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1
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1st Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus
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337
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Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
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352
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1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th
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390
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Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
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498
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French king Clovis baptises himself
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597
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England adopts Julian calendar
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604
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Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers
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795
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Adrian I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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800
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Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor
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875
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Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome
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967
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John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor
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969
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Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium
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979
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Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom
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999
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Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne
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1000
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Monarch Istv n crowned king of Hungary
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1046
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Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III RC-German emperor
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1048
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Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX
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1066
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William the Conqueror, crowned king of England
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1100
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Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned king of Jerusalem
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1101
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Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans
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1121
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Norbertus van Xanten finds order of the Norbertijnen
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1130
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Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily
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1223
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St Francis of Assisi assembles 1st Nativity scene (Greccio, Italy)
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1492
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Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic
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1522
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Turkish troops occupy Rhodos
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1582
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Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th
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1613
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Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant
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1621
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Gov William Bradford of Plymouth forbids game playing on Christmas
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1640
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Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis
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1641
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Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden & France
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1651
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Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
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1683
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English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland
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1688
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English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France
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1688
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Lord Delamere sides with King James II
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1717
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Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed
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1741
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Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
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1745
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Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden
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1745
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Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians
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1758
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Halley's comet 1st sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return
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1760
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Juptier Hammon, NY slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Throught"
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1775
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Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate
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1776
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Washington crosses Delaware & surprises & defeats 1,400 Hessians
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1818
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1st known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night") sung (Austria)
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1818
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Handel's Messiah, US premieres in Boston
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1830
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Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic," premieres
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1831
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Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday
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1832
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Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in St Martin at Cape Receiver
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1833
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Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia
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1834
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Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile
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1835
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Charles Darwins company celebrates Christmas in Pahia, New Zealand
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1837
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Battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians
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1843
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1st theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, NYC)
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1848
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New Haven Railroad opens
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1862
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40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC
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1868
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Despite bitter opposition, Pres A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
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1875
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Lambs Club in NY forms
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1888
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1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia
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1894
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1st midwestern football team to play on west coast, U of Chicago defeats Stanford 24-4 at Palo Alto, CA in football
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1896
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"Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
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1899
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Farmers send/guide belegerd Ladysmith Kerstpudding/desire in grenade
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1900
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Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany
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1901
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Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits
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1902
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Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes," premieres in NYC
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1905
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V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC
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1908
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Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns & becomes 1st black heavyweight champ
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1911
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Edward Knoblock's "Kismet," premieres in NYC
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1914
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Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits & Germans)
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1915
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Irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC
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1917
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"Why Marry," 1st drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in NYC
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1917
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Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in NYC
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1922
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-Dec 26] Lenin dictates his "Political testament"
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1923
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Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St NYC
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1926
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Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926-1989)
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1928
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Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic v NSW) 14,887
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1928
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NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps
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1929
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Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390
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1930
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1st US bobsled run open to public (Lake Placid, NY)
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1930
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Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, NY opens
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1930
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Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,422
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1930
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Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
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1931
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Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
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1931
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Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria v Tas at Hobart
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1931
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NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio
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1932
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During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes
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1933
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Another Christmas Day five-wicket haul by Clarrie Grimmett
