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1266
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Battle of Benevento
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1531
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Earthquake in Lisbon Spain, kills 20,000-30,000
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1534
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Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht
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1590
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Mauritius of Nassaus sails to Breda
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1616
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Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo
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1732
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1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia
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1732
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Mass celebrated for 1st time at St Joseph's Church (Phila)
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1773
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Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Phila) (1st solitary)
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1797
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Bank of England issues 1st 1-note
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1804
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Vice-admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad
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1815
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Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
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1832
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Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I
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1834
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1st US interstate crime compact (NY-NJ) ratified
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1839
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Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain)
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1848
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2nd French Republic forms
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1848
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2nd French Republic proclaimed
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1848
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Marx & Engels publish "Communist Manifesto"
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1852
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British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die
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1859
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Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
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1862
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Battle of Woodburn, KY
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1863
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Lincoln signs National Currency Act
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1866
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New York Legislature forms NYC Metropolitan Board of Health
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1869
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15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states
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1869
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Franz Schubert's "4th Tragic," premieres
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1870
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1st NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
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1881
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-27] Natal: British troops under gen-major Colley occupy Majuba Hill
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1881
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SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool
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1884
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British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II
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1885
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Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to England
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1887
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George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG
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1891
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1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park
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1891
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Henrik Ibsens "Hedda Gabler," premieres in Oslo
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1893
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2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Mich
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1893
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Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec)
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1895
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Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine
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1907
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Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
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1907
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US Congress raised their own salaries to $7500
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1912
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Coal miners strike in England (settle on 03/01)
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1914
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New York Museum of Science & Industry incorporated
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1915
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Malancourt, Argonnen (1st (German) flame-thrower
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1916
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Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930
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1916
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Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract
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1916
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Russian troops conquer Kermansjah Persia
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1917
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1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands)
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1918
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Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
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1919
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Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine
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1919
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Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona
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1923
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Italian nationalist & fascists merge (blue-shirts & black-shirts)
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1924
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Trial against Hitler in Munich begins
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1925
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Jihad-Saint war against Turkish govt
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1926
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Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
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1929
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Pres Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park
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1930
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"Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
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1930
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1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)
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1930
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West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
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1933
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Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
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1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe kept overnight in a police cell
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1935
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Germany begin Luftwaffe operation, under Reichsmarshall H Goering
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1935
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NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
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1935
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RADAR-Radio Detection & Ranging 1st demonstrated (Robert Watson-Watt)
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1936
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Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"
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1936
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Military coup in Japan
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1937
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C Isherwood/WH Auden's "Ascent of F6," premieres in London
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1938
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1st passenger ship equipped with radar
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1938
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Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
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1938
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
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1938
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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1940
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US Air Defense Command forms at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
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1941
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2 fighters unable to continued slugfest, referee declares double KO
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1941
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Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized (Calif)
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1941
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Utrecht & Zaandam strike against raid on Jews
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1941
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Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory
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1942
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German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb
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1942
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Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
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1942
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Werner Heisenberger informs nazis about uranium project "Wunderwaffen"
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1942
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WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same"
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1943
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German assault moves to Beja North Tunisia
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1944
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1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
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1945
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Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th US Air Force
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1946
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2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn
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1949
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USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
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1950
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Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in NYC
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1951
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22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified
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1951
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Bread rationing in Czechoslovakia
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1952
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Neth-Indonesian Unity conference
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1952
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PM Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb
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1953
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Allen W Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA
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1954
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1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Mass
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1954
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Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & r
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1955
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"Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 149 performances
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1955
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1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith
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1956
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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1956
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Writers Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes meet at a party in Cambridge
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1960
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Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia
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1960
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USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating
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1960
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Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
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1962
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Arthur Kopit's "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad . . .," premieres in NYC
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1962
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US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation
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1962
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Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
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1965
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Dutch Govt of Marijnen falls
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1965
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West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
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1966
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KBIM TV channel 10 in Roswell, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1967
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1967
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Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
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1968
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Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
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1970
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"Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
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1970
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Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
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1972
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Dam break in WV kills 107
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1972
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Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125
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1973
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Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
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1974
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Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
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1975
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"Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore NYC for 75 perfs
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1975
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1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
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1976
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1977
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1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747)
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1978
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Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," premieres in NYC
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1978
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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1979
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Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
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1980
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Egypt & Israel exchange ambassadors for 1st time
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1980
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Milt coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
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1980
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R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
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1981
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3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released
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1981
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84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn & Bost
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1981
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French Train
Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run
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1982
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Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
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1983
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
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1983
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Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
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1984
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Last US marines in multinatl peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
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1984
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Pak Awang (84) marries 80th spouse
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1984
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Rev Jesse Jackson acknowledges that he called NYC, "Hymietown"
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1984
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Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize winner, named 1st US poet laureate
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1985
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27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins
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1986
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Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16)
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1987
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1st release of Beatles compact discs
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1987
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NASA launches GEOS-H
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1987
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NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
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1987
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Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
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1987
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USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1987
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Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
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1988
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Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
