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772
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Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1539
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Emperor Karel & King Franois I sign anti-English treaty
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1587
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English queen Elizabeth I signs Mary Stuarts death sentence
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1662
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Dutch garrison on Formosa surrenders for Chinese pirates
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1669
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French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
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1709
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Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez
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1717
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Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
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1720
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Sweden & Prussia sign peace treaty
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1732
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Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions
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1742
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Sardinia & Austria sign alliance
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1783
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William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex
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1788
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1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
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1789
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Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
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1790
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Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
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1793
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France declares war on England & Netherlands
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1793
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Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen
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1809
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Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
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1810
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1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)
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1810
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Seville, Spain surrenders to French
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1810
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US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%)
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1814
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Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
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1814
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Volcano Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
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1840
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Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
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1846
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Thophile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation
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1860
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1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
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1861
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Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
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1861
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Texas becomes 7th state to secede
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1862
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Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
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1864
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-Feb 8th] Battle of Yazoo River, MS
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1864
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2nd German-Danish war begins
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1864
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Austrian/Prussian troops occupy Sleeswijk/Holstein
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1865
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13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
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1865
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General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins
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1865
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JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
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1867
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Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
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1871
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Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Reps (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
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1881
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US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized
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1883
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French lt-col Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger
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1884
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1st volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
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1887
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Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern Calif & starts selling it off as a real estate development (Holly
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1892
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Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite
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1893
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Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin
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1893
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Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
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1896
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Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin
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1898
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1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
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1902
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China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
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1902
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Hermann Sudermanns "Es lebe das Leben," premieres in Berlin
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1905
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Hague soccer team ADO froms
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1905
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Hungarian premier Tisza resigns
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1906
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1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
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1906
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English min of Frgn affairs Edward Grey's wife Dorothy fatally injured
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1909
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US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
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1910
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1st British labour exchange opens
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1910
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Dragoumis govt forms in Greece
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1914
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NY Giants & Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
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1914
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Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
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1914
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Tanganyika Railway opens
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1917
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Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war
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1918
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Franz Leh rs opera "Wo die Lerche singt," premieres in Budapest
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1918
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Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical premieres in NYC
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1918
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Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)
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1919
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Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert
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1920
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1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
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1920
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
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1920
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Soccer team Quick Boys forms
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1923
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Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel
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1923
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Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini
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1923
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Nol Coward's "Young Idea," premieres in London
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1924
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Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens
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1924
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New British MacDonald govt recognizes USSR
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1924
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Soccer team VSV Tonido forms in Voorburg
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1924
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Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain
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1925
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1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkmpferbund in Berlin
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1926
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Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR
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1926
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Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
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1929
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1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402« lbs
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1930
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Arnold Schnbergs opera premieres in Frankfurt
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1932
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Bradman makes 299* vs S Africa, runs out partner going for 300th
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1933
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Colonial govt arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
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1933
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Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions
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1933
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German Parliament disolves, Gen Ludendorf predicts catastrophe
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1934
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Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss dissolves all political parties but his
