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999
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Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope
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1416
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Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Arag¢n
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1513
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Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Le¢n
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1550
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Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
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1559
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England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrsis
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1559
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Genoa Italy, expels Jews
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1590
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States-General appoints earl Mauritius, viceroy of Utrecht
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1595
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Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
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1645
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Robert Devereux resigns as parliament supreme commander
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1745
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Austria & Bavaria sign peace
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1792
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Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
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1792
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US authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, « dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
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1800
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1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C
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1819
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1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins
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1827
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Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
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1845
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H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun
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1860
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1st Italian Parliament met at Turin
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1863
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Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia
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1864
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Skirmish at Crump's Hill (Piney Woods), Louisiana
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1864
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Skirmish at Spoonville/Antoine, Arkansas
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1865
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Battle of Ft Blakely AL & Selma AL
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1865
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Battle of Petersburg, VA (Ft Gregg, Sutherland's Station)
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1865
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CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA
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1866
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Pres Johnson ends war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
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1870
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Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US pres
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1872
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George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
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1876
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Philadelphia A's & Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila
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1877
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1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
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1878
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1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
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1883
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Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack
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1884
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London prison for debtors closed
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1900
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1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam)
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1902
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1st motion picture theater opens (LA)
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1902
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Country singer Wynonna Judd's 1st appearance as a single act
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1902
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Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
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1905
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Cairo-Capetown railway opens
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1906
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South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
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1908
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Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
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1912
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Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
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1912
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Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power
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1916
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German troops overtake Bois de Caillette
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1917
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Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps
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1917
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Pres Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
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1921
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Prof Albert Einstein lectures in NYC on his new theory of relativity
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1926
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Riots between Moslems & Hindus in Calcutta
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1930
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1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
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1931
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Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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1932
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Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son
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1935
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Mary Hirsch, becomes 1st woman licensed as a horse trainer
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1935
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Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
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1939
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6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279
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1941
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German occupier disallows Dutch scouting assn
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1941
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USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from SF
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1944
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CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy
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1944
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' 8th Symphony, premieres in NY
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1944
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Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania
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1945
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1st US units reach east coast of Okinawa
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1947
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Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
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1950
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WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
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1954
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Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]
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1955
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Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
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1955
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
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1955
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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1956
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Peter Ustinovs' "Romanoff & Juliet," premieres in Manchester
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1956
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Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premieres on TV
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1958
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Antillean Brewery (Amstel beer) opens
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1958
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National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
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1958
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Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
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1960
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Cuba buys oil from USSR
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1960
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KPEC TV channel 56 in Lakewood Center-Tacoma, WA (PBS) 1st broadcast
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1963
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Explorer 17 attains Earth orbit (254/914 km)
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1963
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USSR launches Luna 4; missed Moon by 8,500 km
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1964
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Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria
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1964
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Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, Pres Goulart ousted
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1964
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USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
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1965
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Hochhuths play "Stellvertreter" banned in Italy
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1966
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Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
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1966
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WJET TV channel 24 in Erie, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
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1967
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Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
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1968
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Beatles form Python Music Ltd
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1968
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Chad creates Union of Central African States
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1968
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Senator E Mccarthy wins Democratic primaries in Wisconsin
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1969
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Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
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1970
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2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world
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1970
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Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
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1970
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Qatar gains independence from Britain
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1971
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Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
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1972
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44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman & Jane Fonda win
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1972
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Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
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1972
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Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in NYC
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1973
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CBS radio begins on hour news 24 hours a day
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1973
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Ed Kemper stuffs mother's throat in disposal
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1973
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ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean pres election
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1974
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46th Academy Awards - "Stng," Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win
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1974
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Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
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1974
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Tony Greig takes 8-86 v WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)
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1976
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A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson & Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez & Paul Mitchell
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1976
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Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds prince Sihanouk as premier
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1976
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Portuguese constitution assumed
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1977
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Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
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1977
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Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose
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1978
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7th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
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1978
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Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, v Aust Georgetown
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1978
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TV show "Dallas" premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
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1978
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Velcro was 1st put on the market
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1979
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Israeli PM Menachem Begin visits Cairo Egypt/meets pres Sadat
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1980
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Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
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1981
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Belgium's 4th govt of Martens resigns
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1981
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Heavy battle between Christian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon
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1982
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Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands
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1982
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In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallow
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1982
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Several thousand Argentine troops seized disputed Falkland Islands
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1984
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46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75
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1985
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1986
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4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
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1986
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George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans
