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1059
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Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France
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1275
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King Edward I of Engld orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
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1420
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Jews of Syria & Austria expelled
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1421
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Jews of Austria imprisoned & expelled
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1430
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Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne & sold to the British
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1493
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King Charles VIII & Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis
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1533
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King Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon marriage declared null & void
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1536
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Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
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1544
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German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark
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1555
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Giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV
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1568
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Battle at Heiligerlee: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, 100s killed
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1576
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Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory
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1611
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Matthias von Habsburg chosen king of Bohemia
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1618
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2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War
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1618
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Imperial civil servants thrown out a window of Prague Castle
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1644
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Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists
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1647
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Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland
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1660
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King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England
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1667
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King Afonso VI of Portugal flees
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1706
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Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed
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1750
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Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua
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1774
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Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)
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1785
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Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
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1788
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SC becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
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1844
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Declaration of B b (Bah '¡ festival) ('Azamat 7, 1)
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1853
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Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)
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1861
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3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia
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1861
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Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
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1862
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Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
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1862
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Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft Royal, Virginia
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1864
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Battle of Dallas, GA
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1864
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Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting
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1865
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-24] Victory parade in Washington, DC (Grand Review)
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1865
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Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot
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1865
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Grand Review begins in Washington DC
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1867
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Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
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1873
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1st Preakness: G Barbee aboard Survivor wins in 2:43
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1873
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Canada's North West Mounted Police Force (RCMPF) forms
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1873
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Postal cards sold in SF for 1st time
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1876
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1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
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1878
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Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia
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1882
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6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa
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1883
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9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43
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1883
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Baseball game between one-armed & one-legged players
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1884
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12th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Knight of Ellerslie wins in 2:39«
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1887
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1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC
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1894
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William Love hosts ground breaking ceremonies for Love Canal
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1898
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1st Philippine Expeditionary Troops sail from SF
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1900
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Associated Press News Service forms in NY
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1901
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35th Belmont: H Spencer aboard Commando wins in 2:21
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1901
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Indians score 9 runs after 2 outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13
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1901
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Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent
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1901
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US captures leader of Philippine rebels, Emilio Aguinaldo
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1903
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1st automobile trip across US from SF to NY, ended April 1
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1903
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1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin
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1908
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Dirigible explodes over SF Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die
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1908
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Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Wash
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1911
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NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by Pres Taft
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1915
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary & Germany during WW I
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1916
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Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun
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1917
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Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft
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1918
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King Oil/Shell refinery on Curaao officially opens
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1920
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Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei
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1921
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"Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
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1922
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"Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances
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1922
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Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
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1922
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Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
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1923
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1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
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1926
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Hack Wilson is 1st to hit a home run off Wrigley Field scoreboard
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1926
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Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate
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1928
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Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die
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1931
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Whipsnade Zoo opens in Whipsnade Beds England
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1932
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Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman sets 24 hr record of 860 mi, 367 yds
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1934
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Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon (polymeer 66)
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1935
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1st scheduled night game, postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
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1939
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British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented
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1939
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British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949
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1939
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Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad
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1939
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Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland
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1939
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Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die
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1940
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1st great dogfight between Spitfires
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1941
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Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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1941
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Rudolf Harbig runs world record 1k (2:21.5)
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1943
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-24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund
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1943
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In Dr Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkhn
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1943
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Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr Faustus
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1944
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British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy
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1944
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Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
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1944
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Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead
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1944
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Polo Grounds host 1st NYC night game since 1941
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1945
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British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz
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1945
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German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
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1945
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Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader & Chief of Police, committed suicide
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1945
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Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
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1945
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Winston Churchill resigns as British PM
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1947
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PC Hooft prize forms for literature
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1948
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Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs
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1948
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Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel
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1949
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Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
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1951
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Peter Ustinov's "Love of Four Colonels," premieres in London
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1953
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79th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8
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1953
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Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
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1953
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WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers
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1956
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World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, SF
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1958
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Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
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1959
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"Party with Comden & Green" closes at John Golden NYC after 44 perfs
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1959
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Presbyterian church accepts women preachers
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1960
