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385
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Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
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824
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St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1531
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Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
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1543
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Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
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1543
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Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
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1573
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1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
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1575
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King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
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1638
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Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode
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1720
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Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
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1752
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Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
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1766
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Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
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1768
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Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
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1790
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Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
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1793
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Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
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1794
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1st session of US Senate open to the public
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1808
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Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
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1809
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Robert Fulton patents steamboat
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1810
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Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
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1811
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Pres Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
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1812
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Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
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1814
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Norway's independence proclaimed
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1826
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London University founded
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1837
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American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
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1840
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Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
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1843
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Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
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1851
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1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
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1852
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1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
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1854
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Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
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1858
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1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
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1861
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President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC
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1861
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US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
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1873
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Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I
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1878
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1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
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1878
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1st weekly Weather report published in UK
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1889
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Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
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1895
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-17øF (-27.2øC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
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1895
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Georgetown became part of Wash DC
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1896
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Oscar Wildes "Salom," premieres in Paris
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1897
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White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
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1898
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Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
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1899
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-15øF (-26øC), Washington, DC (district record)
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1899
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-61øF, Montana (record low temperature)
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1902
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Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
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1903
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Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna
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1905
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James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299«-last pin breaks but stands
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1905
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Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos
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1907
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De Master's Dutch govt resigns
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1907
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Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
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1908
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Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
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1908
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Heemskerk's govt begins in Holland
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1916
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
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1916
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Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
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1919
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Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany
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1921
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Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St NYC
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1922
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"April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
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1922
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US intervention army leaves Honduras
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1926
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Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to NZ
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1927
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
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1927
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
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1928
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2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
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1929
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Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in NYC
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1929
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Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
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1932
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73øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
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1935
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-11øF (-24øC), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
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1935
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1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
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1936
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Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
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1937
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44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
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1938
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Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
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1941
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1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
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1941
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Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
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1941
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Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
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1942
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"Archie" comic book debuts
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1943
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General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
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1943
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Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
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1944
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German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
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1944
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U-424 sunk off Ireland
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1945
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1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
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1945
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Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
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1948
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Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
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1948
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John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
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1948
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Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, v England Port-of-Spain
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1949
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Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
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1950
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"Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
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1951
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Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
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1953
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"Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
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1953
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J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in NYC
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1953
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Pres Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
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1953
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Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
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1954
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6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden wins
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1957
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KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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NHL Players Assn forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
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1958
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1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY
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1958
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Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
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1958
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Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st Afr-American woman hired as flight attendant
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1958
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WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1959
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Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
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1960
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Jack Paar walks off his TV show
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1961
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Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
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1961
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Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
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1962
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Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
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1963
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Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
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1963
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CIA Domestic Operations Division created (pretty scary!)
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1964
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Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
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1964
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Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
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1964
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Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
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1965
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Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
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1965
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Braves propose to pay 5 from each ticket to bring a new team to Milw
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1966
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SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
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1968
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Israeli-Jordan border fight
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1968
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Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY
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1968
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Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (NYC)
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1969
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Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
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1969
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Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
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1970
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26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
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1970
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Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
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1970
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John Lennon pays 1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
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1971
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Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
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1971
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US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
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1973
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1st one-day international for Pakistan & NZ
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1973
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1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
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1973
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
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1973
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Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
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1974
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1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
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1974
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Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
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1974
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Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
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1975
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Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
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1976
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Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
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1977
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20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
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1978
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16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
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1978
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25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
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1978
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China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
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1978
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EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
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1979
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"They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial NYC for 1082 perfs
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1979
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43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
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1979
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Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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1979
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Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
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1979
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Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in NYC
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1981
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Australia all out 83 v India at MCG chasing 143 to win
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1981
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Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
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1982
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Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
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1983
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"Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
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1983
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4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))
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1984
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10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
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1984
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Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
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1985
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Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord
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1985
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Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minn Twins
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1985
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Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
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1986
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Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
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1986
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Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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1986
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Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
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1987
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British Airways begins trading stocks
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1987
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England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
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1987
