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1110
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Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
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1197
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Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
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1259
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Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III & French king Louis IX
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1489
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Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
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1534
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Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
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1563
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Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
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1619
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America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
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1644
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1st European peace congress opens in Mnster
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1655
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Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
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1665
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Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
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1674
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Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago
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1680
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Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
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1682
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1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
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1688
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General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
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1691
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Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
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1691
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Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
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1783
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Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
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1791
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Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
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1798
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Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
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1812
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Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
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1816
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James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
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1829
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Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre
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1832
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French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
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1833
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American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
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1836
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Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
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1843
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Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
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1843
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Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig
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1844
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James K Polk elected 11th president of US
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1851
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Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
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1863
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Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
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1864
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Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA
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1864
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Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
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1867
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Grange organized to protect farm interests
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1875
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William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
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1889
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Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
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1890
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Willem III, Dutch king, buried
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1899
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56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
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1899
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Webb Hayes son of pres Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
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1901
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Anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC
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1905
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British government of Balfour resigns
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1906
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Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
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1908
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Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
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1909
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1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
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1914
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Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
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1915
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F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
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1915
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Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
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1915
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Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
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1918
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Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside US while in office
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1920
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1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
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1920
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8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
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1922
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Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
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1923
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Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
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1923
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WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
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1926
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14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
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1927
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
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1927
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Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
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1927
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Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
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1928
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Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC
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1930
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French govt of Tardieu falls
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1930
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Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
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1931
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"Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
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1933
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FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
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1933
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Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in NYC
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1935
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1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
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1941
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Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
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1942
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1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
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1942
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FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
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1942
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US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
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1942
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Works Progress Administration liquidated
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1943
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-Dec 6] 2nd conference of Caro: FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inn
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1943
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Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
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1943
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Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
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1944
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Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
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1945
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11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
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1945
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Senate approves US participation in UN
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1947
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USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
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1948
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"Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
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1948
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SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
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1949
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Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
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1951
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Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC
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1951
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Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
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1952
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Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
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1952
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Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
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1954
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"Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs
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1954
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"On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
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1955
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Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
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1956
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22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
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1957
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1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
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1957
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2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
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1958
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Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
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1958
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Finnish govt of Fagerholm, resigns
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1961
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Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
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1961
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Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
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1961
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Smallest NY Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
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1961
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Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
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1961
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WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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Aldo Moro forms Italian govt
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1963
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Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
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1964
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Baseball approves a free-agent draft
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1964
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Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
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1964
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Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
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1964
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Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
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1965
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"Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
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1965
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2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
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1965
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2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
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1965
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Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
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1965
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SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,0
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1966
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KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
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1970
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Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
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1973
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Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
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1974
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Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
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1974
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Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
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1975
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6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
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1976
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Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)
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1977
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Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
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1977
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Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
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1977
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Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in NYC
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1977
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NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
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1978
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Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
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1978
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Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
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1978
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Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
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1978
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War criminal Pieter Menten freed
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1979
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Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
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1979
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Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)
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1980
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2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
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1980
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Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
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1981
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"Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
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1981
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According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
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1981
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Pres Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
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1981
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Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333)
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1982
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48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
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1982
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China adopts its constitution
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1982
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Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
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1983
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"Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
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1983
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"Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
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1983
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David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in NYC
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1983
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NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
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1983
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US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
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1984
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Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
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1985
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"Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
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1985
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French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
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1985
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Pres Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
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1986
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NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
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1986
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Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in NYC
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1987
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Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
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1988
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Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
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1988
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Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1988
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Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
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1988
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1990
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Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
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1990
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Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
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1991
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Judds final concert (Nashville)
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1991
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Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6« years)
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1991
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Pan American World Airways ceased operations
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1991
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Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
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1993
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Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
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1993
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Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
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1994
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"Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 perfs
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1994
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"Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 perfs
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1994
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83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
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1994
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Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1995
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Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
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1996
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7th Billboard Music Awards
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1996
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NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
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1996
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Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
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1997
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"Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater NYC
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1997
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NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
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9771
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Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France
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BIRTHS
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1443
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Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
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1584
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John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
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1660
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Andre Campra, composer
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1667
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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
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1708
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Marianus Konigsperger, composer
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1720
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Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
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1786
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John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
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1791
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Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
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1795
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Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
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1800
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Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
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1803
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Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
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1808
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Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
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1812
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Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
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1818
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William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
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1822
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Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
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1825
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Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer
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1835
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Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
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1838
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Melesio Morales, composer
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1858
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Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
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1861
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Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