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"Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
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1960
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"Got A Girl" by The Four Preps hits #24
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1960
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Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
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1960
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WGTV TV channel 8 in Athens-Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1960
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WKBM TV (now WLII) channel 11 in Caguas/San Juan, PR 1st broadcast
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1960
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WRCA radio changes call letters back to WNBC (NYC)
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1962
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Joe Pepitone 2nd Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio)
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1962
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OAS leader general Raoul Salan sentenced to life
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1962
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Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7
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1963
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NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000
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1964
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Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
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1965
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Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
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1965
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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1965
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Pontoon ferry overturned on Shire River Malawi, kills 150
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1966
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Beatles release "Paperback Writer"
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1967
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Government bans submarines near South Africa
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1968
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AC Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam
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1968
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Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
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1969
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BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus
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1969
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Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes
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1969
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Who release rock opera "Tommy"
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1970
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Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside of US (England)
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1970
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SD Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
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1971
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
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1971
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Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
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1974
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1974
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Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
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1976
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Amy Alcott wins '76 LPGA Golf Classic
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1977
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Benin adopts its constitution
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1977
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Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren & 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Neth, children released May 27, siege en
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1977
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Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell
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1978
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AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M
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1978
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General strike in Peru
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1979
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"Kids Are All Right" premieres
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1979
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1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
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1979
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Borussia Mnchengladbach wins 8th UEFA Cup at Dsseldorf
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1979
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Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy
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1979
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West-Germany elects Karl Carstens president
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1980
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton
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1981
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Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage
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1981
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NASA launches Intelsat V
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1982
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BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
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1982
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Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
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1982
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Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles
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1982
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Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine
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1983
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Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
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1984
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Anderlecht wins 13th UEFA Cup at London
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1984
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Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
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1986
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US & West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
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1988
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Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
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1989
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3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
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1989
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Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
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1989
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Cleve loses & drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)
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1989
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Lincoln Square in Bronx named
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1990
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A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna
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1990
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Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
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1990
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NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minn Twins 12-0
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1991
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Last Cubans troops leave Angola
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1991
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Phillie Tommy Greene no-hits Mont Expos, 2-0
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1991
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San Diego Sockers win 4th consecutive Major Soccer League championship
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1991
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US Supreme Court bars subsidized clinics from discussing abortion
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1992
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NY Yankees play in their 4th straight extra inning game
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1992
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Pres Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
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1993
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Val Skinner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1994
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270 pilgrims dies in bustle round Mina Saudi-Arabia
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1994
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Roman Herzog elected president of Germany
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1994
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Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication
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1995
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47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks)
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1996
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Fred Norris of the Howard Stern show changes his name legally to Eric
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1997
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"King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
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1997
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Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
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BIRTHS
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1598
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Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
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1617
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Elias Ashmole, antiquary
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1620
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Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
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1644
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Thomas Eisenhut, composer
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1696
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Johann Caspar Vogler, composer
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1707
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Carolus Linnus, Sweden, biological classifier
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1710
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Franois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
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1718
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William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
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1729
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Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
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1734
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Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
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1735
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Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
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1737
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Louis Franois Chambray, composer
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1741
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Andrea Lucchesi, composer
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1753
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Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
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1754
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Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
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1756
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Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
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1759
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Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
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1790
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Jules-Sbastien-Csar Dumont d'Urville, explorer
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1794
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Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
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1795
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Charles Barry, architect
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1799
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Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
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1812
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Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
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1813
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Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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1820
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James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
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1824
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Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1828
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Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
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1832
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Pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
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1837
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James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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1843
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Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer
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1844
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'Abdu'l-Bah , early Bah '¡ leader ('Azamat 7, 1)
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1848
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Helmuth J L von Moltke, German general/chief of staff (WW I)
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1848
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Otto Lilienthal, pioneer aviator
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1849
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K roly earl Khuen-Hderv ry, Premier of Hungary (1910-12)
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1851
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Antoni Stolpe, composer
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1862
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William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
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1864
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Louis Glass, composer
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1866
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Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist/criminalologist
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1871
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Sigurd Lie, composer
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1873
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Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
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1882
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James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)
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1883
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Douglas Fairbanks, Denver CO, actor (Zorro/3 Musketeers/Robin Hood)
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1886
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Hermann Neiáe, writer
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1888
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Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Raged & Tired)