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1933
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Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor
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1933
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Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria v Tasmania at Hobart
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1934
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Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 v Qld before 6,180
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1934
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Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth," premieres in NYC
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1936
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Belgian bishops condemn fascism & communism
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1936
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Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA v Queensland before 4,865
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1937
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Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio
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1937
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Queensland all out for 93 v SA in front of 10,436
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1938
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George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O'Hara
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1939
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Grimmett & Ward rip through Qld except Bill Brown (156)
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1939
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Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer
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1940
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Bradman out 1st ball for SA v Victoria before 6213
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1940
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Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Pal Joey," premieres in NYC
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1941
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Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong
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1941
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Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan
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1942
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Admiral Dalans murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death
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1942
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British Col S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarter
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1942
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Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad
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1946
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Constitution accepted in Taiwan
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1947
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Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
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1950
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Cleve Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game
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1950
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Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
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1950
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Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
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1951
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1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust v WI at Adelaide
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1951
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West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
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1953
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Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)
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1954
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WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Cleveland Browns win NFL championship
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1955
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Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music
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1957
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Ed Gein found insane of murder
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1958
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Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens
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1959
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A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas
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1959
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Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set
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1959
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Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market
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1962
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1963
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Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released
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1964
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"Goldfinger" premieres in US
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1964
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George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
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1967
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Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged
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1968
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Frank Borman's Christmas reading while orbiting Moon
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1969
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5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor
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1969
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India all out for 163 at Madras v Aust, Ashley Mallett 5-91
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1971
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Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24
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1971
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Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
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1971
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Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul
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1972
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England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi
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1973
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Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles)
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1974
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Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia
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1976
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Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed
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1976
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Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier
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1977
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Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets Egyptian Pres Sadat in Egypt
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1979
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Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur
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1979
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USSR airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan
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1982
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Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians
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1983
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1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
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1984
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NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points
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1987
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Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
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1989
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Japanese scientist achieve -271.8øC, coldest temp ever recorded
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1990
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"Godfather III" premieres
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1991
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Last day of a washout Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
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1991
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Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as Pres of USSR
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1994
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"Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 8 perfs
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1997
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For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
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1997
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Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
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BIRTHS
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1583
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Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized
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1601
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Jose Ximenez, composer
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1624
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Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)
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1628
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Nol Coypel, French painter
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1642
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Isaac Newton, Grantham Engld, physicist/mathematician/astronomer [OS]
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1646
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Harald Vallerius, composer
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1686
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Giovanni Battista Somis, composer
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1698
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Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator
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1711
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Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer
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1717
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Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope (1775-99)
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1721
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William Collins, Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet
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1728
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Johann Adam Hiller, composer
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1750
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John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer
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1752
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Mithra
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1763
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Claude Chappe, French engineer (optical telegraph)
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1765
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Joseph Mazzinghi, composer
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1771
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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1775
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Antun Sorkocevic, composer
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1808
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Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
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1811
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Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German politician/bishop of Mainz
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1813
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Milledge Luke Bonham, (Confederacy) died in 1890
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1814
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Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder (Coop of Welfare of the People)
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1815
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Temistocle Solera, composer
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1821
