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392
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Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion
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618
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St Deusdedit I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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911
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Duke Koenraad I chosen German king
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1322
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Pope John XXII names John van Diest, bishop of Utrecht
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1494
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Uprising against Piero de' Medici in Florence Italy
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1519
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1st meeting of Montezuma & Hern ndo Corts in Mexico
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1575
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French Roman Catholics & Huguenots signs treaty
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1576
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Pacificatie of Gent: 17 Dutch provinces signs anti-Spanish covenant
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1598
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Spanish troops under of Bernardino de Mendoza conquer Doetinchem
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1620
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Battle of White Mountain, Prague
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1627
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English fleet under George Villiers leaves Rh
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1638
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Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts
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1658
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Battle of Sont: Swedish fleet beats Dutch
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1701
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William Penn presents Charter of Priviliges
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1731
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In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library
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1734
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Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge
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1789
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Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
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1793
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Louvre in Paris, opens
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1805
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Lewis & Clark reach Pacific Ocean
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1833
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Train derails at Hightstown NJ; 2 die
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1837
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Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women
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1838
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Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris
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1842
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Belgium King Leopold I proclaims child labor laws (for 1889)
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1861
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Battle of Mount Ivy, KY
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1861
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US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent
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1864
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Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president
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1870
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Democratic governor elected in Tennessee
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1880
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Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US debut at NY's Booth Theater
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1883
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English freighter Nisero stranded at Atjeh (crew taken hostage)
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1884
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German govt recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
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1889
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Montana admitted as 41st state
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1892
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Grover Cleveland (D) elected president
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1895
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Wilhelm Roentgen (Germany) discovers X-rays
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1900
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Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister Carrie" is published
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1904
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Pres Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
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1910
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1st Washington State election in which women could vote
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1917
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People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin
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1917
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Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants
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1918
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Pro-German supreme commander general Cutters lay-offs
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1920
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Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn
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1920
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Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th
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1923
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Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Mnchen (Munich)
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1924
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Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt
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1924
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Fortune Theatre opens in London
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1926
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George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in NYC
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1928
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George & Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in NYC
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1929
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Jean Giraudoux' "Amphitryon '38," premieres in Paris
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1929
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NYC Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building
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1930
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Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro," premieres in Berlin
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1932
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"Make Mine Music," debuts
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1932
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd president for 1st time
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1933
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FDR creates Civil Works Administration
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1934
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Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president
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1938
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1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Phila
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1939
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Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Brgerbraukeller, Mnich
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1939
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H Lindsay & R Crouse' "Life with Father," premieres in NYC
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1940
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RAF bombs Munich
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1942
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Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca)
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1942
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Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall
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1942
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Operation "Torch" began as US & British forces land in French N Afr
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1942
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Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US
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1944
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25,000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to Nazis for forced labor
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1944
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Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
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1945
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"Girl from Nantucket" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 12 performances
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1945
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Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550
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1946
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Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse," premieres in Paris
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1947
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Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria
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1950
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1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
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1950
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Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
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1950
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In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
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1950
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Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
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1951
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NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
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1953
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Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
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1954
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AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City
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1956
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UN demands USSR leave Hungary
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1957
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Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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1958
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"Maria Golovin" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1959
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KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1959
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Tunisian pres Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair
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1960
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JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th US president
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1961
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Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
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1962
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Canada govt orders changing nickel back to round shape
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1964
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IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
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1964
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KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1964
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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1964
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Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
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1965
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"Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV
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1965
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British Indian Ocean Territory formed
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1966