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1935
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1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
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1935
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James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy
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1937
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Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
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1940
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Russia begins new offensive against Finland
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1941
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn
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1941
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner
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1942
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2nd Norwegian government of Quisling forms
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1943
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German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
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1943
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Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Neth)
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1944
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Supreme Soviet enlarges soviet republics' autonomy
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1944
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US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur
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1945
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US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie
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1946
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Republic of Hungary proclaimed, Zolt n Tildy as communist president
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1946
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Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN
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1947
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Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian govt of christian-dems & communists
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1947
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Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad
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1947
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NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established
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1948
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Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates
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1948
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Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed
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1949
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200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used [See June 3, 1948]
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1949
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RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
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1950
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Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland
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1950
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USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
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1951
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-50øF (-46øC), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record)
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1951
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1st telecast of atomic explosion
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1951
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1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated
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1951
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Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed
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1951
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UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
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1951
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1952
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General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia
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1952
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SN Behrman's "Jane," premieres in NYC
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1953
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"General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
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1953
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"You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
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1953
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Dr A de Waal appointed as Neth 1st female asst sect of state
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1953
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Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835
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1953
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WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
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1954
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Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
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1954
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Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
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1955
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HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark
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1956
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Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking
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1956
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WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline
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1957
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Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam
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1958
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1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched
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1958
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Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic
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1958
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WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1959
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Swiss males vote against voting rights for women
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1959
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Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
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1959
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
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1959
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US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
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1959
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Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
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1959
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WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1959
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Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1960
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34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62)
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1960
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4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
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1960
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48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86)
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1960
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Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender
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1961
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1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
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1961
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British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
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1961
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Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
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1962
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"New Faces of '62" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 performances
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1962
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NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
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1963
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Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing under Hastings Banda
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1964
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"Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 perf
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1964
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Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks
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1964
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Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
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1964
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Suriname River dammed
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1965
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Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
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1965
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Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala
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1965
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NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster
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1965
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Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news
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1967
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Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives
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1967
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WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head
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1968
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Former VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for president
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1968
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Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers
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1968
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World trade conference Unctad 2 opens in New Delhi
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1969
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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
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1969
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
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1969
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
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1969
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WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Ford Frick, Earle Combs & Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
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1970
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Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
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1970
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West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract
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1970
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WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1972
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1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
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1972
