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870
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8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
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1066
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Westminster Abbey opens
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1570
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Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
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1610
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Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia
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1638
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Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
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1646
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Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
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1653
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-Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
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1667
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English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
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1692
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Salem witch hunt begins
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1704
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Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC
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1704
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Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
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1708
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Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
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1728
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Georg F Hndels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London
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1730
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Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
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1749
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1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
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1759
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Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
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1778
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Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
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1784
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John Wesley charters Methodist Church
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1794
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US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin
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1810
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1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
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1819
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1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schfers Klageleid"
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1826
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M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet
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1827
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1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
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1828
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Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna
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1835
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Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"
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1844
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12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
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1847
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US defeats Mxico in battle of Sacramento
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1849
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1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
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1854
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Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
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1859
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Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
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1861
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Territories of Nevada & Colorado created
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1862
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Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris
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1863
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Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
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1864
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-Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton's Ford)
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1864
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-Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond
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1871
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2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
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1878
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US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
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1879
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"Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
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1882
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1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U
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1883
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1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
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1888
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Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes
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1888
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Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres
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1891
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Oscar Grundn skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
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1893
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Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum"
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1896
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France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
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1900
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General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
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1902
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Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo
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1903
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Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Phila Phillies for $170,000
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1904
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Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres
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1906
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
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1908
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Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
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1912
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Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
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1913
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6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic)
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1914
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Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF)
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1917
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AP reports Mxico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
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1917
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Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets
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1920
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Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres
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1922
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Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
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1922
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English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles
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1922
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KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands
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1924
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US begins intervention in Honduras
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1925
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"Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1
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1925
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Congress authorizes a special handling stamp
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1925
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Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
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1925
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Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms
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1929
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Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
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1931
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Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
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1931
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Oswald Mosley founds his New Party
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1933
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1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
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1933
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German Pres Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
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1933
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Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD)
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1935
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Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit
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1935
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Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H Carothers
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1939
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Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain
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1940
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1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
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1940
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Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
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1940
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US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
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1941
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39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
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1941
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British-Italian dogfight above Albania
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1942
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1st weapon drop on Netherlands
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1942
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Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
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1942
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Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
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1943
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"Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
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1943
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63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month
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1947
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Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
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1950
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"Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs
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1951
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French govt of Pleven dissolves
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1951
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Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
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1953
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Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
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1954
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Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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1956
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13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass
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1956
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Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
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1957
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Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
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1958
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West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
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1959
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"Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 perfs
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1959
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Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
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1959
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Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
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1959
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Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
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1959
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Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit
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1959
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by David Jenkins USA
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1959
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NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
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1960
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8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colo
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1960
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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1960
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US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4
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1961
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JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
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1962
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WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN
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1966
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Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
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1966
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Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers
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1967
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Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
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1968
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Pirate Radio Hauraki, off NZ, returns to the air
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1969
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Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR
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1969
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Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Spr won by Rodnina & Ulanov of URS
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1969
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Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR
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1969
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA
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1970
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"Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
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1970
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Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
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1970
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Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
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1970
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KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
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1970
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WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1971
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53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
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1971
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WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting
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1972
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George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
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1972
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Last broadcast of "M*A*S*H" on NBC-TV
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1972
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Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
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1973
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Suriname govt of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
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1974
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Ethiopian govt of Makonnen forms
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1974
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Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
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1974
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Taiwan police shoots into crowd
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1974
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US & Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
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1975
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41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
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1975
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EG signs accord of Lom with 46 developing countries
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1975
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1976
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18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins
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1976
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Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
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1976
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Spain withdraws from Western Sahara
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1977
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1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA Calif)
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1977
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Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
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1979
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Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in NYC
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1980
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"The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m)
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1980
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1981
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Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
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1981
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China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
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1982
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AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
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1982
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
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1982
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FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
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1983
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Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
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1984
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26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8
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1986
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European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
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1986
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Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used dr
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1988
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15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
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1988
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Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
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1988
