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1049
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Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
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1111
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German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome
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1130
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Pope Innocent II elected
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1502
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Granada] Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
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1528
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Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power
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1541
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Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)
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1577
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Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"
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1624
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English parliament comes together
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1709
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Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Cr
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1733
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Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
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1736
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Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Franois I)
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1762
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English fleet occupies Martinique
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1763
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John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
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1772
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Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
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1793
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1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves
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1797
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Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna
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1818
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Chile gains independence from Spain
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1821
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Mercantile Library of City of NY opens
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1825
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Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government & migrate west by Sept
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1832
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Ecuador annexes Gal pagos Islands
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1839
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Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick
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1840
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Housatonic Railroad opens
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1848
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Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan
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1850
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Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300
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1861
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State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK
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1865
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Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in US House of Reps
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1870
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Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for US silver coins to circulate in Canada
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1873
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Congress abolishes bimetallism & authorizes $1 & $3 gold coins
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1874
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King David Kalakaua of Sandwich Is Hawaii, is 1st king to visit US
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1876
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Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop
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1877
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1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass
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1877
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US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
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1878
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Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358)
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1879
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1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC)
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1879
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News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
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1880
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National Croquet League organizes (Phila)
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1882
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Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam
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1885
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Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society
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1886
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2nd British govt of Salisbury forms
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1889
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Csar Francks Symphony in D, premieres
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1889
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Henrik Ibsens "Fruen fra Haven," premieres in Oslo
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1899
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-47øF (-44øC), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record)
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1899
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1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC
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1901
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Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed
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1906
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George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC
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1908
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Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female
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1908
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NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
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1909
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National Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
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1909
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Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter & Wijnkoop)
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1909
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Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6)
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1912
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China adopts Gregorian calendar
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1912
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Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
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1915
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Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC
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1916
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1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps"
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1920
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-Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
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1920
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NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
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1921
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Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours)
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1921
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Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies
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1924
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George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (NYC)
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1924
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George Kaufman's "Beggar on Horseback," premieres in NYC
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1924
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President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
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1925
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1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress
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1925
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E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo
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1925
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Estonia forbids communist Party
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1926
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Barendrecht soccer team forms
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1927
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British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai
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1929
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Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)
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1932
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Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees
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1933
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German vice-chancellor von Papen demands Catholic aid for Nazis
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1934
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Export-Import Bank incorporates
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1934
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France hit by a general strike against fascists & royalists
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1935
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Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
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1937
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Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise
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1938
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Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg visits Hitler in Berchtesgaden
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1938
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German troops entered Austria
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1941
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Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen
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1941
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Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome"
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1942
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3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany
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1943
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General Eisenhower departs Algiers to Tebessa
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1944
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Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race
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1945
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SF selected for site of UN Conference
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1947
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Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
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1947
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Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
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1948
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1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps
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1949
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"Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs
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1949
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Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
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1949
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Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
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1949
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Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
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1950
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Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
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1950
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Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist govt employees
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1953
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USSR breaks relations with Israel
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1955
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McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks
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1955
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Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam
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1955
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Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan
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1955
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WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Miami Beach Golf Open
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1957
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Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed
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1958
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Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse 119-101
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1958
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Gen Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala
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1960
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Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers
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1961
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Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
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1961
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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1961
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Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
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1961
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USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus
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1962
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Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
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1963
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Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
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1964
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Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
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1964
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End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
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1964
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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1964
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen
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1965
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KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1965
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Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
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1967
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Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
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1967
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Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
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1967
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Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting
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1970
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Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in NYC
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1971
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Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
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1973
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1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
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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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Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0
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1978
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"Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 perfs
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1978
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Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
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1978
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
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1978
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
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1979
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Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched
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1980
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"Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1980
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NY Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets
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1980
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Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
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1981
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Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
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1981
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Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
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1981
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Cape Verde amends its constitution
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1981
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Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m
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1982
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1982
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Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
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1984
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Alice Miller wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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1984
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Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH
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1984
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Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at Olympics
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1984
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West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal
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1985
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37th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-4 at Calgary
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1985
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West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
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1986
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1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
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1987
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Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages
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1989
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39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
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1989
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5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
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1989
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50th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Larry Mowry
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1989
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Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a US Episcopal church
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1989