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1986
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NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
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1987
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"Mikado" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
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1987
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Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation
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1987
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IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
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1988
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Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45
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1988
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Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
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1989
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18th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
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1989
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8th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Auburn 76-60
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1989
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Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage
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1989
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Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
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1990
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52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
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1991
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Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
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1992
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"Hamlet" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1992
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Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
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1992
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John Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
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1992
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Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
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1993
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1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam)
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1993
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Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
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1994
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1st exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pirates beat Indians, 6-4
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1995
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14th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64
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1995
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7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
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1995
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Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
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1995
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North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970
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1995
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NY Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
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1995
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Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
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1995
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Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50
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1995
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Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow
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1996
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Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
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1996
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Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game
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1997
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"Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater NYC
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1998
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World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minn
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2000
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19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum
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2001
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63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis
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BIRTHS
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742
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Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14)
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1602
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Maria de Jesus de Agreda, [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscan
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1618
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Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
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1628
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Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer
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1632
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Georg Caspar Weckler, composer
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1711
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Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
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1713
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Onno Zwier van Haren, Frisian poet (Fatherland)
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1725
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Casanova, writer
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1728
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Franz Asplmayr, composer
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1733
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Giacomo Tritto, composer
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1735
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Christian Gotthilf Tag, composer
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1735
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Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer
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1740
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Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)
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1763
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Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari, composer
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1798
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H v Fallersleben, writer
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1803
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Franz Paul Lachner, composer
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1805
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Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
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1806
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Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal/asst sec of state for Pius IX
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1814
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Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army
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1817
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Teodulo Mabellini, composer
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1826
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Philip Dale Roddey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
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1827
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William Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)
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1833
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Thomas Howard Ruger, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1834
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Frdric-Auguste Bertholdi, France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
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1840
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mile Zola, France, novelist (Nana, J'Accuse)
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1841
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Clment Ader, French engineer
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1862
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Nicholas Murray Butler, US, Columbia U pres/pacifist (Nobel 1931)
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1863
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Henry C Van de Velde, Flemish painter/architect (Art Nouveau)
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1868
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Eduard Jacobs, singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
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1875
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Walter Chrysler, founded car company (Chrysler)
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1877
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Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
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1891
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Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism)
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1894
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Rudolph P Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer
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1894
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Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air)
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1900
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Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist
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1901
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Anis Fuleihan, composer
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1902
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Danilo Svara, composer
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1905
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Edmond Jouhaud, general
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1905
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Kurt Adler, therapist/writer
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1905
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Serge Lifar, Kiev, dancer, choreographer (Paris Opra Ballet)
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1908
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Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones)
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1909
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Jean Kurt Forest, composer
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1910
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Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
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1910
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Irene Mayer Selznick, producer (Street Car Named Desire)
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1910
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Joeri German, Russian writer
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1911
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Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer (Tap)
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1914
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Alec Guinness, London England, British actor (Bridge on River Kwai)
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1915
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Antony Dornhorst, professor of medicine
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1915
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Arthur Ballard, artist
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1917
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Dabbs Greer, Fairview Mo, actor (Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie)
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1917
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Lou Monte, NJ, singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse)
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1919
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Antoon J Hubben, Dutch mayor (Maasbree)/trade union leader
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1919
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Ian Hunter, impresario
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1920
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Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
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1920
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Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist (Waddenzee, Rhne-delta)
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1922
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Nikolaj G Bassov, Russia, atomic physicist (laser, Nobel 1964)
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1923
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Hugh Overton, British diplomat
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1923
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Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogisch Moment)
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1924
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Denis Rooke, CEO (British Gas)
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1925
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George MacDonald Fraser, poet/author (Flashman at the Charge)
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1926
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Elena Verdugo, Hollywood Calif, actress (Consuelo-Marcus Welby MD)
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1926
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Michael Rizzello, sculpter/coin designer
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1927
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Billy Pierce, pitcher (Chicago White Sox) seven time all star
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1928
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Joseph "Cardinal" Bernardin, of Chicago
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1928
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Rita Gam, Pittsburgh, actress (Distortions, Hannibal, Sierra Baron)
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1928
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Serge Gainsbourg, [Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
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1929
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Catherine Gaskin, romantic novelist (Fiona, Coporation Wife)
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1929
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Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
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1930
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Girolamo Arriego, composer
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1930
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W Hambleden Smith, English newspaper magnate
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1931
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Imre Olsvai, composer
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1932
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Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in 27 Tests)
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1934
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Brian Glover, actor (McGuffin)
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1934
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Christopher France, British permanent secretary (Dept of Health)
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1934
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Diane Cilento, Rabaul,, actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man)
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1934
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Peter Middleton, British permanent secretary (Treasury)
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1935
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Sharon Acker, Toronto Canada, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason 1973)
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1936
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Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (world champ 1966)
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1937
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Paul E Kanjorski, (Rep-D-PA, 1985- )
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1939
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Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
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1940
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Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
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1940
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Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
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1941
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Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