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Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
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1988
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Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
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1989
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Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA
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1989
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Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
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1989
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Red Schoendienst & Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame
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1990
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Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine
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1990
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US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
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1991
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"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam
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1991
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"Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 36 performances
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1991
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Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain
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1991
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Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
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1991
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US & allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire
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1993
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"Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 54 performances
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1993
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7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins
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1993
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Gun battle erupts at Waco Texas between FBI & Branch Davidians
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1993
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Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
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1993
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Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife
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1994
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100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas
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1994
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Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
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1995
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Denver International Airport opens
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1996
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38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins
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1997
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Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
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1997
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FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
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1997
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Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
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1998
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"View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
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1998
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Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points
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BIRTHS
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1533
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Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
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1552
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Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
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1573
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Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
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1616
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Kaspar Forster, composer
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1632
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer
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1663
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Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
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1683
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Ren-Antoine de Raumur, France, biologist/engineer
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1690
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Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
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1712
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Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Vran, France, general
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1747
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Justin Morgan, composer
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1750
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Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
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1764
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Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist
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1771
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French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter
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1786
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D Franois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
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1792
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Henriette ALF countess d'Oultremont de Wgimont, wife of King Willem I
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1792
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Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
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1797
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Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
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1797
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W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)
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1799
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Johann von Dllinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian
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1810
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Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian
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1812
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Berthold Auerbach, German author (Schwarzwlder Dorfgeschichten)
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1817
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James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
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1820
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John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
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1822
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Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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1823
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Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
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1824
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Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
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1824
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John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
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1825
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Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
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1833
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Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
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1850
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Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist)
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1854
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Juliusz Zarebski, composer
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1857
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Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
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1858
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Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
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1865
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Arthur Symons, Welsh poet/critic/co-founder (Savoy)
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1865
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Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary
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1866
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Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]
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1874
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Soledad Jiminez, Santander Spain, actor (Phantom ofthe Range)
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1875
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Viliam Figus, composer
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1876
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John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift)
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1877
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Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer
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1882
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Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer)
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1882
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Jos Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mxico, politician/essayist/philosopher
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1882
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Richard Heinrich Stein, composer
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1886
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Jos Gutirrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas)
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1886
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Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo)
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1887
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William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)
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1889
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Victor Sutherland, Paducah KY, actor (Captive City)
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1890
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Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
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1893
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Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page)
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1895
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Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
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1895
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Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director (Marchands de Gloire)
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1896
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Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)
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1898
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Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)
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1899
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Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist
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1900
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Laura Z Hobson, writer
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1901
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Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962)
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1901
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Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen)
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1905
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Glyn Jones, writer
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1906
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Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
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1907
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Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist (Terry & Pirates)
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1909
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Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)
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1909
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Stephen Harold Spender, Engld, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness)
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1910
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Roman Maciejewski, composer
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1910
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Vincente Minnelli, Chicago IL, director (American in Paris, Gigi)
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1911
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Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Njanji Sunji)
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1912
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Helmut Coing, German lawyer/director (Max-Planck-institute)
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1914
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Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family)
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1915
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Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)
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1915
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Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
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1917
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Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
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1917
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John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK
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1918
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Alfred Burke, London England, actor (Backfire)
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1920
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Edward Kassner, music publisher
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1920
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Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
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1920
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Marjorie M Sweeting, English geomorphologist
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1921
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John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Fool of Heideloo)
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1921
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Vladimir Sommer, composer
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1923
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Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie)
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1924
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Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- )
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1925
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Harry H Corbett, Rangoon Burma, actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky)
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1926
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Seymour Shifrin, composer
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1926
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Stanley Glasser, composer
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1926
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Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin/author (My Life)
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1927
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Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer
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1927
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John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
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1928
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Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey)
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1928
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Smokey The Bear
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1928
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Tom Aldredge, Dayton OH, actor (What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers)
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1929
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Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City)
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1930
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Frank Malzone, baseball player
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1930
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Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
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1931
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Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
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1931
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Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
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1931
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Jack Thieuloy, writer
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1932
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Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match)
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1932
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Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow)
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1934
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Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
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1935
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Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
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1938
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Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
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1939
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Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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1939
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John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
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1939
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Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
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1940
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Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
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1940
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Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
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1941
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Alice May Brock, author
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1941
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Marty Sanders, rock vocalist
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1942
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Brian Jones, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
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1942
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Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love)
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1943
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Barbara Acklin, [Allen], Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
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1943
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Donny Iris, singer
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1943
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Hans F Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior (VVD, 1994-)
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1944
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Colin Nutley, director/writer (Such is Life, Black Jack)
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1944
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Kelly Bishop, CO, actress (Unmarried Woman, Advice to Lovelorn)
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1945
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Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
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1945
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Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina)
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1945
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Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
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1946
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Graham Vivian, cricketer (son of Giff, 5 Tests for NZ 1965-72)
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1947
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Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys)
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1948
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Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk)
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1948
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Mercedes Ruehl, Queens NY, actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People)
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1948
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Willie Donnell Smith
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1950
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Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere)
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1950
