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1077
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Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV
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1349
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Gnther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king
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1349
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Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred
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1467
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Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hung king M ty s Corvinus beats Bratr¡ci
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1487
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Bell chimes invented
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1522
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Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland
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1544
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Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland
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1592
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Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
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1647
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King Charles I handed over to English parliament
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1647
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Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 400,
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1648
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Spain & Netherlands sign Peace of Mnster, ending Tachtigjarige War
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1667
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Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia & Poland sign peace treaty
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1713
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England & Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
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1774
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Capt Cook reaches 71ø 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)
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1781
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Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland
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1790
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Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor
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1797
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Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks
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1798
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Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in US House of Representatives, after an argument
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1800
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US population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%)
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1804
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Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
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1806
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Prussia takes possession of Hanover
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1815
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Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols
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1818
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Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears"
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1820
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Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim)
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1835
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Richard Lawrence misfires at Pres Andrew Jackson in Washington DC
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1847
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Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
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1853
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Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugnie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman
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1854
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1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast
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1858
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Charles Hall founds Hall Orchestra in Manchester
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1858
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William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom"
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1862
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US Navy's 1st ironclad warship (Monitor) launched
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1877
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Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces
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1879
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French President MacMahon resigns
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1883
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England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test
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1888
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Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria
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1889
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John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope
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1889
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Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)
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1892
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Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test
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1892
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Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out
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1894
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Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit
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1894
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US flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
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1895
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C J Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (v Vic)
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1895
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SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed
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1895
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Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
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1911
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1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba
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1913
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House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
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1915
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German submarine attack on Le Havre
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1915
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No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic v Tas
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1917
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1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
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1919
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Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army
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1920
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Qubec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game
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1921
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French rapist-murderer Henri-Dsir Landru sentenced to death
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1922
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Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW
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1922
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World Law Day, 1st celebrated
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1924
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Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW
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1925
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Turkish govt throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople
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1927
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Left wins national election in Thringen
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1928
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1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands & US
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1928
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Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW v Vic
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1928
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Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in NYC
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1930
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Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad
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1931
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Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater
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1932
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Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval
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1933
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"Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio
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1933
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Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms govt with Von Papen
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1933
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Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match
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1934
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1st theatrical presentation sponsored by US government, NYC
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1934
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Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 yrs 298 days
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1934
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Hitler proclamation on German unified states
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1935
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Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos"
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1936
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New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
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1936
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Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on & is scrapped by 1940
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1937
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2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death
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1939
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Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile
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1939
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Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews
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1940
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Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London
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1940
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Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race
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1940
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Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win
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1941
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Australian troops conquer Derna Libya
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1942
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Japanese troops land on Ambon
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1943
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6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin
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1943
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German assault on French in Tunisia
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1943
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German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth
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1943
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Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-fieldmarshal
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1943
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Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing
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1943
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USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean
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1944
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US invades Majuro, Marshall Islands
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1945
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"Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die
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1945
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German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed
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1946
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1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime
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1948
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5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland
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1950
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"Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV
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1950
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Pres Truman orders development of H-bomb [or 0131?]
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1951
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Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
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1952
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Lehmer verifies: 2^521-1 & 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime #
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1952
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Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres
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1954
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Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
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1954
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Italy's Fanfani govt resigns
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1956
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Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes"
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1956
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KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed
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1957
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US Congress accepts "Eisenhower-doctrine"
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1958
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1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx
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1958
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Baseball announces players & coaches rather than fans pick all stars
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1958
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Dore Schary's "Sunrise at Campobello," premieres in NYC
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1958
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House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
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1959
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Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test v England, Adelaide Oval
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1959
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Paul Hindemith's symphony "Pittsburgh," premieres
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1960
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CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
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1960
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Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands
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1960
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Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England
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1960
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
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1960
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US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
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1961
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Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC
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1961
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JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp
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1961
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KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1961
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Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide
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1962
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2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit
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1962
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UN General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
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1964
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Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
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1965
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"The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3
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1965
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State funeral of Winston Churchill
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1966
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-19øF (-28øC), Corinth, Mississippi (state record)
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1966
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-27øF (-33øC), New Market, Alabama (state record)
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1966
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Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2)
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1966
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Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet
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1968
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Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey"
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1968
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Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon
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1969
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Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
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1969
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US/Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
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1971
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"Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
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1971
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Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, v England
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1971
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UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
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1972
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Bloody Sunday: Brit soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
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1972
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Pakistan withdraws from Commonwealth
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1973
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1st Kiss concert (Queens NY)
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1973
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26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at NY Rangers
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1973