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1890
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Herbert Marshall, London, actor (Murder, Razor's Edge, Little Foxes)
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1890
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Virginia Eames, Ft Davis TX, entertainer
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1891
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Pr Lagerkvist, Sweden, novelist/dramatist (Barabbas, Nobel 1951)
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1898
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Frank McHugh, actor (Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young)
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1898
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Joseph Hazen, lawyer
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1901
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Edmund Rubbra, Northampton England, composer (Morning Watch) [or 3/23]
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1902
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Mark Lothar, composer
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1903
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Walter Reisch, US, screenwriter (Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic)
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1906
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Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer
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1907
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Kenneth Allen, engineer
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1907
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Matthew Campbell, British senior civil servant
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1908
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Christian GK Bata, Togolese chairman (International Mission Council)
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1908
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John Bardeen, US, physicist (transistor, Nobel 1956, 1972)
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1908
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Max Abramovitz, US architect (Lincoln Center, UN Building)
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1909
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Edwin Arrowsmith, diplomat
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1910
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Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], NYC, bandleader (Come'on my House)
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1910
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Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter
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1910
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Hugh Casson CH, architect
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1910
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Scatman Crothers, [Benjamin], Terre Haute IN, actor (Zapped, Shining)
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1911
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Boris Kremenliev, composer
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1911
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Melvin M Payne, president (National Geographic Society)
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1912
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David Barran, CEO (Midland Bank, England)
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1912
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Jean Franaix, Le Mans France, composer (Naked King)
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1912
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John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Restless Gun)
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1912
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Marius Goring, Isle of Wight, actor (Herr Palitz-Holocaust)
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1912
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Samuel Curran, vice chancellor (Strathclyde University)
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1913
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Ian Graeme, major-general
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1914
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Alec Dickson, founder (VSO)
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1914
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Barbara Ward, economist/writer (Only One Earth)
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1914
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Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine)
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1914
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Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher
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1915
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Clyde Wiegand, physicist
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1916
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M Jean Francaix, composer
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1916
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Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright (living legacy award 1995)
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1918
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Bulent Arel, composer
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1918
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Bumps Blackwell, rocker
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1918
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Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)
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1919
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Betty Garrett, St Joseph Mo, actress (Irene-All in the Family)
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1919
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Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary
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1920
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Helen O'Connell, Lima Ohio, singer (Green Eyes, Anapola)
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1920
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Sid Melton, Bkln NY, actor (Alf-Green Acres, Charlie-Danny Thomas)
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1921
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Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)
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1921
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James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author (Hugo, Star Trek Reader)
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1921
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Loren Tindall, OK, actor (Meet Me on Broadway, Girl of Limberlost)
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1921
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Montague Modlyn, broadcaster
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1921
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Sanderson Temple, circuit judge
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1922
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Dennis Compton, author/crickleter
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1923
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Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica)
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1923
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Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52)
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1924
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Desmond Carrington, British radio host (Jim-Calamity the Cow)
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1924
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Michael McCrum, master (Corpus Christi College Cambridge)
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1924
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V N Swamy, cricketer (one Test India v NZ 1955, DNB, 0-45)
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1928
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Nigel Davenport, Cambridge England, actor (Without a Clue, Masada)
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1928
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Nina Otkalenko, USSR, 800m runner (9 world records)
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1928
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Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky, singer/paper towels spokeswoman (Coronet)
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1929
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Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe (1965- )
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1929
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Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress (One Summer of Happiness)
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1930
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Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pa, painter
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1931
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Barbara Barrie, Chicago, actress (Breaking Away, Barney Miller)
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1931
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Jos Telles Da Conceiao, Brazil, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1952)
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1932
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James Lester, MP
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1932
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John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master (Trinity Hall)
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1933
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Bruce A Peterson, US test pilot (M2, HL-10)
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1933
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Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture & land & fishing (CDA)
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1933
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Joan Henrietta Collins, London, actress (Alexis-Dynasty, Bitch)
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1934
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Malcolm Gill, deputy head (Bank for Intl Settlements)
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1934
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Robert A Moog, inventor (Moog Synthesizer)
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1935
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Juliet Campbell, British ambassador (to Luxembourg)
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1935
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Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
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1936
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Charles Kimbrough, actor (Murphy Brown)
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1936
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Douglas John Gorman, businessman
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1936
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Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
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1937
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John Mazza, horse trainer
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1938
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John R Miller, (Rep-R-WA, 1985- )
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1938
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Peter Preston, editor (Guardian)
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1939
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Ron Stevens, horse trainer
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1941
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Jackson Hill, composer
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1943
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John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71)
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1943
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Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat
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1943
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Norman Johnson, singer/songwriter
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1943
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Peter Kenilorea, PM Solomon Islands
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1944
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General George Norman Johnson, US singer (Down at the Beach Club)
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1944
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Giles Smith, TV journalist
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1944
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Olga Maitland, MP
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1944
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Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
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1945
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Elliott Bernerd, English broker/multi-millionaire
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1945
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Lauren Chapin, actress (Kathy-Father Knows Best)
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1945
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Misty Morgan, country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard)
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1946
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Tom Dorris, horse trainer
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1947
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Ann Hui, director (Boat People)
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1947
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Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor (Miss Saigon)
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1948
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Reggie Cleveland, baseball player
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1949
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Alan Garc¡a Prez, pres of Peru (1985-90)
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1950
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Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)
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1951
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Anatoli Karpov, USSR, world chess champion (1975-85)
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1951
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Judy Rodman, Riverside Calif, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too)
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1952
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"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, NJ, middleweight boxing champ (1982-83)
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1952
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Deborah Adair, actress (Tracey-Dynasty, Kate-Day of Our Life)
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1952
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James Mankey, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
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1955
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John Stevens, MEP
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1957
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Jimmy McShane, Pop singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy)
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1958
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Shelly West, Cleve OH, country singer (Red Hot, West by West)
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1958
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Thomas Reiter, Germany, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-22)
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1959
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Linden Ashby, actor (Mortal Kombat)
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1959
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Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star
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1960
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Theo Vogelaars, pop bassist (Trckener Kecks/Paid Love)
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1961
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Dave Babych, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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1961
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Drew Carey, Cleve Oh, actor/comedian (Drew-Drew Carey Show)
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1961
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Kevin Romine, baseball player
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1962
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Karen Duffy, [Duff], NYC, MTV VJ/actress (Meet Wally Sparks)
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1962