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1989
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"Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 634 perfs
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1989
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Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
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1989
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Calif court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
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1989
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Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa)
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1989
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NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
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1990
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USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991
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1991
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Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
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1991
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Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1991
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Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
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1991
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NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together
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1992
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"Search & Destroy" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 46 perfs
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1992
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Irish Supreme Court rules 14 year old rape victim may get an abortion
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1993
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2nd tallest building in world, NYC World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
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1993
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9th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1993
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Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
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1994
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Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
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1994
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St Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 11-1
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1995
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London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson
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1997
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39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes wins
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1998
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Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial
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1998
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Steven M Gluckstern completes sale of NY Islanders
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1998
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Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)
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BIRTHS
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1361
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Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
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1588
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Nicolaus Erich, composer
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1675
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Guillaume Delisle, Paris France, geographer (Atlas Gographique)
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1675
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Johann Philipp Treiber, composer
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1677
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Nicola Fago, composer
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1686
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Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat
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1717
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John Randall, composer
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1770
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Antoine Reicha, composer
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1772
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Caspar Furstenau, composer
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1802
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Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
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1808
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Honor Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
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1824
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Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
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1825
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Hans Balatka, composer
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1831
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Filippo Marchetti, composer
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1832
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John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
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1834
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Aleksander Zarzycki, composer
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1835
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Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)
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1837
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Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice
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1838
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Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
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1841
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Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)
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1842
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Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
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1845
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Aleksander Rozycki, composer
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1845
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Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS)
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1846
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William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
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1852
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John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
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1857
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Emile Cou, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
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1861
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Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18)
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1866
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Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)
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1867
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Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
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1868
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Leonard Borwick, British(?) pianist
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1869
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Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin
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1873
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Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist
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1874
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Carl Vogler, composer
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1875
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Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway)
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1875
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Richard Wetz, composer
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1876
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Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38)
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1876
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Pauline Musters, smallest man (1'11.2" (58.9 cm))
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1877
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Carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)
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1877
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Russell Alexander, composer
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1879
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Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten
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1882
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Walter Lucht, German artillery general (WW I/WW II)
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1883
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Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetism)
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1884
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Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer
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1884
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Dina Appeldoorn, composer
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1884
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Hildo Krop, Dutch modernistic sculptor
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1885
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Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
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1887
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Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
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1887
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Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs)
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1891
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Alan Bridge, PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills)
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1893
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Ivor A "I A" Richards, English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning) [NS]
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1893
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William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)
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1896
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Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
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1896
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Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer
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1898
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Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer
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1900
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Jean Negulesco, Craiova Romania, director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica)
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1902
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Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic)
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1902
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Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)
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1906
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Madeleine Carroll, England, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent)
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1906
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Nikos Ghika, artist
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1908
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Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, Doc?)
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1909
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Phyllis Fanny Primrose-Pechey Cradock, TV Chef
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1911
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Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman
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1913
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George G Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini)
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1913
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Hermann Lenz, writer
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1913
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Jon Hall, Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle)
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1914
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Robert Alda, NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand)
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1914
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Witold Rowicki, composer
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1915
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Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)
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1915
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Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher
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1916
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Mordecai Seter, composer
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1916
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Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WW II)
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1917
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Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)
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1918
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Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
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1918
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Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89)
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1918
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Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar)
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1919
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Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)
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1919
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Luc-Andre Marcel, composer
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1919
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Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season)
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1920
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A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
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1920
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Antony Kearey, TV producer
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1920
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Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
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1921
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Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
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1922
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Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war)
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1922
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Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)
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1924
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Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award)
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1924
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Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
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1925
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Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
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1925
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Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive
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1925
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James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
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1926
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Arsene Souffriau, composer
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1926
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Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers)
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1926
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Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
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1927
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Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
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1927
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Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune)
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1928
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Aldonis Kalnins, composer
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1928
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Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
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1928
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Antione "Fats" Domino, NO LA, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
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1928
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Everton Weekes, cricketer (one of the 3 W's)
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1930
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Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
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1931
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Francisco Kroepfl, composer
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1931
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Robert D Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
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1932
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Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
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1933
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Godfrey Cambridge, NYC, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
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1933
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James Goldsmith, Paris France, corporate raider (Referendum Party)
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1934
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Ron Gaunt, cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
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1936
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Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
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1936
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Manmohan Desai, filmmaker
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1938
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Jack Knight, Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15)
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1941
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Keith Thomson, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968)
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1942
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Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host (Nathan Sid, In Africa)
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1942
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Joop van den Ende, director (Alsmeer Studio)
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1943
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Bill Duke, actor (Bird on a Wire, Predator)
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1943
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Bob "Bear" Hite, Calif, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country)
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1943
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Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect
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1943
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Paul Cotton, LA Calif, rocker (Poco)
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1944
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Marilyn Michaels, comedienne (ABC Comedy Hour)
