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1452
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Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor
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1496
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Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria
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1497
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Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation,
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1500
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Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
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1522
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-16] Marten Luther preaches his Invocavit
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1551
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Emperor Karel appoints son Philip as heir to the throne
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1562
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Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
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1617
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Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Stolbowa
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1640
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Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris
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1642
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English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis Neth
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1697
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Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
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1701
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France, Cologne & Bavaria sign alliance
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1721
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English Chancellor Exchequer John Aislabie confined in London Tower
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1741
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English fleet under admiral Ogle begins assault on Cartagena
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1745
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Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston
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1796
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Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais
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1798
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Dr George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US navy
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1820
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-11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die
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1820
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James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
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1822
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Charles Graham of NY patents artificial teeth
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1839
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Prussian govt limits work week for children to 51 hours
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1841
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US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
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1842
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan
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1844
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani," premieres in Venice
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1849
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Carl Nikolais opera "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor," premieres
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1858
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Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
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1860
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1st Japanese ambassador arrives in SF en route to Washington
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1861
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Confederate currency authorized-$50, $100, $500, $1,000
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1862
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"Monitor" (Union) & "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads
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1864
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Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army
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1868
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The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris
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1873
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
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1882
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False teeth patented
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1889
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Battle at Gallabat (Metema): Mahdi's beat Abyssinian emperor John IV
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1889
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Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in US
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1893
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Congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs
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1895
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
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1897
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Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
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1897
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Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
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1897
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Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)
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1902
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Composer Gustav Mahler marries Alma Schindler in Vienna
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1904
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Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal
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1907
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1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
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1907
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Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon," premieres in Dublin
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1914
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Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
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1914
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US Sen Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands "Cubanisation of Mexico"
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1916
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General Fransisco "Poncho" Villa invades US (17 killed)
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1916
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Germany declares war against Portugal
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1916
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Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
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1918
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Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
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1918
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Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda
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1918
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Wageningen Agricultural College Neth opens
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1922
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Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in NYC
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1922
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KJR-AM in Seattle Washington begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Amsterdam taxi strike ended
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1923
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Elmer Rice's "Adding Machine," premieres in NYC
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1923
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NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Ottawa Senators, 3-2, in 2
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1924
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South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka)
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1926
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Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle
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1929
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Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris
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1932
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Eamon De Valera becomes president of Ireland
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1932
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Former Chinese emperor Henry Pu-Yi installed as head of Manchuria
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1933
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Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin
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1933
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Congress is called into special session by FDR, & began its "100 days"
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1936
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Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
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1942
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Construction of the Alaska Highway began
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1943
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Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
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1943
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Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps
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1945
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334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb
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1945
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Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China
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1946
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Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang
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1946
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Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses
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1947
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
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1947
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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1948
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Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
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1949
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Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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1949
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England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes
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1950
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Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
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1952
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Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title
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1953
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Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
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1954
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1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
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1954
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Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
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1954
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WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles
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1956
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Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
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1957
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8.1 earthquake shakes Andreanof Islands, Alaska
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1958
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George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
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1959
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"Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1959
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1st known radar contact is made with Venus
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1959
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Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold
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1961
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1st animal returned from space, dog named Blackie aboard Sputnik 9
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1961
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Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
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1961
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Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit
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1961
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Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again"
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1962
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Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians
