later
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1921
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Karel Capk's "RUR," premieres in Prague
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1923
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NVV donates 100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied
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1924
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1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
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1929
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Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours
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1932
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1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem
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1932
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Bradman scores 167 NSW v Victoria, 224 mins, 22 fours
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1937
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1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
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1937
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Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
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1937
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Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio
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1938
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Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born," premieres in NYC
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1939
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Earthquake hits Chill n Chile, 10,000 killed
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1939
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Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1940
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Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
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1942
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Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
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1945
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Dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil
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1945
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Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
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1945
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Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
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1945
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NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, &
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1945
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West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
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1946
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Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis," premieres in Zurich
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1946
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United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
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1949
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1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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1949
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1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
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1950
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73øF (23øC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January
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1951
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UN begins counter offensive in Korea
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1952
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Test debut of Richie Benaud, v West Indies at the SCG
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1953
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WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
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1955
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Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
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1955
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Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
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1955
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Russia ends state of war with Germany
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1955
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US & Panama sign canal treaty
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1956
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96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
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1957
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FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR
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1959
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1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301)
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1959
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Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
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1961
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1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK)
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1961
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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1961
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Military coup in El Salvador
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1961
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Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released
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1964
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Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
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1964
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Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
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1966
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WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1968
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Risse St in Bronx named
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1968
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Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in NYC
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1969
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US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
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1970
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Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres
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1971
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Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
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1971
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Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
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1971
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Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada
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1971
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Phila mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar
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1971
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WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
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1972
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25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
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1972
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7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
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1974
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Blent Ecevit forms govt in Turkey
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1974
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Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
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1974
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Ray Kroc, CEO (McDonald's), buys SD Padres for $12 million
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1975
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10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
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1975
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Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
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1976
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Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind v NZ Auckland
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1978
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Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
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1978
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Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)
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1979
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22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
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1979
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Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
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1980
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Bani Sadr elected president of Iran
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1980
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Dutch Govt demands boycott of Olympics
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1980
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Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
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1980
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Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
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1981
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52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
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1981
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Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
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1981
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Superbowl XV: Oakland Raiders beat Phila Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, QB
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1982
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9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win
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1983
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China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
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1983
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Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
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1983
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Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
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1985
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"Black & Blue," premieres in Paris
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1985
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"We are the World" is recorded
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1985
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Test debut of Wasim Akram, v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
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1986
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General Tito Okello's govt flees Kampala Uganda
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1987
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75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63)
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1987
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Superbowl XXI: NY Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB
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1988
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15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
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1988
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George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
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1988
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Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
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1988
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Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as pres of Suriname
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1988
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VP Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
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1989
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Augusto Alcalde, 1st S Amer Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
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1989
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Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
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1989
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Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
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1990
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Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die
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1990
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Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail
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1990
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West-Europe's strongest hurricane
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1991
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Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49)
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1991
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Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US govt
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1991
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Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide
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1991
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Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2« year run
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1992
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66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63)
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1992
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Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
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1992
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Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
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1993
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20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win
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1993
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Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
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1993
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Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales dept after 97 years
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1994
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Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
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1994
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Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
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1994
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Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
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1994
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US space probe Clementine launched
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1995
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Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee
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1997
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71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
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1998
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"Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance
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1998
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"Patti LaBelle On Broadway," closes at St James Theater NYC
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1998
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Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
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1998
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Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
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1998
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Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham gets engaged
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1998
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Superbowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24
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BIRTHS
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749
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Leo IV, the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (775-80)
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1037
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Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]