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1945
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Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress)
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1946
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Bobby "Bingo" Smith, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1946
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Phyllis Eisenstein, US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile)
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1947
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Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come)
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1948
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Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien)
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1949
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Emma Kirkby, British(?) soprano
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1950
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Jonathan Cain, Chicago, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys)
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1953
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Bree Walker, news anchor (WNBC TV, KNBC TV)
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1953
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Michael Bolton, Ct, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About)
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1954
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John Bolger, actor (Capt Gabe McNamara-Another World)
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1957
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Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984)
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1957
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Keena Rothhammer, US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1958
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Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
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1958
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Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
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1958
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Susan J Helms, Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54, 64, 78)
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1961
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Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter)
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1962
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Sheila Cornell, Encino Fla, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1965
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Alison Armitage, London England, actress (Acapulco HEAT)
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1965
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Brittany York, London England, playmate (Oct, 1990)
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1965
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Donald Narcisse, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1965
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Matt Jackson, Birmingham Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Payless)
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1966
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Jennifer Grant, actress (Celeste-Beverly Hills 90210)
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1966
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Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, SF 49ers, NO Saints)
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1967
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David Howard, Sarasota FL, infielder (KC Royals)
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1967
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Roman Fortin, NFL center (Atlanta Falcons)
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1967
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Scott Service, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
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1968
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Brendan Rogers, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
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1968
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Chris Green, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
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1968
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J T Snow, Long Beach CA, infielder (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
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1968
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Leif Rohlin, Vasteras Swe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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1968
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Ren Groen, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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1969
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Brandon Wilson, US baseball infielder (Chicago White Sox)
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1970
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Ben Maruquin, Ventura Calif, field hockey sweeper (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Katie O'Neill, LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand)
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1970
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Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears)
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1970
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Radka Zrubakova, Czech, tennis star
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1970
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Sasha Danilovic, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
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1971
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Erykah Badu, singer
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1971
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Rick Lyle, defensive end/defensive tackle (NY Jets)
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1972
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Clint McDaniel, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
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1972
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Scott Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (Washington Redskins)
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1973
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Jenny Thompson, Danvers Mass, 400m freestyle (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
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1973
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Marshall Faulk, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
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1974
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Ron Fox, soccer player (Willem II)
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1975
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Cindy Werley, Allentown PA, field hockey forward/midfielder (Oly-96)
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1975
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Mike Wilson, Brampton, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
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1976
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Froso Spyrou, Miss Universe-Cyprus (1996)
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1977
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Tim Thomas, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
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1994
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Creason Carbo Moss, daughter of US actor Ronn Moss
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DEATHS
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1076
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Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered
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1154
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Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60
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1266
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Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies
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1324
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Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
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1538
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Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
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1561
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Diana, dies at ñ40
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1577
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Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
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1630
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William Brade, composer, dies
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1686
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Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
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1726
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Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
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1766
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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30
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1770
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Franois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
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1770
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Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
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1810
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Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
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1813
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Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
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1823
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John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
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1827
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David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
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1857
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Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88
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1859
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Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64
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1870
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Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched
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1871
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Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
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1901
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Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
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1901
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Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
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1903
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Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
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1906
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Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70
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1909
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Caran d'Ache, [Emmanuel Poir], French illustrator, dies
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1913
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Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77
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1920
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Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
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1921
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Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
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1926
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Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
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1926
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Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
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1930
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Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
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1931
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Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
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1933
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Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74
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1939
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E Fernandez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
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1941
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Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
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1947
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Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
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1950
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Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
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1953
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Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies
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1953
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Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58
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1954
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William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93
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1956
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Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
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1959
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Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
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1960
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Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
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1961
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Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
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1961
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Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51
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1962
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Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83
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1963
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Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74
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1965
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Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries
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1966
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Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71
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1967
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Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
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1968
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Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
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1969
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Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
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1969
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Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies at 73
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1970
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Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83
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1971
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Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (S Afr in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
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1971
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Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
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1971
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Joseph Berg, composer, dies at 43
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1971
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Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67
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1971
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Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76
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1972
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Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
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1973
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Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
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1977
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Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43
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1977
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Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71
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1981
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FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
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1981
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Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
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1981
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Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
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1982
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Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
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1990
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Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
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1990
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Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
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1990
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Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
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1990
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Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies
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1992
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Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76
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1992
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Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
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1992
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S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies of a stroke at 85
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1993
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Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
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1993
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Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
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1993
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Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92
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1994
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Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87
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1994
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Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84
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1994
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William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32
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1996
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Audrey Angers, charity pioneer
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1996
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Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76
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1997
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David Doyle, actor (Charlie's Angels), dies at 67
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1997
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Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82
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1998
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J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54
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