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496
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Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
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642
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Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1105
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Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
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1434
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Thames River freezes
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1542
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Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James
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1587
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Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
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1601
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Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
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1628
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John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London
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1639
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1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
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1642
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Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
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1643
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Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
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1655
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English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans
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1688
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General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III
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1703
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1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila
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1715
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Thames River freezes
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1759
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Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
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1800
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Weber's opera "Das Waldmdchen," premieres in Freiburg
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1832
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South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
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1835
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Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Govt
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1859
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Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
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1861
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Luik-Vis-Maastricht railway opens
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1862
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M Lvy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"
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1863
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Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia & Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee
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1869
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American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
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1871
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National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
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1874
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Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
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1880
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Southern University forms
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1887
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Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris
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1896
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1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
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1897
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Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
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1903
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Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
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1903
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George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in NYC
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1905
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Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
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1914
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Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
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1914
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Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
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1915
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Serbian leader flees to Albania
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1918
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Bla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
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1922
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Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year"
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1923
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Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
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1924
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1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
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1925
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1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
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1925
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Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
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1926
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KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
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1930
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1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, NY to Calif), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
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1934
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CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
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1934
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SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in NYC
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1935
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King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
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1936
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Nol Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in NYC
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1936
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Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
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1938
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Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in NYC
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1938
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National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
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1941
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"Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
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1941
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Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
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1941
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US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
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1942
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Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
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1942
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French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx"
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1944
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US bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo
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1947
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John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published
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1947
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Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communis
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1948
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Ireland votes for independence from UK
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1948
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WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1949
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Britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry
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1949
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Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
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1950
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"Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
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1950
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UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
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1950
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US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
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1951
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"17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
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1951
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"Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs
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1951
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39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
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1951
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British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge
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1952
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Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)
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1953
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Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
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1954
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Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
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1954
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France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
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1955
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1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship
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1956
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"Pajama Game" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
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1956
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44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
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1957
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Cleve Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
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1958
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Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
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1960
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Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
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1962
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Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
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1963
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1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
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1964
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30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
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1964
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Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
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1964
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For 1st time since 1800, residents of Wash DC permitted to vote
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1964
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Rebellion ends in Zaire
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1965
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Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes pres of Zaire
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1966
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1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
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1966
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400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
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1966
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The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
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1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
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1969
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Apollo 12 returns to Earth
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1969
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Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by cou
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1969
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West German pres Heinemann visits Netherlands
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1970
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36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
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1971
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Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
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1971
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Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
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1971
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Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ
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1972
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1973
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Miss Teenage America Pageant
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1974
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2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
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1974
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62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
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1974
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Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
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1974
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
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1975
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"Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
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1976
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NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
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1976
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Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
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1977
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1977
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Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
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1979
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Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
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1979
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US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
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1980
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Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
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1981
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1st air-launched cruise missile tested
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1982
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Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
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1982
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Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
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1983
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PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
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1983
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Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
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1985
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73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
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1985
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Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
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1986
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"Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
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1986
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Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
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1986
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Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
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1987
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Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
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1989
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Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
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1989
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Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
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1989
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Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
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1991
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1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
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1991
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79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
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1991
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After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
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1991
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Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
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1991
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Rachmon Nabijev elected pres of Tadzjikistan
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1991
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US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
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1992
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Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
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1993
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Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
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1993
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End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
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1995
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Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
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1996
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"Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
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1996
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CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton
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1996
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Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
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1996
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Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
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1996
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Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
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1996
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Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
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1997
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"Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs
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BIRTHS
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1632
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Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
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1642
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Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
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1655
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Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)
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1690
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Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer
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1712
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Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
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1713
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Junipero Serra, priest had a mission in California
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1713
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Laurence Sterne, Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy)
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1740
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John Bacon, English sculptor
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1747
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Felice Alessandri, composer
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1766
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J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist
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1768
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Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
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1784
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Zachary Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
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1795
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Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer
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1806
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Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor/viceroy of Bosnia/Iraq
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1811
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Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist/bishop/premier (1863- )
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1815
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James Hewward Trapier, N Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1865
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1817
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Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
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1824
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Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist
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1826
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Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
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1829
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William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
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1847
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Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula)
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1848
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Lilli Lehmann, opera singer
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1849
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Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book (My Secret Garden)
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1864
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
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1868
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Scott Joplin, US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer)
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1873
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L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary
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1876
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Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust
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1877
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Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53)
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1878
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Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian
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1884
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Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
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1886
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Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L'art et Son Avenir)
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1888
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Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter)
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1888
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Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
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1888
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Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Cologne Germany, actor (Metropolis, Spies)
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1889
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Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
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1889
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Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author
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1892
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Isidor Achron, composer
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1893
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Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World)
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1894
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Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl)
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1899
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Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
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1900
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Cornelius Kee, composer
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1900
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Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker/teacher
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1901
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Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker
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1902
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Fernand Braudel, French historian
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1905
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Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady)
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1906
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Andreina Pagnani, Rome Italy, actress (Il Commandante)
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1906
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Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin)
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1908
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Harry Kemelman, US detective author (rabbi-omnibus)
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1908
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Libertad Lamaraque, Agentina, actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada)
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1908
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Ray Carter, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
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1909
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Hans Melchior Brugk, composer
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1909
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Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon)
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1910
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Lennox Brown, cricketer (S Afr leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour)
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1911
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Kirby Grant, Butte Mont, actor (Sky King)
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1911
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Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist/painter
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1912
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Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!)