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Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts
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1973
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KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)
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1974
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1976
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1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg
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1976
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George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
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1976
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William E Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
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1977
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8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
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1977
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Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW v Qld)
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1977
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Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame
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1978
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Addie Joss & Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1978
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Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio
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1979
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Rhodesia agrees to new constitution
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1980
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Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in NYC
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1981
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8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins
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1982
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
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1983
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Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
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1983
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic
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1983
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Superbowl XVII: Wash Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB
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1988
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Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
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1989
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16th American Music Award: Randy Travis & George Michael wins
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1989
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5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor
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1989
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Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter
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1989
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Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
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1989
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Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident
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1992
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Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands
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1993
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100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism
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1993
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67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62)
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1994
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68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62)
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1994
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82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64)
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1994
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Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)
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1994
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Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts
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1994
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Superbowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta Superbowl MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB
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1995
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22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win
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1995
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Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air
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1995
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Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured
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1995
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Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"
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1997
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Minuteman III launches
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1998
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All-Star Fla Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires
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1998
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM
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1998
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Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres
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2000
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NFL Pro Bowl
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BIRTHS
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1563
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Franciscus Gomarus, [Franois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer
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1566
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Alessandro Piccinini, composer
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1609
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Wenzel E Frst von Lobkowitz, Austrian chencellor (-1674)
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1616
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William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)
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1624
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Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher (About Virtue)
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1628
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George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England
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1647
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Konrad Hoffler, composer
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1687
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[Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
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1694
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Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer
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1697
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Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
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1708
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Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist
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1710
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Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
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1719
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Magnus G Lichtwer, German writer (sopischer Fabeln)
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1724
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Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer
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1752
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Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer
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1756
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Josef Preindl, composer
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1760
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Franz Xaver Partsch, composer
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1775
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Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)
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1781
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A v Chamisso, writer
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1789
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George Augustus Kollmann, composer
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1797
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Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1814
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Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter
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1816
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Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894
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1822
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John Basil Turchin, [Ivan Turchinoff], Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1829
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Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1910
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1830
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James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs
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1834
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Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician
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1835
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Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
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1841
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Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914
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1844
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Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)
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1846
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Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)
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1853
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Leland Hone, cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience)
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1861
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Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
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1862
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Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
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1865
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Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian
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1866
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Gelett Burgess, author (Purple Cow)
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1871
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Seymour Hicks, St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge)
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1871
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Wilfred Lucas, actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford)
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1873
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Rose Melville, actress (Sis)
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1882
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945)
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1885
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John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
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1892
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Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer
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1892
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Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39)
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1894
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Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)
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1894
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Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet)
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1898
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Alfred Schlppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
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1899
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Max Theiler, English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
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1900
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Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer
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1900
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Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket)
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1900
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Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy)
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1901
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Earl of Huntingdon, mural painter
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1901
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H E Nossak, writer
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1902
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Elise Cavanna, actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop)
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1902
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Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England)
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1903
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G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology)
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1906
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Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill)
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1909
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Mihaly Hajou, composer
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1909
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Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower)
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1909
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Saul David Alinsky, Chic Ill, radical writer (John L Lewis)
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1910
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Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union)
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1911
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Alexander George Ogston, biochemist
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1911
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Hugh Marlowe, Phila Pa, actor (Ellery Queen)
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1911
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Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
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1912
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Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August)
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1912
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Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1932)
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1913
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Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12)
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1913
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Percy Thrower, English radio host
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1914
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David Wayne, Traverse City Mich, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib)
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1914
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John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral)
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1914
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Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman
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1915
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Dorothy Dell, actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel)
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1915
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John D Profumo, England, politician (C)
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1915
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Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno)
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1918
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David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada)
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1918
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Jarl Andr Bjerke, [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer
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1919
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Robert Suter, composer
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1920
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George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
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1920
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Patrick Heron, abstract painter
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1921
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Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orch leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
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1922
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Dick Martin, Detroit Mich, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy)
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1922
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Pal Jardanyi, composer
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1924
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Margaret Beda Nicholson, author (No Medals for the Major)
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1925
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Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place)
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1926
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Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In)
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1927
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Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated
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1928
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Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster
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1928
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Harold Prince, US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita)
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1928
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Mitch Leigh, composer
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1929
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Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated S African off-spinner 1949-60)
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1929
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Viscount Long
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1930
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Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense (1980- )
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1931
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Gene Hackman, Calif, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)
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1931
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Jack Bowman, Chief Constable (Tayside)
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1931
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Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (Transit of Venus)
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1931
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Stewart B McKinney, (Rep-R-CT, 1971- )
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1932
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Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co)
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1933
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Bob Muddimer, CEO (Ranks Hovis McDougall)
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1933
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Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz (Wall Street Week)
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1933
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Richard Brautigan, Tacoma Wash, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...)