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1962
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US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
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1963
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Beatles began 1st British tour, supporting Tommy Roe & Chris Montez
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1964
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1st Ford Mustang produced
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1964
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Creighton's Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla
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1964
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Supreme Court issues NY Times vs Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel & recover damages
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1966
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Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
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1967
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Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West
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1968
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10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper's wins 4
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1971
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J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI v India at Port-of-Spain
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1972
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Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary
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1974
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Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
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1975
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"Lieutenant" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 9 performances
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1976
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1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
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1976
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Islander Glenn Resch's 10th shut-out opponent-Blues 4-0
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1977
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Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
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1977
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Hanafi Moslems invade 3 buildings in Wash DC, siege ended Mar 11th
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1978
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Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk & Karponosov
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1978
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Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Rodnina & Zaitsev (URS)
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1978
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Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR)
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1978
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Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA)
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1979
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Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters
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1979
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1980
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Flemish/Walloon battles in Belgium, 40 injured
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1980
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament
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1981
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Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News
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1983
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Caryl Churchill's "Fen," premieres in London
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1983
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana
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1984
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Emile Gumbs' Anguilla National Alliance wins elections
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1984
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John Lennon releases "Borrowed Time"
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1984
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Phila 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
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1984
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Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1985
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR)
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1985
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Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) & Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed
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1986
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16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000
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1986
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1986
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NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts
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1986
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Soviet probe Vega 2 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,030 km
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1987
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Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion
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1988
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President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
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1989
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Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
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1989
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Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
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1989
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Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
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1989
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Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
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1989
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1990
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Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female US surgeon general
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1991
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"Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
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1991
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5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg
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1991
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Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
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1991
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US 70th manned space mission STS 39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit
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1993
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19th People's Choice Awards
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1993
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7th Soul Train Music Awards
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1993
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Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak
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1993
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Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs
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1994
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IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
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1995
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Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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1995
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Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record)
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1995
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President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns
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1996
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Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India
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1996
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Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in WC QF
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1996
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STS 75 (Columbia 19), lands
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1997
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Senior Golf Slam
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1997
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Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open
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BIRTHS
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1454
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Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America)
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1564
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David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer (discoved variable star)
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1568
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Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince/jesuit/saint
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1697
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Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz)
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1735
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August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer
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1737
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Josef Myslivecek, composer
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1753
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Jean-Baptiste Klber, French general/architect (Mainz, Fleurus)
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1758
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Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology)
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1777
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Alexander Orlowski, Polish painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
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1791
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George Hayward, US, surgeon, 1st to use ether
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1810
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Jean-Georges Kastner, composer
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1812
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Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer
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1814
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Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, national poet/painter/prof of Kiev [NS]
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1824
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Leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U
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1826
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Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist/composer
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1839
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Felix Huston Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1928
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1839
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Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov) [OS]
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1848
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Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer
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1850
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Alexandre Luigini, composer
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1859
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Richard Englnder, [Peter Altenberg], Austria, author (Lebensabend)
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1865
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Margaret Murray Washington, wife of Booker T/head (NACW 1896..1918)
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1874
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Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer
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1875
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Martin Fallas Shaw, composer
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1877
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Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist/bio-chemist
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1881
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Enver Pasja, Turkish general/politician
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1881
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Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labour/Foreign affairs
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1883
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Umberto Saba, writer
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1885
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Ringgold "Ring" Lardner, baseball player
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1887
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Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
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1890
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, Soviet foreign minister (UN)
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1892
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David Garnett, England, novelist/editor (Lady into Fox)
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1892