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Edward W Brooke (Rep-R-Mass) becomes 1st black elected to Senate
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1966
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Frank Robinson selected AL MVP
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1966
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Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California
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1966
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Pres Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
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1967
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1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
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1967
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Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
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1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1968
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Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John
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1970
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Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal
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1973
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Nevada approves pari-mutuel betting on Jai Alai
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1974
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British Lord Lucan disappears
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1974
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Bundy victim (?) Debi Kent disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah
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1975
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Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St Paul, to become NWA champ
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1978
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Tom Stoppard's "Night & Day," premieres in London
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1979
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ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
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1979
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Bernard Slade's "Romantic Comedy," premieres in NYC
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1980
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Voyager 1 space probe discovers 15th moon of Saturn
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1981
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Christian Democrats looses Belgium parliamentary election
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1981
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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1983
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Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
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1983
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STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
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1983
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W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia
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1984
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1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
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1984
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Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit
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1984
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STS 51-A mission; launch
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1985
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Atlantis moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-B mission
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1986
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"Song & Dance" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 474 performances
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1987
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11 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes
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1987
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Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
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1987
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IRA-bomb attack in Enniskillen North Ireland, 11 killed
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1987
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Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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1988
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900 die as earthquake hits China
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1988
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Arco Arena in Sacramento CA opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75
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1988
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George Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for presidency
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1988
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Rafael Fern ndez Col¢n elected if pres of Puerto Rico
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1989
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Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
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1989
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David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of NYC
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1989
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Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (Virginia)
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1990
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"6 Degrees of Separation" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 496 perfs
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1990
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100,000 additional US troops are sent to Persian gulf
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1990
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Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with LA Dodgers
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1990
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Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World
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1990
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Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula
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1991
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Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS-TV
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1991
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Paul Coffey sets NHL defensman soring mark with 311th goal
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1992
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"Solitary Confinement" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 25 perfs
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1992
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300,000 demonstrators against racism in Berlin
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1992
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Betsy King wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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1994
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Cleve Cavaliers 1st game at Gund Arena, lose to Hous Rockets, 100-98
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1994
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Haitian govt of Smarck Michel forms
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1997
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Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
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1997
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild
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1998
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Japan Golf Classic
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BIRTHS
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1572
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Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia
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1590
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Francesco Gonzaga, composer
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1592
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Domenico Mazzocchi, composer
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1622
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Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)
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1622
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Karl X Gustaf, King of Sweden (1654-60)
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1647
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Pierre Bayle, French/Neth theologist/philosopher/writer
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1656
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Edmund Halley, English astronomer (comet of Halley) [OS=Oct 29]
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1657
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Thomas Bullis, composer
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1693
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Leonhard Trautsch, composer
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1715
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Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great"
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1760
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Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Neth earl/general
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1770
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Friedrich Witt, composer
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1785
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Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer
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1814
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Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)
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1817
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Claudius Wistar Sears, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
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1817
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Theodoor J Canneel, Flemish painter
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1829
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Samuel Wylie Crawford, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
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1830
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Oliver Otis Howard, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
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1831
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Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India
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1834
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Johann C F Zllner, German astronoom (astro photo meter)
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1848
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Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift)
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1849
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Edward Julius Biedermann, composer
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1850
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Karel Komzak, composer
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1854
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Jean Rville, French vicar/theologist (Liberal Protestantism)
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1863
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Ren [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15)
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1867
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Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer
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1876
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Frank L Gillespie, Ark, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
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1878
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Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899)
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1879
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King Baggot I, St Louis MO, director (Tumbleweeds)
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1882
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Lazare Saminsky, composer
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1883
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Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, London England, composer (Farewell My Youth)
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1883
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Ethel Clayton, MO, actress (Hotel Continental)
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1887
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Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer
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1888
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David Monrad Johansen, composer
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1893
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John Miljan, Lead City SD, actor (Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox)