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1477
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Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII
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1509
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Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
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1540
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Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)
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1615
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Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)
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1626
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John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter
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1627
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Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
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1634
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Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
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1693
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Anna Ivanova Romanova, daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40)
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1708
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter
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1728
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Antoine Court de Gbelin, French vicar/writer
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1736
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Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician
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1741
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Benedict Arnold, general/traitor (US revolution)
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1750
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Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer
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1759
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Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne)
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1766
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Hans CE Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king Willem I
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1770
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Francis Burdett, British politician
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1777
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Elias Canneman, Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)
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1796
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William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist
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1806
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Daniel Maclise, Irish painter
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1814
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Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor (Union), died in 1899
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1826
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Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure, Dutch MP
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1834
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Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer
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1839
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Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
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1841
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
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1844
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Frederick E Kitziger, composer
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1851
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Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)
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1851
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Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
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1858
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Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
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1860
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Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
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1866
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Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party
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1874
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Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop
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1874
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[William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)
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1880
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Francis George Scott, composer
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1881
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Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man)
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1881
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Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer
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1882
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Virginia [Adeline] Woolf, London, author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse)
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1884
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Edward Kilenyi, composer
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1885
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A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
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1886
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Wilhelm Frtwngler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
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1887
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Diego Valeri, Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze)
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1889
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
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1891
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Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress (Cleopatra)
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1891
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William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador to USSR
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1896
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John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
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1898
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Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding)
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1899
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Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)
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1900
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Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story)
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1900
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Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukraine, genetist/writer (Mankind Evolving)
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1901
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Eric Brown, architect
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1902
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Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty)
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1903
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"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker
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1904
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Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Het Parool)
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1904
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Gza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist
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1908
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Lord Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar)
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1908
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W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper (England in 1 Test in Calcutta)
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1910
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Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman
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1910
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Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck, composer
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1911
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Julia Frances Smith, composer
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1912
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Lucius E Burch Jr, US lawyer/civil rights leader
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1913
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Witold Lutoslawski, Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux Vnitiens)
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1915
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Michael Duane, educationalist
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1918
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Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol)
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1919
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Edwin Newman, NYC, newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment)
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1919
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Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society of London)
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1921
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Alfred Reed, composer
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1921
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Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author
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1922
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Jules P de Palm, Antilles writer
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1922
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Raymond Baxter, British TV host/author (Fast Lady)
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1923
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Eva Zeller, writer
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1924
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Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleve Browns)
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1925
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Eric Dempster, cricketer (NZ slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5)
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1927
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Antonio Carlos Jobim, composer
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1927
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Gregg Palmer, SF, actor (Scream, To Hell & Back)
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1927
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Seung Sahn, zen teacher (Korean line)
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1928
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Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of USSR (-91)
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1931
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Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug)
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1931
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Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)
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1931
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Paavo J Haavikko, finnish writer/poet/husband of Marja-Liisa Vartio
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1931
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Stikkan, Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur
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1933
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Coraz¢n Aquino, president of Philippines (1986-92)
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1934
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Elizabeth Allen, Jersey City NJ, actress (Laura-Bracken's World)
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1936
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Dan Schaefer, (Rep-R-CO, 1983- )
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1936
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Diana Hyland, Cleve Hgts Ohio, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough)
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1937
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Don Maynard, NFL receiver (NY Jets), #13
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1937
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Kathleen Tynan Halton, writer
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1938
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Betico Croes, Arubian politician (Status Aparte)
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1938
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Etta James, [Jamesette Hawkins], US singer (Roll With Me Henry)
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1941
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Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver
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1945
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Leigh Taylor-Young, Wash DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
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1946
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Josephine M Verspaget, sociologist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1946
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Ronnie Brandon, rocker (McCoys)
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1946
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Silvio Blatter, writer
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1950
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Gloria Naylor, US author (Women of Brewster Place)
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1950
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Michael Cotton, rocker (Tubes)
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1951
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Steve Prefontaine, Coos Bay Oregon, 5K (Olympics-4th-1972)
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1953
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Malcolm Green, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You)
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1954
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Condredge Holloway, Alabama, CFL quarterback (Ottawa, Toronto)
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1954
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Richard Finch, rock bassist (KC & Sunshine-That's the Way I Like It)
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1955
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Joe Strummer, vocalist/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah) [or 8/21/53]
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1956
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Andy Cox, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
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1957
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Edmund Theodore Sylvers, rocker (Sylvers)
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1957
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Jeff Gossett, NFL punter (Oakland Raiders)
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1957
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Jenifer Lewis, actress (Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act)
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1957
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Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate (May, 1980)
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1958
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Dinah Manoff, NYC, actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol Weston-Empty Nest)
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1958
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Gary Brian Tibbs, London, rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music)
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1958
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Harti Weirather, Austrian alpine skier
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1961
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Michele Tobin, Chicago Ill, actress (Fitzpatricks)
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1962
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Chris Chelios, Chicago, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team USA)
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1963
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Carl Fysh, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
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1963
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Joe Lloyd, Highland Park Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Space Coast)
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1963
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Suzanne Klemann, Dutch singer (Los Lane-I Wanna Be)
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1964
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Bob Sweeney, Concord, NHL center (NY Islanders, Calgary Flames)
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1964
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Chip Foster, actor (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