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Keith Brantley, Scott AFB Ill, marathoner (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Kenny Gattison, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
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1964
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Staci Greason, Denver, actress (Isabella Toscando-Days of Our Lives)
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1965
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James Hasty, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
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1965
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Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star
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1965
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Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder)
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1966
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Gary Roberts, North York, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
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1966
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Graeme Hick, cricketer (in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs)
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1966
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Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress (Ft Worth, Howards End)
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1967
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Craig John Monk, Auckland NZ, finn class yachter (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Daryl Hobbs, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
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1968
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Tiffany Rochelle-Anderson, Laguna Beach Ca, WPVA (Nationals-13th-1995)
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1969
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Pat Hurst, San Leandro CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Rolex Rookie of the Year)
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1969
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Ramon Caraballo, baseball player
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1970
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Grahae Hick, cricketer
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1970
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Ricky Gutierrez, Miami FL, infielder (Houston Astros)
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1971
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Issac Booth, NFL cornerback/safety (Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Joseph Rogers, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1971
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Marshall Boze, San Manual AZ, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1972
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Isabelle Fijalkowski, WNBA center/forward (Cleveland Rockers)
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1972
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Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
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1972
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Rene Ingoglia, running back (Buffalo Bills)
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1972
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Shannon Brown, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
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1973
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Verna Vasquez, Miss Universe-best swimsuit (Curacao, 1997)
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1974
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Duane Clemons, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
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1974
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Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You)
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1974
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Kimber West, Atlanta GA, playmate (Feb 1997)
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1975
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Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
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1976
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Kelly Marie Monaco, Phila PA, playmate (April, 1997)
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1976
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Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey (1997)
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1980
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Sarah Louise Catherwood, Christchurch NZ, 4x200m swimmer (Oly-96)
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1984
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Adam Wylie, actor (Picket Fences)
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DEATHS
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1125
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Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
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1153
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David I, king of Scotland (1124-53), dies at about 68
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1423
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Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies
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1498
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Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
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1568
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Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
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1627
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Luis de G¢ngora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
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1648
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Luis de Nain, painter, dies
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1668
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Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
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1684
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Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48
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1701
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William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
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1754
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John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
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1783
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James Otis, American lawyer, dies
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1785
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William Woollett, engraver, dies
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1834
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Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
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1838
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John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
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1841
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Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
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1842
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Jos de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
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1851
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Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
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1860
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Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
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1867
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Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74
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1875
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Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78
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1881
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Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies
|
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1881
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Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies
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1883
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Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies
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1887
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Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74
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1891
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Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
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1895
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Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96
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1897
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Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
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1905
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Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75
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1906
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Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
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1908
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Franois Coppe, French poet, dies
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1926
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Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73
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1934
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Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
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1934
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Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
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1937
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John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla
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1938
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Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
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1940
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Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
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1940
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Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35
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1941
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Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
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1941
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Slavko Osterc, composer, dies at 45
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1945
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Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44
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1947
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C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68
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1952
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Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85
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1954
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H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
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1960
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Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
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1961
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Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
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1965
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David Smith, sculptor, dies
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1966
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Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
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1967
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Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58
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1967
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Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
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1968
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James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
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1968
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Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
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1969
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Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79
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1969
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Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74
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1969
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Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
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1970
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Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
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1973
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Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57
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1974
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Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies
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1975
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Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
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1979
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Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
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1981
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George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
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1982
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Louis J N Grardin, bicyclist (world champ sprint 1930), dies at 69
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1983
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Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84
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1986
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Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
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1987
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Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86
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1988
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David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
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1990
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Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies
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1991
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Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies
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1991
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Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money), dies
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1991
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William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30
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1992
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Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
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1992
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Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered
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1993
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James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77
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1994
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Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
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1994
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Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
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1996
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Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81
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1996
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Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61
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1996
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Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77
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