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1895
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Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer
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1896
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Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
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1897
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Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors)
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1900
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Georges Lonque, composer
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1900
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Margaret Mitchell, author (Gone With the Wind)
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1900
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Mihailo Vukdragovic, composer
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1901
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Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president
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1901
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Szymon Laks, composer
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1902
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Mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]
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1902
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Walerian Josef Gniot, composer
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1905
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Richard Nicholson, musician
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1907
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Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader
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1909
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Alberto Erede, Italian conductor
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1909
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Katharine Hepburn, Ct, actress (African Queen, On Golden Pond)
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1912
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Jean-Louis Martinet, composer
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1912
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Joseph Fattorini, businessman
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1913
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Robert Strauss, NYC, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey)
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1914
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Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter
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1914
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Norman Lloyd, Jersey City NJ, actor (Auschlander-St Elsewhere)
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1916
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Frank McGuire, basketball coach (won 550 games in 30 college seasons)
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1916
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June Havoc, Seattle Wash, actress (Willy, Panic, GE Theater)
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1916
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Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade)
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1921
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Douglas Townsend, composer
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1921
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Gene Saks, NY, actor/director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave)
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1921
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Jerome Hines, [Heinz], Hollywood Calif, basso (I am The Way)
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1922
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Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)
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1922
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Esther Rolle, Pompano Beach Fla, actress (Florida-Good Times, Maude)
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1923
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Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense (1991 coup)
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1924
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Joe Flynn, Youngstown Ohio, actor (McHale's Navy)
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1927
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Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], Claremont Ok, singer (Tennessee Waltz)
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1929
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Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56)
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1930
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Bob Harris, Long Beach Calif, actor (Jim-Troubleshooters)
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1930
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Edmund Happold, engineer
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1931
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Morley Safer, Toronto Calif, TV newscaster (60 Minutes)
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1932
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Richard E Lawyer, LA Calif, astronaut
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1932
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Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress (Just Before Nightfall)
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1934
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Roberta Hazard, USN Admiral
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1935
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Alain Delon, France, actor (Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro)
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1936
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Edward George Gibson, Buffalo NY, astronaut (Skylab 4)
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1936
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Viscount Mountgarret, [Butler], English large landowner
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1938
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John Asprey, British jeweler/multi-millionaire
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1938
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Pleuni Touw, Dutch actress (Black Rider)
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1938
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Pleuntje "Pleuni" Cordon, actress (Dear Guys)
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1938
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Richard Stoker, composer
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1942
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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko, Russia, cosmonaut
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1942
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Angel Cordero Jr, jockey (won over 6,000 races) [or May 8]
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1942
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Gerald Alston, US singer (Manhattans-Crazy)
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1943
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Martin Peters, British soccer player
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1944
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Bonnie Bramlett, rock vocalist (Delandy & Bonnie)
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1944
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Rodney Desborough Slater, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
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1945
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Arnold Rosner, composer
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1945
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David Jessel, British TV-reporter
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1945
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Judith Lang Zaimont, composer
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1945
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Roy Wood, Birmingham England, rock vocalist/celloist (ELO)
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1945
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Tony Mann, Aust cricket leggie (1977 century as nightwatchman v India)
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1947
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Margaret Rhea Seddon, Murfreesboro Tenn, MD/astro (STS 51D, 40, SK:58)
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1947
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Minnie Ripperton, Chicago, singer (Loving You)
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1948
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Dale A Gardner, Fairmont Minn, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 8, STS 51A)
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1949
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Al Berger, rocker
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1949
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Bonnie Raitt, Burbank CA, country singer (Green Light, The Glow)
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1951
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Larry Burnette, rocker (Firefall)
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1951
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Mary Hart, Sioux Falls SD, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
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1952
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Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO (Playboy)
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1952
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Jan Raas, Dutch bicyclist
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1954
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Rickie Lee Jones, Chicago, singer (Chuck E's in Love)
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1956
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Beverly Klass, LPGA golfer
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1956
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Randi Brooks, NYC, actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope)
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1957
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Yohan Gunasekera, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983)
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1958
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Terry Lee Miall, England, rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
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1959
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Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler (Test v NZ 1986, no wkts)
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1961
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Leif Garrett, Hollywood Cal, singer/actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road)
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1962
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Ron Johnson, Australian baseball hitting coach (Olympics-1996)
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1963
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Dwight Smith, Tallahassee FL, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
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1963
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Paul Butcher, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
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1964
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Chuck Cecil, NFL safety (Houston Oilers)
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1965
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Bart Latuheru, soccer player (Vitesse)
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1965
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Jeff Blauser, Los gatos CA, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
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1965
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Mike Peluso, Pengilly Canada, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
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1966
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Michael Soles, CFL fullback (Montreal Alouettes)
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1966
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Ulrich Cruden, soccer player (NEC)
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1967
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Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress (Day by Day, Lucas, Summer School)
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1967
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Henry Rodriguez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
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1967
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Jay Taylor, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
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1967
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Kim Dugger, Wichita Kansas, Miss Kansas-America (1991)
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1967
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Mark Zollitsch, Orono Maine, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1967
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Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis Minn, WPVA volleyballer
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1968