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Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
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1973
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Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1974
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"Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
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1975
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"Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
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1975
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"Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1975
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1st successful Wash Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks
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1975
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Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot
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1975
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Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department
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1976
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"Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
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1976
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East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Mich State U after he is warned not to
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1976
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
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1976
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Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
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1977
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Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives
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1977
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Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
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1978
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Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
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1978
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Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
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1979
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 yrs in exile
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1979
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Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank robbery
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1979
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1980
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Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
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1980
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Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run
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1981
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11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7
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1981
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31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
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1981
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Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in NYC
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1981
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Dutch Antilles census is 231,932
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1981
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French govt accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
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1981
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NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7
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1981
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
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1981
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Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
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1982
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"Late Night With David Letterman," debuts on NBC-TV
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1982
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Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
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1983
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1984
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China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
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1984
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Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
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1984
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Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203)
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1985
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-61øF (-52øC), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
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1985
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-69øF (-56øC), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)
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1985
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Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 v Eng)
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1985
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Cards trade D Green, Jose Uribe, Dave LaPoint to Giants for Jack Clark
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1985
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin
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1986
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KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH
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1986
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Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switz
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1987
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163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
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1987
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38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
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1987
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Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
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1987
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NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
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1989
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Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
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1989
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Princess Diane of England visits NYC
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1991
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Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
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1991
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Craig McDermott takes 8-97 v England at the WACA
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1991
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President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
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1991
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US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32
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1992
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"Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 perfs
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1992
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Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil)
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1992
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Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders
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1993
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NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman
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1993
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Soyuz TM-16 lands
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1994
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Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec)
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1994
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Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean
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1995
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Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends
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1995
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Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73)
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1995
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Andy & Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record
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1995
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Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air
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1998
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"Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 perf
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1998
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86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62)
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1998
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Australian Mixed: J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (62 61)
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1998
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NFL Pro Bowl Game, AFC beats NFC 29-24
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BIRTHS
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1552
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Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)
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1603
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Michael Trumper, composer
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1605
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Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic
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1633
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Gabriel Schutz, composer
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1659
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Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
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1669
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Miguel Lopez, composer
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1690
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Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer
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1710
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Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
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1757
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John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
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1763
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Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)
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1789
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Hippolyte-Andr-Baptiste Chelard, composer
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1791
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Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
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1801
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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
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1801
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Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
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1805
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Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
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1807
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Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Mmoire sur lesson Olim)
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1807
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William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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1810