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1865
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Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)
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1866
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Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
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1868
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Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter
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1874
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Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
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1875
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R M Rilke, writer
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1875
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Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)
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1876
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Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
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1879
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Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer
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1881
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Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
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1888
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Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
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1889
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Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)
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1889
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Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
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1892
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Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)
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1895
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Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
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1896
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Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
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1897
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Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
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1899
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Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer
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1903
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Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian
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1903
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Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)
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1905
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Emilio Mdici, president Brazil (1969-74)
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1907
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Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
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1908
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A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
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1910
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Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
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1910
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Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)
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1910
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Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)
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1912
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Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)
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1912
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Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)
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1912
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Jimmy Jewel, comedian
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1912
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John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
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1915
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Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
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1915
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Fred Freer, cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)
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1920
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Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
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1921
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Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)
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1922
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Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
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1923
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Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)
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1924
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John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
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1925
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Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
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1926
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Lee Doraey, rocker
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1928
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Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)
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1930
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Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
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1930
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Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer
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1930
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Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
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1930
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Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
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1932
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Edgar Valcarcel, composer
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1932
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Joanne Battiste, artist (heroines)
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1932
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Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea (1988-93)
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1933
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Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe)
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1934
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Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)
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1934
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Wink Martindale, Jackson Tn, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
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1935
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Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
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1936
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Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
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1937
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Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
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1938
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Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
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1938
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Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
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1938
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Lynn Blessing, vibes Player
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1940
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Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn Ma, rocker (Palisades Park)
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1940
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John Cale, Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground)
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1941
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Humberto Solas, director/writer (Lucia)
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1941
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Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
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1942
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Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)
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1942
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Chris Hillman, San Diego Ca, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
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1943
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Patti Chandler, Calif, actress (Bikini Beach)
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1944
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Dennis Wilson, Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room)
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1945
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Michael Gerzon, mathematician
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1945
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Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
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1947
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Ursula Krechel, writer
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1948
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Lin Onus, artist
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1948
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Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
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1948
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Southside Johnny Lyon, NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
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1949
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Jeff Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds)
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1949
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Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
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1949
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Russ Karel, director
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1950
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Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
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1950
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Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host
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1950
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Pamela Stephenson, Auckland NZ, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)
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1951
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Gary Rossington, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)
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1951
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Patricia Wettig, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
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1952
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Ronald Michael Sega, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
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1955
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Brian Prout, Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
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1955
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Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer
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1956
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Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
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1956
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Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
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1956
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Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
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1957
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Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
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1957
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Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
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1958
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Bill Roy, Versailles Ill, skeet (Olympics-1996)
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1961
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Frank Reich, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
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1961
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Frank Reich, quarterback (Detroit Lions)
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1962
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Arnold Scholten, soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1962
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John Gaasbeek, soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
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1962
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Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
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1963
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Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
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1963
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Mike Snoei, soccer player (Sparta)
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1963
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Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)
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1964
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Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1964
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Marisa Tomei, Bkln NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny)
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1965
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Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
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1967
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Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter (NO Saints)
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1967
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Martha O'Kelley, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1968
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Mike Barrowman, Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200m breast stroke (Oly-g-92, 96)
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1969
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Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
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1969
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Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Marie-Jose Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Mik Middleton, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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Terry Glenn, wide reciever (New England Patriots)
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1970
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Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1971
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Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
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1972
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Damien Covington, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
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1972
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Howard Eisley, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
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1972
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Jassen Cullimore, Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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1972
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Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1972
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Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
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1972
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Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
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1973
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Corliss Williamson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
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1973
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Tyra Banks, model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
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1974
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Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
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1976
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John Lee, Chicago Ill, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
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1977
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Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
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1977
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Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
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DEATHS
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771
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Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
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811
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Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
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1137
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Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
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1182
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Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
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1334
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John XXII, [Jacques Duze], Pope (316-34), dies
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1371
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Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
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1371
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Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
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1514
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Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
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1576
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Rheticus, mathematician, dies
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1603
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Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
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1642
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Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Luon, dies at about 57
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1649
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Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
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1676
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Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
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1732
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John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
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1798
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Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
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1807
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Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
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1836
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Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79
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1884
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Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45
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1890
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Willem III, Dutch king, buried
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1909
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Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
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1915
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Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60
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1923
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[Auguste-]Maurice Barrs, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61
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1932
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Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64
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1933
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Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
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1935
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Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies
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1935
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Johan Halvorsen, composer, dies at 71
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1938
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Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
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1943
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Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46
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1948
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Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
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1952
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Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
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1953
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Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80
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1954
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Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies
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1959
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Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
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1967
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Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
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1969
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Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85
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1969
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Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered
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1971
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Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies
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1973
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Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
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1974
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Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
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1975
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Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]
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1976
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Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
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1976
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Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
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1977
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Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
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1978
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Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76
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1979
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Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
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1980
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Francisco S Carneiro, PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
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1980
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Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69
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1983
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Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
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1984
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John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
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1985
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Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
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1986
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Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
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1987
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Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
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1990
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Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
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1993
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Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68
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1993
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Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52
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1993
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Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42
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1993
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Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90
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1994
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Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
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1994
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Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
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1994
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Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
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1994
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Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78
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1994
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Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator, dies at 63
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1995
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Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16
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1995
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Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
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1996
|
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Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83
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1996
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Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86
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1997
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David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72
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1997
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Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72
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