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Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
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1989
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Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
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1989
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
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1991
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Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence
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1991
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North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition
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1994
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17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway
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1994
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20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston
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1994
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Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo)
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1994
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Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m
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1994
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Model Anna Nicole Smith hospitalized for drug overdose
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1995
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45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
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1995
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Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly
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1995
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Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)
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1995
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Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51)
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1995
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Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
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1995
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Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15)
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1995
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PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections
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1995
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Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
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1995
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Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec)
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1997
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Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement
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1998
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"Freak," opens at Cort Theater NYC
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1998
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250-car Italy pile-up due to fog, 4 die & 50 hurt
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1998
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Dallas Cowboys sign Chan Gailey as their 4th head coach
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1998
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Intel unveils its 1st graphics chip i740
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1998
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US district judge T Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional
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BIRTHS
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1211
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Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)
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1438
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Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
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1474
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Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
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1567
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Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician
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1584
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Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)
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1585
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Caspar Bartholin, Malm, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy
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1588
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John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass
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1636
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Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist
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1637
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John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)
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1663
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Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority
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1665
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Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)
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1706
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Josef Christian, German sculptor
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1740
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Matej Sojka, composer
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1751
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Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
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1753
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Lambert-Franois Godecharle, composer
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1758
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Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
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1760
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Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
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1768
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Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
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1775
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Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)
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1778
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Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
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1791
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Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
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1791
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Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)
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1792
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Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter
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1809
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Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)
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1809
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Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution (Origin of species)
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1818
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Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)
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1824
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Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader
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1828
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George Meredith, England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
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1828
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Robert Ransom Jr, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
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1831
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John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
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1838
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Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
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1841
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Bert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
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1841
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Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
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1850
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Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary (Flemish Flag)
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1852
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Hendrik Blink, geographer (Van de Eems tot de Schelde)
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1853
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Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
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1857
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Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
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1861
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Lou [Andreas-]Salom, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)
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1865
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Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
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1867
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Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]
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1867
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Joe Howard, NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)
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1868
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Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP/founder (SDAP)
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1869
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Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)
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1873
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J¢n Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Icelandic writer (Heidarbylid)
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1880
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John Llewellyn Lewis, union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60)
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1882
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Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher
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1883
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Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera)
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1884
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Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist
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1885
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Julius Streicher, German district leader (Strmer)
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1885
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Licinio Refice, composer
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1886
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Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
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1886
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Michel Brusselmans, composer
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1891
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Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)
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1891
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Maurice Yvain, composer
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1891
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Max Terhune, actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice)
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1893
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Marcel G J Minnaert, Dutch astronomer
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1893
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Omar Bradley, General of Army WW II (GI General)
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1894
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Hans Guido von Blow, German conductor
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1898
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Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (Deputy)
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1898
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[Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
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1899
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Albert Huybrechts, composer
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1900
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Ferenc Krmendy, Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland)
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1900
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Fred Emney, London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino)
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1902
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William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
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1904
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Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
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1905
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Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)
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1909
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Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
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1910
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Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer
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1910
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Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business)
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1911
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Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
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1911
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Frank Hercules, writer
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1911
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Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez, president (Dominican Republic)
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1912
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Eddie J Bush, golf professional
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1912
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Ernest Clark, London England, actor (Doctor in the House)
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1913
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Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragana, grandson of emperor Pedro I
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1914
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Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
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1914
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Nello Celio, Swiss president
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1915
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Andrew J Goodpaster, US, general/supreme commander (NATO-Europe)
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1915
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Lorne Greene, Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica)
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1916
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Joseph L Alioto, (Mayor-SF)
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1916
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Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode)
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1917
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Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)
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1918
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Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
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1918
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Julian S Schwinger, US physicist
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1919
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Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail)
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1923
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Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director (Romeo & Juliet)
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1923
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James Abdnor, (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87)
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1923
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Mel Powell, composer
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1924
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Hans Berghuis, Dutch author/poet (3 Women, Adam)
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1926
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Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)
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1926
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Paul Hamlyn, English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus)
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1927
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Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)
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1929
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Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer
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1930
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Arlen Specter, (Sen-R-PA, 1981- )
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1930
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Gerhard Rhm, writer
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1931
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Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland)
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1932
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Lincoln Kilpatrick, St Louis Mo, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show)
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1933
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Costa-Gavras, director
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1933
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Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut
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1933
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Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap)
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1934
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Annette Crosbie, British(?) actress
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1934
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Bill Russell, Monroe La, NBAer (Boston Celtics, Oly-gold-56)
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1935
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Gene McDaniels, US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
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1935
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Ken Still, golfer
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1935
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Ray Manzarek, keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier)
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1936
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Arnost Parsch, composer
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1936
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Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident
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1936
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Joe Don Baker, Groesback Tx, actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch)
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1936
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Paul Shenar, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Carrington-Roots)
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1937
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Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1938
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Johnny Rutherford, auto racer
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1938
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Judy Blume, author (Wifey)
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1939
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John D Hancock, actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
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1940
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Hank Brown, (Rep-R-CO, 1981-88)
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1941
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Naomi Uemura, mountain climber (1st Japanese to scale Everest)
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1941
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Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
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1942
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Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
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1942
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Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz