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Frank Puglia, Sicily Italy, actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book)
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1892
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Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet/writer (Adel und Untergang)
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1892
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Vita Sackville-West, England, novelist/poet (The Land)
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1893
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Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator
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1893
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Hans Munch, composer
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1900
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Aimone duke of Spoleta/Aosta, Italian king of Croatia (1941-43)
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1902
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Edward Durell Stone, US, architect (US Embassy, New Delhi)
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1902
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Will Greer, Frankfort Ind, actor (Grandpa Walton-The Waltons)
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1905
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Flix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes)
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1905
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Grigori Kozintsev, Kiev Ukraine, director (Hamlet, King Lear)
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1905
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Peter C Quennell, English biographer/critic (Byron in Italy)
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1905
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Rex Warner, English poet/writer (Wild Goose Chase)
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1907
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Henry Leland Clarke, composer
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1908
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Luiz Cosme, composer
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1910
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Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Survivor)
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1910
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Samuel Barber, West Chester Pa, composer (Pulitz, School for Scandal)
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1911
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Ramon Campbell Batista, composer
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1912
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Alan David Melville, polymath
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1913
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Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (PvdA)
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1914
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Fred Clark, Lincoln Calif, actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard)
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1915
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Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder (St Louis Browns)
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1917
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Dante B Fascell, (Rep-D-FL, 1955- )
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1918
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Marguerite Chapman, Chatham NY, actress (Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars)
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1918
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Mickey Spillane, [Frank], Brooklyn NY, mystery writer (I the Jury)
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1920
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Carl Betz, Pitts, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show)
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1922
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Herbert P Douglas Jr, Pitts, long jumper (Olympic-bronze-1948)
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1923
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Andr Courrges, France, fashion designer (introed the miniskirt)
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1923
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James Buckley, (Sen-R-NY)
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1924
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Konstantin Iliev, composer
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1926
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Celso Garrido Lecca, composer
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1926
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Gerrit A Kooy, Dutch sociologist (Apartheid & work in South Africa)
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1926
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Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, actress (Moses The Lawgiver)
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1927
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Hans Ludwig Schilling, composer
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1927
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Jack Jensen, baseball player (AL MVP 1958)
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1927
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John Beckwith, composer
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1929
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Hugh Desmond Hoyte, president (Guyana, 1985-92)
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1929
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Marie Cardinal, writer
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1930
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Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
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1930
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Thomas Schippers, Kalamazoo Mich, conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors)
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1931
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Taina Elg, Helsinki Finland, actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls)
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1932
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Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer (Han de Wit goes in development aid)
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1933
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Lloyd Price, Kenner La, singer (Just Because)
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1933
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William Francis McBeth, composer
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1934
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Joyce Van Patten, Queens NY, actress (Good Guys, Don Rickles Show)
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1934
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Yuri Gagarin, Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1)
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1935
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Keely Smith, Norfolk Va, singer (Mrs Louie Prima)
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1935
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Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun
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1936
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Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
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1936
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Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
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1936
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[Aino] Elina Salo, Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business)
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1937
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Grahame Chevalier, cricketer (one Test for S Afr 1970, 0 & 0*, 5-100)
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1938
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Charles Siebert, Kenosha Wisc, actor (One Day at A Time, Trapper John)
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1940
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Raul Julia, PR, actor (Addams Family, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
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1941
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Ger van Each, sculptor
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1941
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Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
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1941
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Trish Van Devere, [Patricia Dressel], Tenafly NJ, actress (Changeling)
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1942
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Bert Campaneris, shortstop (Oakland A's)
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1942
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John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer (Velvet Underground)
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1942
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Mark Lindsay, Eugene Or, rock vocalist/sax (Paul Revers & Raiders)
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1943
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Bobby Fischer, US, world chess champion (1972-75)
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1944
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Geoff Arnold, cricketer (England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75)
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1944
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Lee Irvine, cricketer (South African batsman, only Tests in 1970)
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1944
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Trevor Burton, rocker (Move)
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1945
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Laura Lee, [Rundless], singer (Dirty Man, Women's Love Rights)
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1945
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Ray Royer, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
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1945
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Robin Trower, London, guitarist (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
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1946
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Gherman Semyonovich Arzamazov, Russian cosmonaut (backup TM-6)
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1948
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Jamie Lyn Bauer, Phoenix Az, actr (Young & Restless, Centerfold Girls)
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1948
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Jeffrey Osborne, Providence RI, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
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1948
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Jimmy Fadden, Long Beach Calif, singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
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1949
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Kalevi Aho, composer
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1950
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Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)
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1952
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Iuliana Semenova, USSR, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1952
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William Kirby Cullen, Santa Ana Calif, actor (How the West Was Won)
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1953
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Henritte J Toll, actress (Soldier of Orange)
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1954
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Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker
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1954
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Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
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1955
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Fernando Bujones, Miami Fla, ballet dancer
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1955
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Ornella Muti, Rome Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife)
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1955
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Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer (rookie of year-1983)
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1957
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Faith Daniels, news anchor (CBS-TV)
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1957
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Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
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1957
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Jon Engen, Oslo Norway, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
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1958
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Martin Fry, rock vocalist (ABC-All of My Heart)
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1959
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Barbie, doll (Mattel)
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1959
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Kato [Brian] Kaelin, actor (Beach Fever)/OJ roommate/witness
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1959
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Lonny Price, NYC, actor (Muppets Take Manhattan)
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1960
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Linda Fiorentino, Phila, actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns)
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1960
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Mike Leach, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star
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1962
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Brian Green, Columbus Indiana, actor (Sam Fowler-Another World)
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1963
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Kent Ferguson, Cedar Rapids Iowa, diver (Olympics-92, 96)