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Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black
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1819
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Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
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1821
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Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
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1827
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Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
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1829
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John Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
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1833
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Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop
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1839
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James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
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1841
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William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium
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1844
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Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)
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1844
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Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist
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1848
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Adhmar Esmein, French lawyer
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1859
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Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
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1869
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Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
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1872
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Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
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1873
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Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
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1874
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
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1875
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Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
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1877
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Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
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1878
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Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
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1879
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Sydney Baynes, composer
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1880
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Antonio Guarnieri, composer
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1880
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Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer
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1881
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Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer
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1882
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Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57)
|
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1883
|
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Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)
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1884
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Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We)
|
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1885
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Camille Chautemps, premier France
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1887
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Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect
|
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1889
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Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia)
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1891
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James Price Johnson, composer
|
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1892
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K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall)
|
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1895
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John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
|
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1896
|
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Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)
|
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1897
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Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
|
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1900
|
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Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
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1901
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Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
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1902
|
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Carlo Borbolla, composer
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1902
|
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Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues)
|
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1903
|
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Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
|
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1904
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S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
|
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1905
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Emilio Segre
|
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1905
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Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
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1906
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Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)
|
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1906
|
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Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
|
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1907
|
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Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U & non-U)
|
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1907
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Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
|
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1907
|
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Gnter Eich, German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo)
|
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1907
|
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John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
|
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1907
|
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Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
|
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1907
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S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
|
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1908
|
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Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
|
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1908
|
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Edward Staempfli, composer
|
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1908
|
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George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
|
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1909
|
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Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
|
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1909
|
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Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
|
|
1910
|
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H Stanley Cayzer
|
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1910
|
|
Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
|
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1910
|
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Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
|
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1913
|
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Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
|
|
1914
|
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Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer
|
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1915
|
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Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
|
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1916
|
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Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
|
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1918
|
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Maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)
|
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1918
|
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Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
|
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1920
|
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Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
|
|
1920
|
|
Pierre Jonqures d'Oriola, France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64)
|
|
1921
|
|
Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
|
|
1922
|
|
Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
|
|
1922
|
|
Clifford McWatt, cricketer (WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55)
|
|
1926
|
|
Douglas Johnson, historian
|
|
1926
|
|
Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
|
|
1926
|
|
Stuart Whitman, SF Calif, actor (Capt Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip)
|
|
1927
|
|
Galway Kinnell, Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares)
|
|
1928
|
|
Eric Evans, Dean (St Paul's)
|
|
1928
|
|
Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer
|
|
1928
|
|
Sam Edwards, physicist
|
|
1928
|
|
Thoams Eric Evans, dean (St Paul's)
|
|
1928
|
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Tom Lantos, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
|
|
1928
|
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Ursula Mamlok, composer
|
|
1930
|
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Peter Tapsell, British MP
|
|
1931
|
|
Barrel, [ABM] Frinking, teacher/Dutch MP (CVP)
|
|
1931
|
|
Boris Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR
|
|
1931
|
|
Madeline Berthod, Switzerland, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
|
|
1931
|
|
Mark Richmond, CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
|
|
1931
|
|
Ton [ABM] Frinking, Dutch MP (CDA)
|
|
1932
|
|
John Hart, Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News)
|
|
1932
|
|
John Nott, British MP
|
|
1933
|
|
Reynolds Price, US writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)
|
|
1934
|
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Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
|
|
1935
|
|
Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
|
|
1935
|
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Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
|
|
1936
|
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G H Blake, Principal (Collingwood College, Durham U)
|
|
1937
|
|
Don Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
|
|
1937
|
|
Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
|
|
1937
|
|
Garrett Morris, New Orleans La, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash)
|
|
1938
|
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Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of Year 1961)
|
|
1938
|
|
Jimmy Carl Black, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
|
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1938
|
|
Sherman Hemsley, Phila, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen)
|
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1939
|
|
Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
|
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1939
|
|
Paul E Gillmor, (Rep-R-Ohio)
|
|
1939
|
|
Ray Sawyer, rocker
|
|
1940
|
|
Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within)
|
|
1940
|
|
Herve Filion, sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