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Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Mass, nurse/founder (American Red Cross)
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1823
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Preston Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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1825
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Esteban Salas y Castro, composer
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1829
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Patrick S Gilmore, composer
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1831
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Johann Herbeck, composer
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1832
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Thomas Alfred Smyth, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1865
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1837
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Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
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1855
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James Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884
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1859
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Raoul Gunsbourg, composer
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1863
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E Fern ndez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer
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1865
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Evangeline Cory Booth, Salvation Army general (1904-34)
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1867
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Alfred Kerr, writer
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1868
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Eugenie Besserer, Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer)
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1875
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Theodor Innitzer, cardinal/archbishop Vienna
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1875
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Walter Lees, cricketer (Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06)
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1876
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan (1947)/gov (1947-58)
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1878
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W Starling Burgess, yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise)
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1881
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Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees)
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1883
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Fran Lhotka, composer
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1883
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Maurice Utrillo, France, painter (Port St Martin, Montmartre)
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1887
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Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels)
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1887
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Jacobus W G Balfoort, Dutch actor (Bulldog Drummond)
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1887
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John Davidson, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat)
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1891
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Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)
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1891
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Earle Foxe, Oxford OH, actor (Dance Fools Dance)
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1891
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Kenneth A N Anderson, British general (Dunkerk, North Africa)
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1892
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Rebecca West, [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author
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1893
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Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million)
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1893
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Fred Hillebrand, Bkln NY, actor (Martin Kane)
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1893
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Ropert L Ripley, Santa Rosa Calif, cartoonist (Believe It or Not)
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1898
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Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter
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1899
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Frank Fergusson, actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place)
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1899
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Humphrey Bogart, NYC, actor, Here's looking at you, kid (Casablanca)
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1899
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Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression Scenes in NYC)
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1900
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Barton Maclane, Columbia SC, actor (Gen Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
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1900
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Gladys Swarthout, Deepwater Missouri, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda)
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1900
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W L "Tich" Cornford, cricketer (Sussex keeper played for England 1930)
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1901
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Alice C, English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II
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1902
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Barton MacLane, SC, actor (Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie)
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1903
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Antiochos Evanghelatos, composer
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1903
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Corry Lievens, [Isabella MJ Adriaens], Flemish actress (Blue Bird)
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1903
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J Edward Bromberg, Hungary, actor (Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags)
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1904
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Gerhard Herzberg, Can, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971)
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1906
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Clark M Clifford, US Secretary of Defense (1968-69)
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1906
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Herman J Scheltema, [NEM Pareau], Dutch jurist/poet
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1906
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Lew Grade, British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (Boys from Brazil)
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1906
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William McChesney Martin, Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70)
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1907
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Cab[ell] Calloway, Rochester, bandleader (Minnie the Moocha, Jazzball)
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1908
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Frank Ferguson, Calif, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal)
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1908
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Helen Twelvetrees, actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert)
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1908
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Jan Seidel, composer
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1909
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Louis van Lint, Belgian painter
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1909
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Marguerite Churchill, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail)
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1909
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Mike Mazurki, Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls)
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1910
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David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music)
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1911
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Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist
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1912
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Donald McRae, cricketer (Test for NZ, the 1946 debacle vs Australia)
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1912
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Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist
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1912
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Leighton Noble, singer/bandleader
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1912
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Tony Martin, Oakland Cal, singer (Tony Martin Show, Tonight We Love)
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1912
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Werner Fussan, composer
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1912
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Willian Noel Moffat, architect
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1913
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Henri Nannen, journalist
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1914
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Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each)
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1915
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Noelle de Mosa, Neth/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon)
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1915
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Nora Dunfee, actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil)
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1915
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Pete Rugolo, bandleader/arranger (Fugitive)
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1916
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Daniel Devoto, composer
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1918
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Anwar el-Sadat, Egyptian Pres (1970-81, Nobel 1978)
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1918
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Eddie Safranski, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Jonathan Winters Show)
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1920
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Artur Agostinho, Lisbon Port, actor (Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela)
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1920
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Henry Charnock, oceanographer
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1922
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Kitty Kallen, Phila Pa, singer (Judge For Yourself)
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1923
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Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor (Oere Orch 1968-73)
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1923
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Nel Vandernotte, France, cox (Olympic-bronze-1936)
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1924
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Mih ly V ci, Hungarian poet/politician
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1925
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Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader
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1925
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Ossi Reichert, German FR, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1927
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Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder (AL MVP 1959)
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1928
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Earl Brown, Salt Lake City Ut, actor (Stovall-Operation Petticoat)
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1929
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Billy Horton, rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job)
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1929
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Chris Kenner, rocker
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1929
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Irish McCalla, Pawnee City Neb, actress (Sheena Queen of Jungle)
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1931
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Carlos Castaneda, US, writer/mystic (Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within)
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1931
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Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker
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1932
