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526
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Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
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757
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St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1138
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Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
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1167
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Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
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1176
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Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
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1415
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Council of Konstanz
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1453
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Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
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1453
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French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
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1506
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Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
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1576
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Spanish army under Mondrag¢n conquerors Zierik sea
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1630
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Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
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1652
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English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
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1660
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Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
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1692
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Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
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1692
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Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
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1721
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South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
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1727
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Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
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1753
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Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres
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1765
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Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of
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1787
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"Virginia Plan" proposed
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1790
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Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
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1848
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Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
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1848
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Wisconsin becomes 30th state
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1849
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Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people a
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1849
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Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
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1861
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Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
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1864
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Mxican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
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1874
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Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
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1884
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1st steam cable trams start in highgate
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1889
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August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen
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1897
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31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23¬
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1900
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25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4
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1900
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Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
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1902
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Dutch State Mine law forms
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1905
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Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
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1909
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Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
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1910
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Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
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1911
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1st running of Indianapolis 500
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1912
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15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
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1914
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Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
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1916
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NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
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1916
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Official flag of president of US adopted
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1916
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US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
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1919
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Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
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1919
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Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
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1922
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Ecuador becomes independent
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1922
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US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport & not a business & thus not subject to antitrust laws
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1928
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Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
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1935
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Hague local museum opens
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1940
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Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
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1940
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth
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1940
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In WW II, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
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1942
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Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
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1943
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Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
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1943
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Meat & cheese rationed in US
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1944
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British troops occupy Aprilia Italy
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1945
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US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
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1946
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KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
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1949
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Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
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1951
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1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
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1952
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2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
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1953
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Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
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1954
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Kirk & Anne Douglas married
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1954
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Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
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1955
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Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
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1956
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Arnold Schnberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres
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1956
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WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast
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1957
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Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
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1957
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Laos govt of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
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1957
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NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
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1958
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Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels
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1959
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Charles de Gaulle forms French govt
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1960
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Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
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1962
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Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
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1965
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Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
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1966
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational
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1967
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Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
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1967
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Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
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1968
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Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London
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1968
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Truth in Lending Act signed into law
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1968
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UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
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1969
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Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
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1971
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Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61
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1972
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1973
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Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
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1973
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Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif
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1974
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Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
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1976
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"One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
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1976
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Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
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1977
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A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
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1977
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Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
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1977
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NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
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1977
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Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1977
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Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
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1977
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1978
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1st class postage now 15 (13 for 3 years)
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1978
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
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1978
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1979
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Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
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1979
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Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
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1980
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"Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
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1980
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53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
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1980
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Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
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1980
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J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
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1980
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Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
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1981
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1982
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"I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62
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1982
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1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
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1982
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Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
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1983
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1983
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Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
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1984
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Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
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1985
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Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
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1986
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59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
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1987
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"Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor
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1987
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Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
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1987
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Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
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1988
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Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
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1988
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President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
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1988
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Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1989
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Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
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1989
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Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
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1990
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An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
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1990
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Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
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1990
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Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson
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1990
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NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
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1990
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Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
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1991
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"Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ
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1991
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Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I
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1992
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NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games
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1992
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White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
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1993
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Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
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1993
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Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his ar
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1994
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"Joseph & the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 perfs
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1994
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"Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1994
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Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