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1964
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Pepper Foster, actress (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
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1964
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William Thomas Andrade, Fall River MA, PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open)
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1965
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Brian Holman, Winfield Ks, pitcher (Cin Reds, Seattle Mariners)
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1965
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Esa Tikkanen, Helsinki FI, NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Oly-B-98)
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1966
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John [Vo] Velyvis, North Adams Mass, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1966
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Mark Schlereth, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1966
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Paul Ranheim, St Louis, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
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1966
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Pavel Torgajev, Nizhnij Novgorod, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
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1966
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Richie Lewis, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
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1967
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Mario Brunetta, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
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1967
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Marty Calder, St Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-12-92,96)
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1967
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Randy Mckay, Montreal, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
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1968
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Lynette Brooky, NZ, golfer (NZ Open 1993/94)
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1968
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Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1968
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Tim De Leede, cricketer (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup)
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1969
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Heidi Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets)
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1969
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Jesse Harte, Rome Ga, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
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1969
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Nolan Harrison, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Pitt Steelers)
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1969
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Penny Moore, WNBA guard/forward (Charlotte Sting)
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1970
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Chris Mills, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, NY Knicks)
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1970
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Milt Stegall, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1970
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Pau Coll, WLAF kicker/safety (Barcelona Dragons)
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1970
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Scott Hendrickson, CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1971
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China Slick, rocker (daughter of Grace Slick)
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1971
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Herman Smith, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs, London Monarchs)
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1971
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Jordan Young, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Purdue)
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1971
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Kerry Taylor, US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
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1971
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Kevin Williams, receiver/kick returner (Az Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys)
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1971
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Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump (Oly-7th-1996)
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1971
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Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1971
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Vincent Brisby, NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots)
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1973
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Anthony Harris, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1973
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Elvis Presley Jr, alleged son of Elvis Presley
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1973
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Marco Battaglia, tight end (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1973
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Rodney Young, NFL safety (NY Giants)
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1973
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Terrell Wade, Rembert SC, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
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1974
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Adam Meadows, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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1974
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Daniel Sproule, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Jonathan Bryan Colling, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
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1975
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John Piersma, US, 200m/400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-4th-96)
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1976
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Tara Fleming, N York Ontario, LPGA golfer (1992 LPGA Corning-10th)
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1978
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Christine Lakin, actress (Alicia Lambert-Step by Step)
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1978
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Mandy Carraway, Miss Kansas Teen USA (1996)
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1980
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Amanda Michelle Burns, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1997)
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DEATHS
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1138
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Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
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1139
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Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
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1494
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Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies
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1547
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Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies
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1586
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Lucas Cranach "the Young", German painter, dies at 70
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1640
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Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
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1726
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Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas gographique), dies at 50
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1733
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Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch gen-maj cavalry, dies
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1744
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Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer, dies at 64
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1820
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Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
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1821
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Johan Valckenier, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 62
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1829
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William Shield, composer, dies at 80
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1855
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Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83
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1875
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Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
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1882
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Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71
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1896
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Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
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1896
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Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
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1899
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Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
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1906
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Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70
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1906
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Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78
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1910
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Lon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
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1917
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Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
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1920
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Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35
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1921
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Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer, dies at 43
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1942
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Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78
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1947
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Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
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1947
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Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45
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1949
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Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61
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1952
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Sveinn Bjírnsson, Danish 1st pres of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70
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1960
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Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38
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1960
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Rutland Boughton, composer, dies at 82
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1963
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Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents
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1965
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Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63
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1968
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Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
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1969
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John Zaj¡c, Czech student, self incinerates
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1970
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Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70
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1970
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Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at 84
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1975
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Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78
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1977
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Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85
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1978
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Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
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1979
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J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87
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1980
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David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75
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1981
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Adele Marie Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, dies at 82
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1981
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Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies
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1981
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[Adele] Marie Astaire, actress (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
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1982
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Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79
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1986
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Ernst Schnabel, writer, dies at 72
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1986
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Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
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1987
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Emil Hlobil, composer, dies at 85
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1988
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Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
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1990
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Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies
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1990
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Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies of pneumonia at 67
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1990
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Ian Dudley Hardy, entertainer, dies
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1991
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Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59
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1992
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John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
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1992
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Mahmoud Riad, sec-gen of Arab League (1972-79), dies
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1992
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Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
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1992
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Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73
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1994
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Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
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1995
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Peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82
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1995
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Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62
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1995
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William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72
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1996
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Jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35
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1996
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Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68
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1997
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Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80
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1997
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Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79
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1998
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Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
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1998
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Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher, dies at 99
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