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Philippines constitution goes into effect
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1987
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1988
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Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
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1989
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Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
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1989
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
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1990
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40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
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1990
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James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
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1990
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Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
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1990
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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1991
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UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth
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1992
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F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Neth (No deaths)
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1992
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Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
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1993
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Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
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1993
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Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
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1993
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Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General
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1994
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Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
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1994
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Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
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1995
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Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
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1995
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Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
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1995
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Sandra Vlker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
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1995
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Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
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1995
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
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1995
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West Indies score 5-660 against NZ
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1996
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46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
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1997
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Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
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1997
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STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
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1998
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KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
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1998
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Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500
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BIRTHS
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1380
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Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist
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1465
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Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII
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1506
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Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
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1535
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Gregory XIV, [Niccol Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
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1557
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John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
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1568
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Honor d'Urf, French writer (L'Astre)
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1657
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Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
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1732
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George Washington [NS=Feb 22]
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1755
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Albert Christoph Dies, composer
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1764
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Marie-Joseph de Chnier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
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1776
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Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
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1780
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K v Gnderode, writer
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1783
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Jarena Lee, famous African
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1790
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Ignaz Assmayer, composer
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1800
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William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer
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1802
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Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
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1810
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Loisa Puget, composer
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1812
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Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
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1812
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Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
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1819
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Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
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1821
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Auguste douard Mariette, Fren egyptologist, (dug out Sphinx 12/16/42)
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1821
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Hermann Allmers, writer
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1829
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William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
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1830
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Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
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1830
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Peter Arnold Heise, composer
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1833
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Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice
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1839
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Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
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1840
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Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
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1846
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William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor
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1847
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Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
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1860
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Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
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1867
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August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
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1869
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Helene ELJ Krller-Mller, Dutch founder (Krller-Mller Museum)
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1873
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Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
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1874
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Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
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1874
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Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer
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1875
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Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
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1879
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Jean Gilbert, composer
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1882
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Gheorghe Cucu, composer
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1883
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Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
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1887
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Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstngl, German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP)
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1887
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John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
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1889
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John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)
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1889
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Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
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1890
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John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
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1891
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J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
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1893
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Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
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1894
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Alfonso Leng, composer
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1894
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Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
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1895
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Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
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1896
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Else Lasker-Schler, writer
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1897
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Yves de La Casiniere, composer
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1898
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Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
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1900
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Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
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1900
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Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
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1903
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Hans Redlich, composer
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1903
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Rex Lease, WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
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1904
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Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
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1904
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Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
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1905
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Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
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1906
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Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
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1907
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E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
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1908
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Josh White, rocker
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1908
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Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
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1908
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Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
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1909
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Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
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1909
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Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
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1911
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Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
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1912
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Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
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1912
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Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
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1913
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Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer
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1914
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French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
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1914
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Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
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1914
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Menelaos Pallantios, composer
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1914
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Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam
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1915
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Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch)
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1915
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Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
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1915
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Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
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1916
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Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
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1917
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Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
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1917
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Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
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1919
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Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1920
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Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
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1920
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Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
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1920
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Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
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1920
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Paul Peter Piech, artist
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1921
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Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
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1921
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Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
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1922
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Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
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1922
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Tudor Jarda, composer
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1923
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Baroness Sharples
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1923
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Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
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1924
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Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
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1925
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Kim Stanley, [Patricia Reid], Tularosa NM, actress (Right Stuff)
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1925
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Peter Berger, British vice-admiral
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1925
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Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
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1926
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Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
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1926
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Paul Bocuse, France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
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1928
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Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
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1928
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Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
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1928
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Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
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1928
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Raoul Cita, rocker
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1929
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Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
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1930
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Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)
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1930
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C H Dearnley, organist
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1930
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Earl of Rosebery
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1931
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Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
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1932
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Dennis Skinner, MP
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1932
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Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
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1934
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Francesco Pennisi, composer
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1934
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John Surtees, British race car driver
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1934
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Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
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1934
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Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
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1934
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Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
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1935
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Bent Lorentzen, composer
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1935
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Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
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1936
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Burt Reynolds, Mich, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
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1937
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Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
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1937
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Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
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1937
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Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
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1937
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Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
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1938
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Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s & 70s)
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1938
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Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1938
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Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
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1938
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Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
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1938
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Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1939
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Bryan Gould, MP
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1939
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Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
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1939