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1994
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1994
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Great comet-iceball seen above North sea
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1994
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Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
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1994
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Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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1996
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Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands
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1997
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70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym
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1997
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Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
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1997
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Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
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BIRTHS
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1627
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Anne ML of Orlans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)
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1630
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Charles II, King of England (1660-85)
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1673
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Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
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1716
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Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
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1730
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William Jackson, composer
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1731
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Orazio Mei, composer
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1736
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Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
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1741
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Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer
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1791
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Pietro Romani, composer
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1810
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Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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1810
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Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
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1810
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Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
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1824
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Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)
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1825
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David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
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1826
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Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
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1827
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Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
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1837
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Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)
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1837
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Luca Fumagalli, composer
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1839
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Ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test)
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1840
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Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
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1843
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Emile Pessard, composer
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1846
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Albert Gyrgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education
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1851
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Lon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
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1852
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Jindrich z Albestu Kaan, composer
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1860
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Isaac [Manuel F] Albniz, Spanish pianist/composer (Iberia)
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1864
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A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer
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1868
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Frderic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker
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1874
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist (Man Who Made Gold)
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1880
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Oswald Spengler, Germany, philosopher (Decline of West)
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1881
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Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer
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1883
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William Beatton Moonie, composer
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1885
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Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity)
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1890
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Francis de Bourguignon, composer
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1892
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Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
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1894
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Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
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1894
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Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Der blaue Engel)
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1896
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George L Funke, botanist (Flower Physiology)
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1897
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Brno Austria, movie composer (Violanta)
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1897
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Ignace Lilien, composer
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1903
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Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes], Kent England, entertainer (famous profile)
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1904
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Robert Knox, bacteriologist
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1905
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Fela Sowande, composer
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1905
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Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve)
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1905
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Sebastian Shaw, Holt England, actor (Return of Jedi, Chimera)
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1906
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Hans Joachim Schaeuble, composer
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1906
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Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones)
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1907
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Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic
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1909
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Neil R[onald] Jones, US, sci-fi author (Space War, Twin Worlds)
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1910
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Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker
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1911
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James Marjoribanks, British ambassador
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1911
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Louis Wain, agricultural scientist
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1912
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John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet (Go to the Mosque)
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1913
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Douglas Black, physician
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1913
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Iris Adrian, LA Calif, actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard)
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1915
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David Jenklins, librarian (National Library of Wales)
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1915
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Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor (Iceland Symph 1964-65)
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1915
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Lord Huntingfield, British agent to UN Secreteriat
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1916
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Carl M Story, fiddler
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1917
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)
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1918
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Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show)
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1918
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Isabel Dean, Engl, actress (5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom)
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1920
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Robin Haydon, British diplomat
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1921
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Clifton James, NYC, actor (Buster & Billie, David & Lisa)
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1921
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George Terry, chief constable (Sussex England)
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1921
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James Clifton, Spokane Wash, actor (Live & Let Die)
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1922
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Iannis Xenakis, Braila Romania, composer/architect/mathematician
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1922
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John Heerbecq, Church commissioner
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1923
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Earl of Morley, Lord Lt (Devon)
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1923
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Richard Worsley, quarter master General
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1925
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Kenneth Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
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1926
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Charles Denner, Tarnow Poland, actor (And Now My Love)
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1926
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Iannis Xenakis, composer/architect/engineer
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1927
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Carl Toms, stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two)
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1927
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Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer
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1927
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Trevor Holdsworth, CEO (National Power)
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1928
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Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker (NY Big MAC Bonds)
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1929
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Anthony Grant, British MP
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1929
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Katie Boyle, [Lady Sander Saunders], British broadcaster
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1929
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Kennetgh Couzens, CEO (Coal Products)
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1930
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Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
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1931
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Carl Toms, stage designer
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1932
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Paul Erlich
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1935
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Andr P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)
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1935
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Denis J Worrall, South African politician/leader (DP)
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1935
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Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)
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1936
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Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)
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1937
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Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper
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1937
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Irmin Schmidt, rocker (Can)
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1937
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Peter Kolman, composer
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1938
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Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent, baseball commissioner
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1939
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Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
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1939
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Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
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1939
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Nanette Newman, writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage)
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1941
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Douglas Scott, mountaineer
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1941
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Roy Crewsdon, Manchester, rocker (Freddie & The Dreamers)
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1942
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Kevin Conway, NYC, actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels)
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1943
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Bob Edgar, (Rep-D-PA, 1975-87)
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1943
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E Thomas Coleman, (Rep-R-MO, 1976- )
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1943
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Terry Pavey, editor (TV Times)
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1944
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Helmut Berger, actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray)
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1944
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Quentin Davies, MP (C)
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1945
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Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State (Scotland)
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1945
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Martin Pipe, horse trainer
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1945
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Mike Rossi, rocker (Status Quo)
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1946
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Robin Johnson, Brooklyn, actress (Times Square)
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1947
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Mark Nelson, Brooklyn NY, crew member (Biosphere 2)
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1948
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Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
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1948
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Linda Esther Gray, opera singer
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1948
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Michael Berkley, composer/broadcaster
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1949
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Francis Rossi, guitarist (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man)
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1949
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Gary Brooker, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
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1950
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Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (R U Tuff Enuff)
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1950
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Talat Ali, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80)
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1952
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Louise Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne)
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1953
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Danny Elfman, LA Calif, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
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1953
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Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981)
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1953
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Rick Henderson, Beaumont Tx, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
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1955
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Jerry Dengler, Colo Springs, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
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1955
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John Hinckley Jr, shot & wounded Pres Reagan (1981)
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1955
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Mike Porcaro, rock bassist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)
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1956
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Greg R, rocker (Bad)
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1956
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La Toya Yvette Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Playboy, Millipede)
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1956
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Larry Blackmon, rocker (Cameo-Alligator Woman)
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1958
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Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) [or 5/5]