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Jose Offerman, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder (KC Royals)
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1968
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Keith Jones, Brantford, NHL right wing (Washington Capitals)
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1968
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Michelle Kline, Circle Pines Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1968
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Parker Posey, Balt Md, actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns)
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1969
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Devon McDonald, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
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1969
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Ricardo McDonald, NFL linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1970
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Qadry Ismail, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings, Miami Dolphins)
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1971
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Anna Katrina Simcic, Christchurch NZ, backstroker (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Twan Scheepers, soccer player (MVV)
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1972
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Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Ken Blackman, NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1973
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Frantisek Kaberle, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Oly-gold-1998)
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1973
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Nicole Teter, San Diego Calif, 800m runner
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1973
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Tara Johnson, Miss USA-Wisconsin (1997)
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1975
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Brevin Knight, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1976
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Brett Lee, cricketer (brother of Shane, AIS representative)
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DEATHS
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397
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Martin of Tours, [St Martin], bishop of Tours, dies
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618
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Deusdedit/Adeodatus I, Italian Pope (615-18), dies
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1226
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Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
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1228
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Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies
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1308
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Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
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1494
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Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56
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1517
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Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies
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1578
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Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51
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1590
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Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49
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1595
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Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, dies at 69
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1638
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Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50
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1658
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Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50
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1658
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Witte de With, Dutch vice-admiral, dies in battle at 59
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1674
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John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
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1694
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Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58
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1757
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Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60
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1805
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Franois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
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1811
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Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47
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1817
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Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
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1833
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Maximilian Stadler, composer, dies at 85
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1873
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Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76
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1880
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Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66
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1885
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Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71
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1886
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Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
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1890
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Csar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67
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1908
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Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
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1909
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Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46
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1909
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Eduard de Hartog, composer, dies at 80
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1917
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Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I
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1920
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Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83
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1920
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Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57
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1924
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Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer, dies at 64
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1928
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Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Streets of sin), dies at 45
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1933
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Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig
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1935
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Elisabeth Frster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89
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1937
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James Ramsay MacDonald, British PM (Lab, 1924, 29-35), dies at 71
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1940
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Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parag), dies
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1941
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Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
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1944
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Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies
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1952
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Claude Carter, cricketer (took 28 wkts 10 Tests for S Africa), dies
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1953
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Iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83
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1953
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John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66
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1963
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Simon Jurovsky, composer, dies at 51
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1965
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Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist (What's My Line?), dies at 52
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1966
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Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75
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1968
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Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54
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1969
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Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62
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1974
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Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60
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1978
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Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
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1979
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Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
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1983
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Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
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1984
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Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81
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1986
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Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
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1989
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Andr Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
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1990
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Anya Seton, US author, dies
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1990
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Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87
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1991
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Christine Felsmann, dies
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1991
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Frances Faye, singer/actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes
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1991
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John Kirckpatrick, US musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies
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1991
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Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45
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1992
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Alexander Dubcek, pres of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies
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1992
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Hans Zllig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies
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1992
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Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952), dies
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1992
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Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies
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1994
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Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)
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1994
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Marianne Straub, weaver, dies at 85
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1994
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Michael O'Donoghue, comedy writer (SNL), dies at 54
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1995
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Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40
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1995
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Neil Blaney, politician, dies at 73
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1996
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Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89
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1996
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Peter Fowler, physicist, dies at 73
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