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Stephen Chatman, composer
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1951
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Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1951
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Karsan Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s)
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1952
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Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel)
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1952
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Eddie Manion, saxophonist
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1952
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Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage)
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1952
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Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic)
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1953
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Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
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1955
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Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, NBA forward (Olympic-gold-1976, Utah Jazz)
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1955
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Gilbert Gottfried, comedian (Beverly Hills Cop)
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1955
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Randy Jackson, New Orleans, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
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1957
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Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52's-Love Shack)
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1957
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Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of the 80's)
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1957
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Ian Stanley, keyboardist
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1957
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Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open)
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1957
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John Turturro, Bkln, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
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1957
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Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water)
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1958
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Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76)
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1958
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Mark Pavelich, NHLer (NY Rangers)
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1959
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Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader (SACP)
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1960
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Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina)
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1961
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Barry McGuigan, British(?) boxer
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1961
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Wayne Smith, Albany WA, Australasia golfer
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1962
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Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1962
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Chunli Li, Auckland NZ, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
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1962
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Steve Tsujiura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
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1965
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Duane Ferrell, NBA forward (SF Warriors, Indiana Pacers)
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1965
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Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
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1966
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Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1966
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Jan Varholik, Kosice CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
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1966
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Tim Goad, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
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1966
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Vincent Askew, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Trailblazers)
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1967
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Antone Davis, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Phila Eagles)
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1967
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Jeff[rey] Pfaendtner, Detroit, rower (Olympics-bronze-1996)
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1967
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Marcus Lillington, rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need)
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1968
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J T Snow, US baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
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1968
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Mike Milchin, Knoxville TN, pitcher (Minn Twins)
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1969
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Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming)
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1969
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Robert Sean Leonard, NJ, actor (Dead Poets Society, Mr & Mrs Bridge)
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1969
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Shawn McEachern, Waltham MA, NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Senators)
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1970
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Jan Varholik, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
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1970
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Mika Stromberg, Helsinki FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
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1970
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Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
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1971
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John Buchanan, actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man)
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1972
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Melisa Moses, Jacksonville FL, diver (Olympics-4th-96)
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1972
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Scott Gragg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
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1973
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Demetrice Martin, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
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1973
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Denard Walker, cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
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1973
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Eric Lindros, London Ontario, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
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1973
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Gary Walker, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
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1973
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Henry Bailey, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Pitts Steelers)
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1974
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Katie Allen, Australian field hockey full back/half back (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Kevin Abrams, cornerback (Detroit Lions)
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1974
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Michael Manasseri, actor (License to Drive)
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1974
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Michael Swift, WLAF CB (Rhein Fire)
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1975
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Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996)
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1976
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Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Aki-Petteri Berg, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Kings)
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1977
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Debbie Koegel, Norristown Pa, dance skater (& Oleg Fediukov)
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1978
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Marissa Perez, Miss Connecticut Teen USA (1996)
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1979
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Virginia Ledgerwood, Chester Va, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
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DEATHS
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1261
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Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
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1573
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Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
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1609
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Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
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1618
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Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
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1626
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Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
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1638
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Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
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1638
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Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
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1665
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Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
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1737
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Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
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1742
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Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
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1781
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Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
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1784
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Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
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1796
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Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56
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1818
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
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1844
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Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
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1844
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Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
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1876
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Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
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1903
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Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
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1905
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Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
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1912
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Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
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1913
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Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
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1916
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Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
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1922
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Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
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1925
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Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
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1929
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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54
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1929
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John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
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1931
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Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
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1935
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Alexander W F Idenburg, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
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1936
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Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55
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1940
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Alfonso XIII de Borb¢n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies
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1940
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Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81
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1949
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Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
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1953
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Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64
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1959
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Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
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1960
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F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74
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1960
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Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68
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1961
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Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64
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1962
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Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
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1963
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Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58
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1964
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Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78
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1965
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Adolf Schrf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74
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1966
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Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
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1966
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Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
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1968
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Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41
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1968
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Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25
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1968
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Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66
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1972
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Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
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1973
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Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78
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1973
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Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79
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1974
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Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89
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1975
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Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83
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1977
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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
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1978
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Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
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1978
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Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66
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1979
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Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52
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1979
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Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
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1980
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Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
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1984
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Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
|
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1985
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Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC
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1986
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Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
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1987
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Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
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1987
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Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
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1988
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Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
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1989
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Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46
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1990
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Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
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1990
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Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86
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1990
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Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
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1991
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Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies
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1992
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Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
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1992
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Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies
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1992
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La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
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1993
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Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies
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1993
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Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread & Chocolate), dies at 70
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1993
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Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
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1993
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Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress (Number 27), dies at 94
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1993
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Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
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1994
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Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
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1994
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Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
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1994
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Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77
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1994
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George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92
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1994
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Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
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1994
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Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
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1995
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Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
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1995
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Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies
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1995
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Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
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1996
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Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64
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