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Jos Maria Capricorne, Curaaos graphically designer/painter
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1932
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Peter John Swales, football club chairman
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1934
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Bob Martinez, (Gov-Fl)
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1934
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Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist
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1934
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John Ashley, KC Mo, actor (Clipper-Straightaway)
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1934
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McKinley Mitchell, US gospel/singer (The Town I Live In)
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1935
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Gunter Friedrichs, composer
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1936
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Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of sir Angus Ogilvy
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1936
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Ismail Merchant, Bombay India, producer (Householder)
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1937
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O'Kelly Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
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1938
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David Borden, composer
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1938
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Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host/director (Avro)
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1939
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Bob James, rocker
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1939
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Christopher Wates, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
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1940
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Frans Moor, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1940
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Peter Brown, Chicago Il, rocker
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1941
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Don Pullen, pianist/composer
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1941
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Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author
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1941
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Ronald Perera, composer
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1942
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Franoise Durr, France, tennis player (1976 US indoor Doubles)
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1942
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Mani Kaul, director (Idiot, Nazar, Dhrupad, Duvidha)
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1943
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Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress (Love is Colder than Death)
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1943
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Hedley Howarth, cricketer (brother of Geoff, NZ lefty spinner 1969-77)
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1943
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Ravish Malhotra, India cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11 backup)
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1943
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Trevor Lucas, rocker (Fairport Convention)
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1944
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Henry Vestine, rock guitarist (Canned Heat-On the Road Again)
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1944
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Rick Berman, [Richard], producer (Star Trek Generations)
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1945
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Gary Sandy, Dayton Ohio, actor (Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati)
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1945
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Ken "The Snake" Stabler, NFL quarterback (Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI)
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1945
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Kenny Everett, British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show)
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1945
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Noel Redding, rocker (The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze)
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1945
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Steve Mancha, [Clyde Wilson], US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks)
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1946
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Jimmy Buffet, Mobile Alabama, vocalist (Margaritaville)
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1946
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Larry Csonka, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, NY Giants)
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1947
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Connie Petracek, Chambersburg PA, swimmer (Olympics-92, 96)
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1948
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Barbara Mandrell, Houston Tx, singer/TV host (Mandrell Sisters)
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1948
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Merry Clayton, rocker
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1949
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Dan Pastorini, NFL QB (Raiders) [or May 26]
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1949
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Sissy Spacek, Quitman Tx (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter)
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1950
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Barry Pearson, NFLer
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1950
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Manny Trillo, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
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1951
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Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer (Luv)
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1953
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Arnella Flynn, Rome Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter
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1953
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Dave Wasick, NFLer
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1954
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Annie Lennox, Aberdeen Scotld, vocalist (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why)
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1954
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Robin Campbell, British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
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1954
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Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer (Small Town Girl)
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1955
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Claus Strigel, director (Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God)
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1955
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William Andrews, actor (Sealed Cargo)
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1956
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Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani batsman early 80's)
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1957
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Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer (Wrong Nights)
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1957
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Jillie Mack, Mrs Tom Selleck/actress (Magnum PI)
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1957
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Shane McGowan, rock vocalist (Pogues-Red Roses For Me)
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1958
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Joop Hiele, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles)
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1958
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Rickey Henderson, Chic, baseball player (stolen base king, A's, Yanks)
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1959
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Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach (Olympics-96)
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1959
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Michael P Anderson, Plattsburgh NY, major USAF/astronaut (STS 89)
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1959
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Missy Cleveland, Jackson Miss, playmate (April, 1979)
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1959
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Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player (NAC)
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1960
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Amy Grant, vocalist (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby)
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1961
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Storm Davis, baseball player
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1962
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Dean Cameron, Morrison Ill, actor (Herbie-Spencer)
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1962
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Mary Ellen Clark, Abington Pa, diver (Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96)
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1963
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Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
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1964
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Anil Kaul, Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer (Curtis Cup 1982)
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1964
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Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor (Darling How Could You)
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1964
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Raymond Libregts, soccer player (MVV)
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1965
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Dmitri Mironov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins, Anaheim)
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1965
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Kathleen Luciano, Munich Ger, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1993)
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1966
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Craig Veasey, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
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1966
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Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star
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1966
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Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet (March, 1991)
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1967
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Kathleen Franey, Brooklyn NY, 1.5k runner
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1968
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Corey Widmer, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
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1968
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Don Silvestri, NFL/WLAF kicker (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
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1968
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Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress (Inferno)
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1968
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Jim Dowd, Brick, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
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1968
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Scott Bullett, Martinsburg WV, outfielder (Chic Cubs)
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1969
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Bernhard Jr, Prince of Netherlands
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1970
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Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer (opening batsman 1996 World Cup)
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1970
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Ghalid Salamat, soccer player (MVV)
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1970
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Stu Barnes, Spruce Grove, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
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1971
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Marlon Forbes, safety (Chicago Bears)
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1971
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Noel Hogan, musician (Cranberries)
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1971
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Terry Vaughn, CFL receiver (Calgary Stampeders)