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1912
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Garson Kanin, Rochester NY, playwright/producer (Double Life)
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1912
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Geraldine Fitzgerald, Dublin Ire, actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money)
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1912
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Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger
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1913
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Gisela Mauermeyer, Germany, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1914
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Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress (Jane Eyre)
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1916
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Forrest J Ackerman, invented the term "sci-fi"
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1917
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Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
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1917
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Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer
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1917
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Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer
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1918
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Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52)
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1918
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Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County Ind, actor (Polka-go-round)
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1918
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William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician
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1919
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John Silverlight, journalist
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1920
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Anthony Griffin, sailor
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1920
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Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
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1921
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Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player
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1921
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John V Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
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1925
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Alun Owen, North Wales, writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant)
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1925
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William F Buckley Jr, NYC, right-wing curmudgeon (Firing Line)
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1926
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Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
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1926
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Alfred "Fred" Benavente, director/actor (Farce Majeur)
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1927
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Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
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1927
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Emma Lou Diemer, composer
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1929
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Eileen Barton, Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
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1930
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C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
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1930
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Dante Lavelli, AAFC/NFL end (Cleveland Browns)
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1930
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Ken Barrington, cricketer (tough England batsman)
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1932
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Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner)
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1932
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Katalin Juh sz-Nagy, Hungary, foils (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1934
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Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer (St Florian)
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1934
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Claudio Prieto, composer
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1934
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Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story)
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1935
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Ronald V Dellums, Oakland Calif, (Rep-D-Calif, 1971- )
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1938
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Oscar Robertson, Charlotte Tenn, NBAer (Oly-gold-60)
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1938
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Wynne Bradburn, cricketer (father of Grant NZ batsman v S Africa 1964)
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1939
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Jim Northrup, baseball player
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1939
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Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
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1939
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Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
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1940
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Paul Tagliabue, commissioner (NFL)
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1940
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Wendell Morris Logan, composer
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1941
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Donald "Duck" Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T-Mar-Keys, Walkin' the Dog)
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1941
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Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
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1941
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John de Andrea, US sculptor
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1941
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Pete Best, drummer (Beatles)
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1942
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Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
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1942
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Billy Connolly, Scotland, comedian/actor (Blue Money)
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1942
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Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary (George Bush)
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1943
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Barry Milburn, cricketer (NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969)
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1943
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Jol Robert, Belgian motorcyclist
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1943
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Lee Michaels, rocker
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1943
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Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin')
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1943
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Robin Williamson, rocker (Incredible String Band)
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1944
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Bev Bevan, rocker (ELO)
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1944
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Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author (7 Stories)
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1944
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Dan Glickman, (Rep-D-KS, 1977- )
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1944
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Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
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1946
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Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO)
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1946
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Ted Bundy, Burlington VT, serial murderer
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1947
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Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team)
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1948
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Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969)
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1948
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Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret)
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1948
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Steve Yeager, catcher (LA Dodger)
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1949
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Anita Louis, US singer (Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman)
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1949
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Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
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1950
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Damon Evans, Balt Md, actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons)
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1950
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Stanley Livingston, actor (Chip-My 3 Sons)
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1951
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Chet Edwards, (Rep-D-Texas)
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1951
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Gaby Landhage, Goteborg Sweden, model (Model of the Rear)
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1951
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Graham Price, British rugby player
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1952
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Brijesh Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77)
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1953
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Tod Machover, composer
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1955
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Clement Burke, rock drummer (Blondie)
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1955
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Ian Botham, cricketer (all time great all-rounder Extrovert)
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1955
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Scott Mabon Hoch, Raleigh NC, PGA golfer (1982 USF&G Classic)
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1956
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Doug Davidson, actor (Young & Restless)
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1957
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Chris Hayes, Calif, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News)
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1957
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Denise Crosby, Hollywood Calif, actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen)
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1958
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Alain Chabat, actor (French Twist, Six Days Six Night)
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1958
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Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm, More More More)
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1961
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Carl Sundquist, Indianapolis Ind, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1962
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John Squire, English pop guitarist (Stone Roses, She Bangs the Drums)
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1962
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Lesa Ann Pedriana, Milwaukee Wisc, playmate (April, 1984)
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1962
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Randy Velarde, Midland TX, infielder (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
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1963
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Lisa Howard, actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance)
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1965
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Nyla Jane Carroll, New Plymouth NZ, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper (Run DMC)
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1966
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Ledell Eackles, NBA guard (Wash Wizards/Bullets)
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1967
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Al Martin, Covina CA, outfielder (Pitts Pirates)
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1967
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Ben McDonald, Baton Rouge LA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1967
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Cal Eldred, baseball player
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1968
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Dave Hansen, Long Beach CA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
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1968
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Dave Jukes, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Kawartha Lakes)