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1958
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Ivar Sisniega, Mxico, pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
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1958
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Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach (Barcelona Dragons)
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1959
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Mel Gaynor, Glasgow Scotland, rock drummer (Simple Minds-Water Front)
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1959
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Rupert Everett, actor (Princess Daisy, Another Country)
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1959
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Tamayo Otsuki, actress (Mrs Yamagami-Davis Rules)
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1960
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Adrian Paul, London England, actor (Dance to Win, Highlander)
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1961
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David Palmer, heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC)
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1961
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Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough)
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1961
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Todd Boonstra, Minneapolis Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
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1962
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Eric Davis, LA CA, outfielder (Cin Reds)
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1962
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Gerry Norquist, Portland OR, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-5th)
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1963
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Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress (Blair-Facts of Life)
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1963
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Tracey E Bregman Recht, Munich Germany, actress (Days of Our Life)
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1965
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Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)
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1965
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Emilio Sanchez, Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze)
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1965
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Jammo Myllys, Savonlinna FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland, Oly-Br-98)
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1966
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Floyd Turner, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
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1967
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Bill Risley, Chicago IL, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1967
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Karina Orum, Denmark, golfer (Scandinavian champion 1989)
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1967
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Mike Keane, Winnipeg, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
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1967
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Ray Bernard, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
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1968
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Brian Roche, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
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1968
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Duane Young, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
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1969
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Toby Borland, Quitman LA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
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1969
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Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star (1992 Belgian Open)
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1972
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Bill Curley, NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, Minn Timberwolves)
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1972
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David Hendrix, NFL strong safety (SD Chargers)
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1972
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Kenny McEntyre, WLAF cornerback (London Monarchs)
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1972
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Kevin McDougal, CFL quarterback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1973
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Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Etdrick Bohannon, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
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1973
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Jason Dawe, North York, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
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1973
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Malcolm Allen, Wauchope NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county Calif, playmate (Oct, 1992)
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1974
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Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star (1992 Futures Germ)
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1974
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Kenny Bynum, running back (San Diego Chargers)
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1974
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Robyn Petroskey, Minneapolis Minn, figure skater (1996 Midwest champ)
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1975
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Alexander Zhurik, hockey defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
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1975
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Bianca Langham, Australian field hockey fullback/halfback (Olympic-96)
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1975
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Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice", Leeds, vocalist (Spice Girls)
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1975
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Shoshanna Lonstein, NYC, girlfriend (Jerry Seinfeld)
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1977
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Brent Roberts, Leesville La, diver (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Danny Gerard, Mt Vernon NY, actor (Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge)
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1979
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Luann Roberts, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1996)
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1980
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Valrie Hould-Marchand, Riviere-Du-Loup QU, synchro swim (Oly-silv-96)
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1983
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Richard Jackson, Redlands Calif, actor (Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell)
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1989
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Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley
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DEATHS
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1453
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Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
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1500
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Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
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1544
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Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
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1546
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Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
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1593
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John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
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1629
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Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
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1660
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Gyrgy R k¢czi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
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1660
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Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44
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1680
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Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
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1691
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Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
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1750
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Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70
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1788
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Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
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1814
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Josphine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
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1815
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Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64
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1816
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Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
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1829
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Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84
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1833
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William Marshall, composer, dies at 84
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1862
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Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71
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1869
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Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73
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1877
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John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63
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1883
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Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
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1883
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WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies
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1885
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Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63
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1892
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Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
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1899
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Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
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1905
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Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
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1910
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Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73
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1911
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William Schwenck Gilbert, Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
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1922
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Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39
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1923
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Adolf Oberlnder, German painter, dies
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1924
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Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies
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1933
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Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
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1934
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Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
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1934
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Heihatjir Tj, Japanese admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies
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1935
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Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
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1942
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John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
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1943
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Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72
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1948
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May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
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1951
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Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66
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1951
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Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
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1951
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Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer, dies at 91
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1951
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Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85
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1955
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Danil G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
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1956
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Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65
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1956
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Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73
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1957
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George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75
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1958
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Juan Ram¢n Jimnez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76
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1961
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Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60
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1967
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Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at 69
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1970
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John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
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1971
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Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83
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1973
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Eric Applewhite, entertainer, dies
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1977
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Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
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1978
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Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49
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1979
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Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
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1982
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Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43
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1985
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39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
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1985
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Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
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1987
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Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40
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1991
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Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77
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1992
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Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
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1992
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Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies
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1992
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Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43
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1992
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Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44
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1993
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Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
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1993
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Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68
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1994
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Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
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1994
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Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
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1994
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Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at 81
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1994
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Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92
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1994
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Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78
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1994
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Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61
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1995
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Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
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1996
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James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77
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1996
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Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45
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1996
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Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77
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1997
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George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
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1997
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Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
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1997
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John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84
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