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1972
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Fantasia, [Tonya Manley], Detroit Mich, dancer/actress (Pump it Up)
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1974
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Chris Naeole, guard (New Orleans Saints)
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1974
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Grayson Shillingford, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
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1976
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Scott Vermillion, Independence MO, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
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1976
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Yazmin Fiallos, Miss Universe-Honduras (1996)
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DEATHS
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795
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Adrian I, Italian Pope (772-95), dies
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820
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Leo V, the Armenian, Byzantine gen/Emperor (813-20), murdered
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1156
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Peter Venerabilis, Fr theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61
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1249
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Peter Nolascus, Spanish monastery founder/St, dies
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1513
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Johannes Amerbach, Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70
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1530
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Babur, emperor of Delhi, dies
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1683
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Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed
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1761
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Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51
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1765
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Antonio Tonelli, composer, dies at 79
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1788
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John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40
|
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1824
|
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Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60
|
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1842
|
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Bedrich Divis Weber, composer, dies at 76
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1848
|
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Johann Erik Nordblom, composer, dies at 60
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1868
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Linus Yale, developer of cylinder lock, dies
|
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1878
|
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Anna Claypoole Peale, US painter of miniatures, dies
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1883
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Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer, dies at 65
|
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1895
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Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32
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1903
|
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Albert Schffle, German sociologist, dies at 72
|
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1904
|
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Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61
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1921
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Hans Huber, composer, dies at 69
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1921
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Korolenko, writer, dies
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1922
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Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75
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1925
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Sergei Jessenin, writer, dies at 30
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1926
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Yoshihito, 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47
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1927
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Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66
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1930
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Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65
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1936
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Pierre Maurice, composer, dies at 68
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1938
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Karel Capek, Czech author/antifascist (B¡l Nemoc), dies at 48
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1940
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Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42
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1942
|
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Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32
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1943
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Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62
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1943
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Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer, dies at 82
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1946
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W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67
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1950
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Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47
|
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1951
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Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb
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1954
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Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25
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1954
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Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist (Plantbreeding), dies at 96
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1954
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Rosario Scalero, composer, dies at 84
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1956
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Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78
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1957
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Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87
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1961
|
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Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies
|
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1963
|
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Tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67
|
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1964
|
|
Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74
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1971
|
|
Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70
|
|
1973
|
|
Ismet Inn [Mustapha Ismet Pasha], Turkish PM (1923..65), dies at 89
|
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1975
|
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Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94
|
|
1976
|
|
Arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies
|
|
1976
|
|
Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58
|
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1977
|
|
Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88
|
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1979
|
|
Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70
|
|
1979
|
|
Lee Bowman, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64
|
|
1980
|
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Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80
|
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1980
|
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Louis Neefs, Belgian singer, dies at 43
|
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1980
|
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Oscar Romero, archbishop of El Salvador, murdered
|
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1983
|
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Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90
|
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1985
|
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George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
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1989
|
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Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies
|
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1989
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Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
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1989
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Elena Ceausescu, wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed
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1989
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Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, executed
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1989
|
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Roger Pigaut, actor (Indoptable Anglique), dies
|
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1989
|
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Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader, dies at 51
|
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1990
|
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Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77
|
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1991
|
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Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
|
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1991
|
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Mahmood Hussain, cricketer (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies
|
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1991
|
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Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Csar), dies at 87
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1991
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Sal Provenza, entertainer, dies of lymphoma at 45
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1992
|
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Garrison H Davidson, US lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
|
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1992
|
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Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87
|
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1992
|
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Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77
|
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1992
|
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Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/sect English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
|
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1994
|
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Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87
|
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1994
|
|
Zail Singh, president of India (1982-87), dies at 78
|
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1995
|
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Dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78
|
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1995
|
|
Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher, dies at 89
|
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1995
|
|
Jimmy Boucher, cricketer (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies
|
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1995
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Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky, musicologist, dies at 101
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1996
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Derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74
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1996
|
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Jon Benet Ramsey, Colo child beauty queen, murdered at 6
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1996
|
|
Rupert John, gov-gen of Grenadines (1970-76), dies
|
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1997
|
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Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39
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1997
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Denver Pyle, actor (Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 77
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1997
|
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Giorgio Strehler, theatre director, dies at 76
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1997
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Laurence Gower, academic, dies at 84
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