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Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
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1940
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Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
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1940
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Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1941
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Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
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1941
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Jeremy Mackenzie, general
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1941
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Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
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1942
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Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
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1942
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James Couchman, MP
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1942
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Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
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1942
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Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
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1942
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Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)
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1943
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Iain Cameron, British brigadier
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1943
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Win Griffiths, MP
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1944
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Bert Greene, golfer
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1944
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Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
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1944
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Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )
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1946
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M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
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1946
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Timothy Chambers, pediatrician
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1948
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Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)
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1949
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Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
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1950
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Clarence Ellis, NFLer
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1950
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Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
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1950
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Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress (Schipper Next to God)
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1950
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Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
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1953
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Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers)
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1953
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Philip Anglim, SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
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1953
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Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
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1954
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Catherine Hickland, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)
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1956
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Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
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1958
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Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)
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1958
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Regina Marsikova, Czech, tennis star
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1959
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Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
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1960
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Richard A Mastracchio, Waterbury Ct, astronaut
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1961
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Becky LeBeau, LA Calif, vocalist (Mischief)
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1961
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Carey Lowell, NYC, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close)
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1961
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Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
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1962
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Scott Kolden, Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)
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1963
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Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)
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1964
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Sheryl Crow, vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
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1965
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Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
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1966
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Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center (NY Islanders)
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1966
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Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)
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1966
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Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
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1966
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Stephen Gregory, NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
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1967
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Barbara Byrne, Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Chris Reohr, Ridley Park Pa, fencer (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
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1967
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John Patterson, US baseball infielder (SF Giants)
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1969
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Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1969
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Jennifer Aniston, Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Rachel-Friends)
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1969
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Joe Valerio, NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs)
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1969
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Kevin King, US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1969
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Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
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1969
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Mary Stoker, Miss Wisconsin USA (1996)
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1969
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Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)
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1970
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Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
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1970
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Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1971
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Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt (1996)
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1971
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John Bock, NFL center (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
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1971
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Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
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1972
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Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
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1973
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Tom Tumulty, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1974
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Brian Newman, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1974
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Ronnie Ward, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1974
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Wally Richardson, quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
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1975
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Chuck Watanabe, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1975
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Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
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1975
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Kim Weir, Miss USA-Nebraska (1997)
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1976
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Brice Beckham, Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)
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1976
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Tony Battie, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
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1977
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Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
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1977
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Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Veronica Marie Duka, Campbellsville KY, Miss America (Ky-Top 10-1997)
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1979
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Brandy [Norwood], singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
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1980
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Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery Pa, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
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1980
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Natasha Bobo, Watsonville Calif, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
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1997
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Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson
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DEATHS
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641
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Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
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731
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Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
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821
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Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies
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824
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Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
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867
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Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
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1141
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Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
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1503
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Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
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1543
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Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
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1554
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Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
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1622
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Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64
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1650
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Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
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1685
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David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
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1762
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Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
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1797
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Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
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1806
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Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
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1841
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J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
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1868
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Lon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
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1870
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Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
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1870
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Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66
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1879
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Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
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1879
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Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
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1882
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Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65
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1892
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Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
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1894
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Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
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1899
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George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
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1901
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Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
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1903
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Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
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1907
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Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
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1911
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Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
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1922
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Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
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1931
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Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
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1931
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Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
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1939
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Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
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1940
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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
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1941
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Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
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1944
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Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
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1945
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Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
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1945
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J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
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1948
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Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
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1961
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Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
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1961
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Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
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1963
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Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
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1968
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Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
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1969
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James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
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1970
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Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
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1971
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Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
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1972
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Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
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1973
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Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
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1974
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Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
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1976
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Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
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1976
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Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
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1976
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Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
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1977
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Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
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1978
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James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
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1982
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Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
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1982
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Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
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1982
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Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
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1985
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Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
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1985
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Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
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1985
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Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
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1986
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Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
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1989
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George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
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1991
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Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
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1992
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Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
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1993
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George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
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1993
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Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
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1993
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Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
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1994
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Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
|
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1994
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Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
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1994
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William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
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1996
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Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
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1996
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Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
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1996
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Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
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1996
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Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
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1996
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Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
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1997
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Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84
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