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323
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Battle at Adrianopolis: Flavius Julius Crispus' beats emperor Licinius
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683
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St Leo II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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987
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Hugo Capet crowned king of France
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1090
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Battle at Hagenoorde: German emperor beats earl Egbert II
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1187
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Crusaders enter Tiberias
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1428
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Treaty of Delft-between Jacoba of Bayern & Philip the Good
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1468
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Duke Charles the Stout marries Princess Margaretha of York
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1608
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Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec
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1630
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Emperor Ferdinand II opens German Parliament
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1661
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Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
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1720
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Sweden & Denmark sign peace treaty
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1754
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George Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)
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1775
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Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass
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1778
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British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in Wyoming, Pa
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1778
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Prussia declares war on Austria
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1806
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Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry
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1814
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Americans capture Fort Erie Canada
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1816
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French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas
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1819
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1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors
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1839
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1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
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1841
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John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus
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1848
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Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now US Virgin Islands)
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1852
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Congress authorizes US's 2nd mint (San Francisco, Calif)
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1853
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Commodore Matthew Perry reach Japan
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1861
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Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general
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1861
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Martinsburg, VA - Confederate forces pull out before US advance
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1861
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Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY
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1863
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Battle of Donaldsonville, LA
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1863
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Battle of Gettysburg Pa ends, major victory for North
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1864
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Battle of Chattahoochie River, GA [until Jul 9]
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1864
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Harpers Ferry, WV - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance
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1871
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Jesse James robs bank in Corydon, Iowa ($45,000)
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1876
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Montenegro declares war on Turkey
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1883
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SS Daphne sinks on Clyde River Scotland; 195 die
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1884
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Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg
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1886
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1st NY Tribune printing using 1st commercial linotype machine
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1886
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In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile
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1888
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NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
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1890
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Idaho admitted as 43rd US state
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1890
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King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium
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1895
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" (BG)
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1898
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American troops captured deserted Wake Island
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1898
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Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)
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1898
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Joshua Slocum completes 1st solo circumnavigation of the globe
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1898
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US Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba
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1902
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Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam
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1905
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Kuyper govt forms in Holland
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1905
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Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1907
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Pope decree forbids modernization of theology
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1911
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Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day
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1912
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NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak
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1913
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Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
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1915
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US military forces occupy Haiti, remain until 1934
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1916
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1st of 3 fatal shark attacks occurred near NJ shore (4 die)
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1917
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Spontaneous demonstration at Tauride-palace Petrograd
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1918
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SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament
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1920
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40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
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1920
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Java Technical School Bandung opens
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1920
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Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
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1923
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Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London
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1925
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38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60)
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1927
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47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75)
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1928
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1st color TV broadcast in London (John Logic Baird)
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1929
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Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
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1930
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Veterans Administration created
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1931
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51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover)
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1931
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Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1932
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1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
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1932
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John McGraw retires from baseball
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1934
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FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria IL
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1936
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Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC
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1939
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Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
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1939
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Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
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1940
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ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
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1940
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British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
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1940
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German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
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1942
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Germany troop march into Sebastopol
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1942
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Hitler visits fieldmarshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine
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1943
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Liberator bombers sinks U-628
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1944
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Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore
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1944
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US V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin
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1946
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1st Dutch government of Beel forms
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1947
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252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
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1947
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Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
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1947
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Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
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1948
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55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86)
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1948
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Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death
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1950
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1st time US & North Korean forces clash in Korean War
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1950
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Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
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1951
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33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
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1952
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Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
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1953
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67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
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1954
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"Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 perfs
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1954
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61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
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1954
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9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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1954
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Food rationing ends in Britain
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1958
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"Andy Williams Show" premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
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1959
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73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64)
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1959
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88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane
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1960
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Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
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1962
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Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5)
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1964
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78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
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1965
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72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75)
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1965
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Phillies Dick Allen & Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice
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1965
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USSR & Persia sign dam building & economic aid pact
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1966
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21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich
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1966
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Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
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1966
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Race riots in Omaha Nebraska
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1967
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"News at 10" premieres on English TV
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1968
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41øF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July
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1968
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Cleve Indian Luis Tiant strikes out 19 Minn Twins
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1969
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78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, RI
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1970
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200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
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1970
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77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9)
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1970
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British aircraft crashes at Barcelona, 112 killed
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1970
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Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
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1971
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85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
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1973
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Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
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1973
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General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
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1974
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Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win