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1933
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Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor
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1934
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Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music)
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1935
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John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington
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1935
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Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson
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1935
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Richard Brautigan
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1937
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Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72)
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1937
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Vanessa Redgrave, London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express)
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1938
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Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
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1938
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Marlies van Alcmaer, [Smal], Dutch actress/director (Bridge too Far)
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1939
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Eleanor Smeal, feminist/pres (NOW)
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1939
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Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
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1939
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Nick Gaselee, racehorse trainer
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1940
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David Johnson, composer
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1941
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Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-Wyo), Bush's secretary of defense (1989-93)
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1941
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Joe Terranoua, rocker (Danny & The Juniors)
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1942
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Andres, [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres)
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1942
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Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner
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1942
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Dave Brown, cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England)
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1942
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Heidi Brhl, German actress/singer (Mdels vom Immenhof)
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1942
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Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles)
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1943
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Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets)
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1943
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Sandy Deane, rocker
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1944
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John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire
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1944
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Lord Westwood
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1944
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Lynn Harrell, NYC, cellist
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1945
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Michael Dorris, writer
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1945
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Robert Wittinger, composer
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1946
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Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC
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1947
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Martin Christoph Redel, composer
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1947
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Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces)
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1948
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Earl of Huntingdon
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1948
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Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss)
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1949
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William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer (Commodores-Easy)
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1950
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Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses)
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1950
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Silvia Bertolaccini, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Bobby Stokes, footballer
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1951
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Charles S Dutton, Balt Md, actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc)
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1951
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Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker (Cure)
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1951
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Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash)
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1951
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Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
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1951
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Trevor Laughlin, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79)
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1954
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Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits)
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1955
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Curtis Strange, Norfolk VA, PGA golfer (1989 US Open)
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1955
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Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica)
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1955
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Michael Thompson, guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd)
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1957
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William Payne Stewart, Springfield MO, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney)
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1958
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Brett Butler, Montgomery Ala, comedienne (Grace-Grace Under Fire)
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1958
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Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts)
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1959
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Jody Watley, Chic, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love)
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1960
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Tony O'Dell, Pasadena Calif, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class)
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1961
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Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer (3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92)
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1964
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Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991)
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1965
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Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate (Feb 86)/actr (Growing Pains)
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1966
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Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
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1966
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Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
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1967
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Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
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1968
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Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
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1968
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Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne
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1970
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Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen)
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1970
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Hans Spark, soccer player (RKC)
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1970
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Oleg Khmyl, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
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1970
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Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
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1971
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Brent Moss, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1971
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Chris Slade, NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots)
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1971
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Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (NY Giants, Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Kevin Knox, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Kimo Von Oelhoffen, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
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1971
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Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
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1971
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Quentin Neujahr, NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
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1971
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Trent Klatt, Robbinsdale, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
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1972
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Burt Thornton, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1972
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Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
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1972
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Jill McGill, Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-2nd)
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1973
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Brad Yamaoka, CFL running back (BC Lions)
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1973
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Holly Noelle Roehl, Miss Indiana USA (1996)
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1973
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Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
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1973
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Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
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1973
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Sharone Wright, NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors)
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1974
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Christian Bale, Wales, actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women)
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1974
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Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Robert Rollins, cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman)
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1976
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Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim)
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1978
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Lnd Girchoukevitch, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
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1979
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Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank
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1979
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Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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1156
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Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies
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1384
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Louis van Male, count of Flanders/Nevers/Rthel, dies
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1393
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Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
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1393
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Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
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1584
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Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle
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1584
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Pieter Jansz Pourbus, Flemish painter, dies
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1644
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William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies
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1649
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Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
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1730
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Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
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1774
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Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69
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1774
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Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer, dies at 71
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1797
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Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
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1816
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Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
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1827
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Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53
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1838
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Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
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1860
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Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44
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1881
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Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
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1888
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Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77
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1890
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Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
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1897
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John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies
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1900
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Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
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1925
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Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66
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1925
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John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79
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1927
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Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64
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1928
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Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66
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1942
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Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72
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1945
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Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90
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1945
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William Busch, composer, dies at 43
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1947
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Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
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1948
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Herb Pennock, pitcher (NY Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies
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1948
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Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India
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1948
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Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 76
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1951
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Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
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1953
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Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 68
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1956
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Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88
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1956
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Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56
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1957
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Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
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1958
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Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
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1963
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Franois Poulenc, Fren composer (Litanies
Vierge noire), dies at 74
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1963
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P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies
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1964
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Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
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1965
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Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
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1967
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Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
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1968
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Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
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1969
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Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
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1969
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Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58
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1970
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Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
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1972
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Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
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1973
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Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54
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1974
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Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wkts v South Africa 1910-11 series), dies
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1975
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Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
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1976
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Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80
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1976
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Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
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1976
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Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Af), dies
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1980
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Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at 82
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1980
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Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61
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1982
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Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
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1982
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Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
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1982
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Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at 73
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1982
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Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
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1983
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Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia
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1983
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[Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
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1985
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Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67
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1986
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Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
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1987
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Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
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1987
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Ken Drake, actor (Crime & Punishment USA), dies
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1988
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Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85
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1991
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John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at 83
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1993
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Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88
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1994
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Bahjat Talhouni, PM of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
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1994
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Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
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1994
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Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
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1994
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Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
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1995
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George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
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1995
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George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at 88
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1995
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Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70
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1996
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Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73
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1996
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Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72
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1998
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Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
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