|
|
1941
|
|
Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
|
|
1941
|
|
Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968)
|
|
1941
|
|
Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral
|
|
1942
|
|
Dave Sincock, cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Aust 1964-66)
|
|
1942
|
|
Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian (Monty Python)
|
|
1943
|
|
Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer
|
|
1943
|
|
Lord Mountevans
|
|
1943
|
|
Tina Sloan, NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
|
|
1944
|
|
Leo Burmester, Louisville Ky, actor (Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs)
|
|
1944
|
|
Tommy Duffy, rocker (Echos)
|
|
1945
|
|
Ole Buck, composer
|
|
1946
|
|
Bart Braverman, LA Calif, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple)
|
|
1947
|
|
Adam Ingram, British MP
|
|
1947
|
|
Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
|
|
1948
|
|
Debbie Austin, LPGA golfer
|
|
1948
|
|
Jennifer Adams, superintendent (Central Royal Parks)
|
|
1949
|
|
Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open)
|
|
1951
|
|
Andrew Smith, British MP
|
|
1952
|
|
Rick James, [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak)
|
|
1953
|
|
Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet
|
|
1953
|
|
C A Barnett, headmaster (Whitgift School)
|
|
1954
|
|
Billy Mumy, Calif, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte)
|
|
1954
|
|
Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown)
|
|
1955
|
|
Kate Ashbrook, general secretary (Open Spaces Society)
|
|
1955
|
|
Virginia Elliot, three-day eventer
|
|
1957
|
|
Donna Adamek, Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
|
|
1958
|
|
Maureen Madill, Coleraine No Ireland, golfer (Brit Open Amateur 1979)
|
|
1959
|
|
Anthony LaPlagia, actor (Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
|
|
1959
|
|
Carolyn Hill, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic)
|
|
1959
|
|
Mike Horan, NFL punter (NY Giants)
|
|
1959
|
|
Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
|
|
1961
|
|
Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park MD, astronaut
|
|
1961
|
|
Gabrielle Carteris, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
|
|
1961
|
|
Gina Hull, Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th)
|
|
1963
|
|
Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
|
|
1964
|
|
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
|
|
1964
|
|
Kaitlin Hopkins, NYC, actress (Kelsey-Another World)
|
|
1964
|
|
Sharon Bruneau, Toronto Ontario, actress (Sensuous Muscle)
|
|
1965
|
|
Brandon Lee, Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo)
|
|
1965
|
|
David Callaghan, cricketer (S African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992)
|
|
1965
|
|
Sherilyn Fenn, Detroit Mich, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks)
|
|
1965
|
|
Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess
|
|
1966
|
|
Donna Edmondson, Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986)
|
|
1966
|
|
Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
|
|
1966
|
|
Michelle Akers, Santa Clara Calif, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
|
|
1967
|
|
Laura E Dern, LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)
|
|
1967
|
|
Tim Naehring, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
|
|
1968
|
|
George Quigley Jr, Cin Ohio, skeet (Olympics-1996)
|
|
1968
|
|
Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star
|
|
1968
|
|
Kent Mercker, Dublin OH, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Balt Orioles)
|
|
1968
|
|
Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, Memphis Tenn, daughter of Elvis
|
|
1968
|
|
Mark Recchi, Kamloops, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
|
|
1968
|
|
Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
|
|
1968
|
|
Sean Millington, CFL fullback (BC Lions)
|
|
1969
|
|
Bryan Jacob, Palatka Fla, 59 kg (130 lbs) weightlifter (Oly-1992, 96)
|
|
1969
|
|
John Moore, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
|
|
1970
|
|
Eric Mobley, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
|
|
1970
|
|
Malik Sealy, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
|
|
1971
|
|
Ajay Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman)
|
|
1971
|
|
Derek Byrd, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
|
|
1971
|
|
Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
|
|
1971
|
|
Tommy Salo, Surahammar SWE, NHL goalie (Team Sweden, NY Islanders)
|
|
1972
|
|
Brian Krause, actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon)
|
|
1972
|
|
Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
|
|
1972
|
|
Richard Becker, Aurora IL, outfielder (Minn Twins)
|
|
1972
|
|
[Thomas] Carlton Bruner, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
|
|
1973
|
|
Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics)
|
|
1973
|
|
Elena Makarova, Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val)
|
|
1973
|
|
Michael Joyce, Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Natl Boys' 18)
|
|
1973
|
|
Tlia Reima, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
|
|
1974
|
|
Jennifer Lien, actress (Hannah Moore-Another World)
|
|
1974
|
|
Lisa Marie Scott, Pensacola FL, playmate (Feb, 1994)
|
|
1974
|
|
Walter McCarty, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
|
|
1975
|
|
Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
|
|
1980
|
|
Courtney Hamilton, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1996)
|
|
|
DEATHS
|
|
|
656
|
|
Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
|
|
1204
|
|
Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
|
|
1248
|
|
Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
|
|
1294
|
|
Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
|
|
1328
|
|
Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
|
|
1502
|
|
Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
|
|
1542
|
|
Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies at 61
|
|
1650
|
|
Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
|
|
1666
|
|
Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
|
|
1669
|
|
Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31
|
|
1691
|
|
Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
|
|
1691
|
|
George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
|
|
1694
|
|
John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
|
|
1733
|
|
August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
|
|
1743
|
|
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
|
|
1747
|
|
Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
|
|
1795
|
|
Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
|
|
1818
|
|
Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
|
|
1824
|
|
Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
|
|
1832
|
|
Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
|
|
1838
|
|
Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
|
|
1839
|
|
Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
|
|
1851
|
|
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
|
|
1869
|
|
Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
|
|
1871
|
|
Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
|
|
1873
|
|
Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
|
|
1875
|
|
William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
|
|
1877
|
|
Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
|
|
1878
|
|
George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
|
|
1883
|
|
Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies
|
|
1889
|
|
Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
|
|
1902
|
|
Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
|
|
1903
|
|
George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
|
|
1904
|
|
Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
|
|
1905
|
|
Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
|
|
1908
|
|
Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
|
|
1910
|
|
Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
|
|
1916
|
|
Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
|
|
1922
|
|
William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
|
|
1929
|
|
August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
|
|
1937
|
|
Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies
|
|
1944
|
|
Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
|
|
1944
|
|
Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
|
|
1945
|
|
Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72
|
|
1946
|
|
Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
|
|
1949
|
|
Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
|
|
1950
|
|
Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Drm), dies at 56
|
|
1954
|
|
Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
|
|
1957
|
|
Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
|
|
1958
|
|
Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
|
|
1959
|
|
Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
|
|
1966
|
|
Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
|
|
1966
|
|
Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
|
|
1966
|
|
Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
|
|
1966
|
|
William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
|
|
1967
|
|
Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
|
|
1967
|
|
Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
|
|
1968
|
|
Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
|
|
1970
|
|
Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
|
|
1971
|
|
Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
|
|
1974
|
|
Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
|
|
1974
|
|
Marieluise Fleiáer, writer, dies at 71
|
|
1975
|
|
Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
|
|
1976
|
|
Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
|
|
1976
|
|
Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
|
|
1977
|
|
Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
|
|
1979
|
|
Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
|
|
1980
|
|
Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
|
|
1980
|
|
Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
|
|
1981
|
|
Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
|
|
1981
|
|
Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
|
|
1981
|
|
Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
|
|
1981
|
|
Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
|
|
1983
|
|
Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
|
|
1986
|
|
Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
|
|
1986
|
|
Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
|
|
1987
|
|
Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
|
|
1988
|
|
Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12
|
|
1988
|
|
Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
|
|
1991
|
|
Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
|
|
1991
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H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
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1991
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James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
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1991
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Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
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1992
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George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
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1992
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Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
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1994
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Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
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1994
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Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
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1995
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George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
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1995
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John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
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1995
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Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
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1996
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Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54
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1997
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Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80
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1997
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Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71
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1997
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Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50
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1997
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Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78
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