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1963
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Terry Mulholland, Uniontown PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
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1964
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Phil Housley, St Paul MN, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Oly-98)
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1965
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Benito Santiago, Ponce Puerto Rico, catcher (Phila Phillies)
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1965
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Brian Bosworth, NFL quarterback (Seattle)
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1966
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Juliette Binoche, Paris France, actress (Unbearable Lightness)
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1966
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Louis Oliver, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
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1967
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Curt Schreiner, Albany NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
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1967
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Eric Flaim, Pembroke Mass, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
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1967
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Michael Kiselak, CFL corner (Toronto Argonauts)
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1969
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Bryce Burnett, NFL/WLAF tight end (Broncos, Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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George Nimako, CFL safety (Toronto Argonauts)
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1969
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Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets)
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1970
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Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
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1971
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Bev Oden, Millington Tenn, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Emmanuel Lewis, Bkln NY, actor (Webster)
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1971
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Jiro Nihei, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
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1971
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Lou Benfatti, NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets)
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1971
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Sean Holcomb, NFL linebacker (NE Patriots)
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1972
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Marcia M Griffith, Washington DC, Miss America-Maryland (1996)
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1972
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Sara Nicole Williams, Miss USA-Washington (1997)
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1973
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David Prinosil, Olmutz Czech, tennis star (1995 ATP Newport)
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1973
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Josh LaRocca, WLAF QB (Rhein Fire)
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1973
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Troy Bailey, WLAF DE (Scotland Claymores)
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1974
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Mark Harrity, cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler)
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1975
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Adonal Foyle, NBA center (SF Warriors)
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1975
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Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
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1977
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Radek Dvorak, Tabor Cze, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
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DEATHS
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1566
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David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered
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1620
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Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59
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1661
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Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
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1688
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Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89
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1693
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Antonio Caraffa, Italian general (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46?
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1706
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Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52
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1747
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Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69
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1800
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Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30
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1819
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Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41
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1824
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Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
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1827
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Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62
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1831
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Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79
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1870
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Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65
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1877
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Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
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1895
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
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1913
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Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61
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1916
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Ken Hutchings, cricketer (exciting England batsman, WW I), dies
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1918
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[Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53
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1931
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Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78
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1938
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Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59
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1941
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Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62
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1943
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Oskar Hks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
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1947
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Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
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1955
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Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88
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1962
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Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59
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1964
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Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87
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1964
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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93
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1965
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Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65
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1965
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Kazys Boruta, writer, dies
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1969
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Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies
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1969
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Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50
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1971
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Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36
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1974
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Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58
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1975
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Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
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1975
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Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62
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1979
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Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64
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1980
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Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82
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1981
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Max Delbrck, German/US biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74
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1982
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Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
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1982
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Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies
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1982
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Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79
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1983
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Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65
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1986
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Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78
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1988
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
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1989
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Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42
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1992
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Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies
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1992
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Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94
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1992
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James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85
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1992
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Menachem W Begin, PM Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies at 85
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1993
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Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
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1993
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Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79
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1994
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Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73
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1994
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Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76
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1994
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John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48
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1994
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Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
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1994
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Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100
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1994
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Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77
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1995
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Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79
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1995
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Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63
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1996
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Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77
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1996
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Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42
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1996
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Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67
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1997
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Notorius B I G, [Biggie Small, Chris Walkin], rapper, shot dead at 24
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1997
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Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
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