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1942
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Graham Bright, private sec to British PM
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1943
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Glen Dale, [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
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1943
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Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
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1945
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Don Sutton, baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
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1945
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Linda Hunt, Morristown NJ, actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
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1945
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Lord Skelmersdale, British minister (C)
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1946
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Kurt Winter, rocker (Guess Who)
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1946
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Lynda Carr, educationist
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1946
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Richard Collinge, cricketer (NZ rec wicket-taker (116) before Hadlee)
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1947
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Camille Paglia, Endicott NY, actress (Female Misbehavior, It's Pat)
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1947
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Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
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1948
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Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
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1948
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Joan [Carol] D[ennison] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugos, Dune)
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1948
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Kerry Minnear, rocker (Gentle Giant)
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1948
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Marlene Floyd, LPGA golfer
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1949
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Pamela Reed, Tacoma WA, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court)
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1949
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Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
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1951
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Ayako Okamoto, Hiroshima Japan, LPGA golfer (1990 Sara Lee)
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1952
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Dan Halldorson, Winnipeg, Canadian Tour golfer (1985 World Cup)
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1952
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Dana Carvey, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
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1952
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Joseph Kent Massey, Oklahoma City OK, soling yachter (Oly-bronze-1996)
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1952
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Leon Wilkerson, rocker (Lynard Skynard)
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1953
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David Robinson, drummer (Cars)
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1953
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Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie)
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1954
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Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter)
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1955
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Dana Carvey, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
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1956
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Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner (bowled 10 overs Pak v NZ 1976)
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1959
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Adrian Meagher, Australian baseball pitching coach (Olympics-1996)
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1959
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Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
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1959
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Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, NYC, 5K runner
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1959
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Dean Townson, St Petersburg Fla, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
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1959
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Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1959
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Ken Macleay, cricketer (at Bedford-on-Avon Aussie ODI medium pacer)
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1959
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Victoria Jackson, Miami Florida, comedian (SNL, Casual Sex)
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1960
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Linford Christie, St Andrews Jamaica, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold 1992
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1961
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Cindy Mackey, Athens GA, LPGA golfer (1986 MasterCard Intl Pro-Am)
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1961
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Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1961
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Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus)
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1962
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Alex Tripolski, Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol (Oly-16th-1996)
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1962
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Billy Dean, Quincy Fla, country singer (Billy the Kid)
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1962
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Bruce Kozerski, NFL tackle/guard (Cin Bengals)
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1963
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Dermot Reeve, cricketer (in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992)
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1964
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Pete Incaviglia, Pebble Beach CA, outfielder (Phila Phillies)
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1965
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Rodney King, Sacramento Calif, black motorist beaten by LA cops
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1966
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Andrei Kovalev, NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
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1966
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Bill Romanowski, NFL linebacker (Eagles, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1966
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Willie Green, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1969
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Yj Nagata, [Yuji], wrestler (NJPW)
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1970
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Jerry Reynolds, NFL guard/tackle (NY Giants)
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1970
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Jon Lieber, Council Bluffs IA, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
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1970
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Marcus Christensen, Toronto Ontario, figure skater (1995 Canadian-2nd)
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1970
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Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
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1971
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James Ransom, Toronto Ontario, Epee fencer (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Jenny Craig, Miss Georgia USA (1996)
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1971
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Todd Woodbridge, Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon)
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1972
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Graham Hood, Winnipeg Manitoba, 1.5k runner (Olympics-9-92, 96)
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1975
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Deedee Magno, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
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DEATHS
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1118
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Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
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1416
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Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
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1502
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Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag¢n, dies
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1640
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Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
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1657
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Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
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1705
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Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
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1747
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Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
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1758
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Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
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1784
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Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
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1803
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Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
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1831
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Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
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1852
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Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
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1865
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Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39
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1865
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Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
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1872
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Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
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1876
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Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
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1890
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Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
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1892
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Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79
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1910
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Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
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1910
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Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
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1928
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Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
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1932
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Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
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1933
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K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56), dies
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1937
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Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
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1938
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Alice Berend, writer, dies
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1941
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Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
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1944
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Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71
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1947
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Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
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1951
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Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
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1952
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Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
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1953
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Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
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1956
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Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
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1956
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Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
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1956
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Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies at 59
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1959
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Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
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1961
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August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67
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1961
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Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
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1965
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Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81
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1966
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Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
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1969
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Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
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1972
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Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
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1974
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Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
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1974
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Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62
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1976
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Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
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1979
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Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
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1979
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Ivan Barrow, cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies
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1980
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Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
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1987
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Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
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1990
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Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
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1992
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Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
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1993
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Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
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1993
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Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
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1994
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Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
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1995
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Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
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1995
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Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
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1995
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Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
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1997
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Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
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