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1942
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Rick Frank, rocker
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1944
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Charles Pasarell, tennis pro
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1944
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Desmond Nuttall, English educator
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1944
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Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist
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1944
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Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys)
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1945
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Cliff De Young, LA Calif, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment)
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1945
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Joe Schermie, Madison Wi, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
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1945
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Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo)
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1946
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Ever Meulen, [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer (children stamps 1992)
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1947
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Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
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1948
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Cindy Hill, LPGA golfer
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1949
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Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s)
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1949
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Len Randle, baseball player (NY Mets)
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1949
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Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
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1950
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Michael Ironside, actor, (Starship Troopers)
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1950
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Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR)
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1951
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Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker (Triumph)
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1952
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Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor
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1953
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Joanna Kerns, [de Varona], SF Calif, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains)
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1953
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Simon MacCorkindale, Cambridge, actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal) [or 2/2]
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1955
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Arsenio Hall, comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America)
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1955
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Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976)
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1956
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Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (1994- )
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1958
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Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 4/21]
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1958
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Ingrid Klich, Whittier Calif, rower (Olympics-96)
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1958
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Ruth Guerri, St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983)
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1959
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Nancy Remy, reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic)
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1959
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Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
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1959
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Per Gessle, rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride)
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1959
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Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise)
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1961
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Chris Heyne, Offenbach Germ, WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1963
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Brent Jones, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
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1964
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Maurice Douglass, NFL safety (NY Giants)
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1964
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Michel Petit, St Malo, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1964
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Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984)
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1964
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Raphael Sbarge, actor (Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf)
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1965
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Ruben Amaro, US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
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1966
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Boty Goodwin, artist
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1967
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Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer (1991-93 Co-Captain U of W Fla)
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1968
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Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On)
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1968
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Josh Brolin, actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders)
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1968
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Todd Fanning, Saskatoon Sask, golfer (Manitoba Amat-1984, 90, 91, 92)
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1969
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Colin Keely, Buffalo NY, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Shauna Lyn Searles, Miss California USA (1996)
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1970
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Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
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1970
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Dell Demps, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
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1970
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Lamar Thomas, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Miami Dolphins)
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1971
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Lincoln Kennedy, tackle (Oakland Raiders)
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1971
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Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Shane Tonkin, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
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1971
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Shante Carver, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
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1971
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Tracy Kennick, Miss Utah USA (1996)
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1972
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Andrew Cassesse, actor (Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101)
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1972
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Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993-)
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1973
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Brendon Mark Cameron, Pirongia NZ, 4k pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Ian Mcintyre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
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1975
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Chris Szarka, CFL full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1975
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Matt Finkes, linebacker (NY Jets)
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1975
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Scot Pollard, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
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1975
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Seth Payne, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1976
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Christopher Pettiet, LA Calif, actor (Young Riders)
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1980
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Christina Ricci, actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper)
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1980
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Sarah Lancaster, KC KS, actress (Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class)
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DEATHS
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1128
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Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
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1242
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Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
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1538
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Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
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1554
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Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17
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1554
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Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey's husband, beheaded
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1590
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Franois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
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1616
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John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
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1684
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Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
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1728
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Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
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1738
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James Sherard, composer, dies at 71
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1762
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Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
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1771
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Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
|
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1787
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Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
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1799
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Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
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1804
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Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
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1820
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Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
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1834
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Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
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1837
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Ludwig Brne, writer, dies at 50
|
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1861
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Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
|
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1886
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P J Edvard Backstrm, Swedish writer, dies at 44
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1889
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Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
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1896
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Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
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1896
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Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
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1901
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Ram¢n de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Col¢n), dies at 83
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1905
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Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
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1915
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Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
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1916
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J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies
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1920
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Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
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1920
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Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
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1920
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Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
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1921
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Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
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1929
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Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Ger para-psychologist, dies at 66
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1933
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Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
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1942
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Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
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1945
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... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
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1945
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Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies
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1945
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Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
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1947
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Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72
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1954
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Dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
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1955
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Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
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1957
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Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
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1958
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Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
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1959
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George Antheil, US pianist/composer (Ballet Mcanique), dies at 58
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1960
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Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71
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1965
|
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Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53
|
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1969
|
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Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
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1970
|
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Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
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1971
|
|
George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
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1971
|
|
James Cash Penney, US founder (J C Penney), dies at 95
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1973
|
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Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
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1976
|
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James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52
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1976
|
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Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
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1979
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Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
|
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1980
|
|
Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies
|
|
1981
|
|
Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
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|
1982
|
|
Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
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1982
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|
Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
|
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1982
|
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Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
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|
1983
|
|
Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
|
|
1984
|
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Anna Anderson Manahan, [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia
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1984
|
|
Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
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1985
|
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Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
|
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1986
|
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Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
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|
1986
|
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Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
|
|
1987
|
|
Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
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1989
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Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
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1989
|
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Thomas Bernhard, Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies at 58
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1991
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Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
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1991
|
|
Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies
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1992
|
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Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
|
|
1992
|
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Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
|
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1992
|
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Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies at 74
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1993
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James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys
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1994
|
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Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65
|
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1995
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Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66
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1995
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L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
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1995
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Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
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1995
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Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
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1995
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Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
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1996
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Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51
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1997
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Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78
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1997
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Walter Ritchie, sculptor, dies at 77
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