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1968
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Dawn Robinson, singer (En Vogue)
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1968
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Ken Johnson, Quincy Mass, 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1996)
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1969
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Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket (big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut)
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1970
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Brett Wallerstedt, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
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1970
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Chad Taylor, musician (Live)
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1970
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Chris Hall, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1970
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Doug Brien, kicker (New Orleans Saints)
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1970
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Jason Jacome, Tulsa OK, pitcher (KC Royals)
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1970
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Kelly Blair, Prosser Wash, heptathlete
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1970
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Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
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1970
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Nancy Mason, Belleville Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
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1971
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Keith Primeau, Toronto, NHL forward (Carolina, Detroit)
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1971
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Tony Cline, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
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1972
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Barry Potomski, Windsor, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
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1972
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Fred Brathwaite, Ottawa, NHL goalie (Edmonton Oilers)
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1973
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Donny Brady, defensive back (Baltimore Ravens)
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1973
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Kendel Shello, DL (Indianapolis Colts)
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1975
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Carly Jarmon, Mesquite Texas, Miss America-Texas (1996)
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1976
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Chen Lu, China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94)
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1977
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Kimi Fairchild, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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1115
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Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
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1192
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Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
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1555
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French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
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1571
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Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
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1572
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John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
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1615
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Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
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1650
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Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
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1674
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Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
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1722
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Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
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1822
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Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
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1827
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Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
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1838
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Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
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1840
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Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
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1842
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Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
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1848
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William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
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1863
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Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 32
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1880
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Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
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1885
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Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
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1899
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Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
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1903
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Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
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1914
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Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
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1916
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John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
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1923
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Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
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1929
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Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88
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1943
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Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
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1943
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Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
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1944
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EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
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1944
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Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
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1946
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Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
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1948
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Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
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1953
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George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
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1953
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Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
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1957
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Norma Talmadge, US actress (Within the Law), dies
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1958
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Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
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1959
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Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
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1959
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Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
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1960
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Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
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1961
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Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
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1962
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James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
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1963
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Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
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1964
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John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55
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1967
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Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
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1970
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Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
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1972
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Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
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1977
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Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
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1980
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George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
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1985
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Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
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1989
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Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
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1990
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Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
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1990
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Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
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1991
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Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
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1991
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Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
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1991
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Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
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1992
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Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
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1992
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Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
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1992
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Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
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1993
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Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
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1993
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Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
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1993
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Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
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1993
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Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
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1993
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Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
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1994
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Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
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1994
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Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
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1994
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Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart), dies at 55
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1995
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Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89
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1995
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Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
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1995
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Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
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1996
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Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
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1996
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Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
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1996
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Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85
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