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1974
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Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
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1974
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Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
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1976
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90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjrn Brg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97)
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1976
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Adolfo Suarez becomes premier of Spain
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1976
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After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
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1976
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Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
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1977
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5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin
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1977
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Turkey: premier Ecevit goes off
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1978
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Establishment Amazon Pact
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1978
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1978
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Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
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1980
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1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo
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1980
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73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
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1981
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88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62)
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1981
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NYC transit fare rises from 60 to 75, new brass Y-cut-out token
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1982
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89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
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1982
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Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages 1 million)
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1983
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11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
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1983
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97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
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1983
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Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
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1983
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Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
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1984
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Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 yrs of trying
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1984
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Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
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1984
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Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test
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1984
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Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members
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1985
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CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover
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1986
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Kuwait's National Assembly (Majlis al Umma) dissolves
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1986
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Pres Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty
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1987
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2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
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1987
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NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman & Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
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1988
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16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little
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1988
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A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
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1988
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US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
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1989
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Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
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1989
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Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
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1989
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The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
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1990
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Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
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1991
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Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring
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1991
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Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleve Indians
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1992
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Gary Dell'Abate (Howard Stern Show) marries Mary
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1992
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Mass Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)
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1993
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100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64)
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1993
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Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
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1993
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Prince Alois of Liechtenstein weds Duchess Sophie of Bavaria
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1994
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108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60)
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1994
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15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday
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1994
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30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas
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1994
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Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
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1994
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Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
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1997
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Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
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BIRTHS
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1423
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Louis XI, King of France (1461-83)
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1567
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Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain)
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1683
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Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)
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1687
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Arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)
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1728
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Robert Adam, architect/designer (Adelphi Terrace, London)
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1731
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Samuel Huntington, (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
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1738
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John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist
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1793
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John Claire, England, poet
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1794
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Eberhard F Walcker, German organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt)
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1796
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Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija) [NS]
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1802
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Joseph Labitzky, composer
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1814
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Janis Cimze, composer
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1819
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Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer
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1821
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F Krnberger, writer
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1828
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John Austin Wharton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
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1846
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Achilles Alferaki, composer
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1850
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Alfredo Kiel, composer
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1854
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Leos Jan cek, Hukvaldy Moravia Czech, composer (Foster Suite)
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1855
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Piotr Maszynski, composer
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1860
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, economist/lecturer/author/feminist
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1860
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William Wallace, composer
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1861
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Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)
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1862
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Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer
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1870
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Richard B Bennett, (C) 11th Canadian PM (1930-35)
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1871
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Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
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1872
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Habib Ullah Chan, emir of Afghanistam (1901-19)
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1874
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Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader
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1875
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Ernst F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
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1878
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George M Cohan, actor/singer (Phantom Pres, Give My Regards to Bdwy)
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1879
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Philippe Gaubert, composer
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1880
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Carl Schuricht, composer
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1881
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Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!)
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1883
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Alfred Korzybski, Poland, scientist (Science & Sanity)
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1883
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Franz Kafka, Czech, author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika)
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1883
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Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
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1886
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Francis Carco[pino], French author/critic (L'Homme Traqu)
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1886
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Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador
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1892
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Wilhelm Rettich, composer
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1893
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Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
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1895
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Oles' Semyonovich Chishko, composer
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1896
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Doris Lloyd, actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son)
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1899
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Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer
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1899
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Otto Reinhold, composer
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1900
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John Mason Brown, Louisville Ky, critic (Tonight on Broadway)
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1902
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Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
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1903
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Jean du Bela, [Simon Buytekant], singer/actor (Chaste Susanna)
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1906
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Francis Steegmuller, US, biographer (Cocteau)
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1906
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George Sanders, Russia, actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950)
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1906
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Gwendolen Rees, zoologist
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1907
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Arthur Steel, Dutch architect (Group '32)
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1907
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Gene Gutche, composer
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1908
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Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer (Vertigo)
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1909
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Earl L Butz, US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
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1909
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Lucy Kroll, entertainment agent
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1909
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Stavros Niachos, Greece, shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks)
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1910
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Bernard Burrows, British diplomat
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1910
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Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant
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1911
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Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
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1912
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Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals
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1913
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Dorothy Kilgallen, Chic Ill, columnist (What's My Line?)
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1913
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Hugh Stirling MacKenzie, British vice admiral
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1913
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William Deakin, warden (St Anthony's College Oxford)
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1917
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Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
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1918
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Lord Mulley, British MP (Labour)
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1920
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John Ayers Lessard, composer
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1920
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Louise Allbritton, Okla City, actr (Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret)
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1921
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Susan Peters, Spokane WA, actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas)
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1922
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Art Fowler, baseball player
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1922
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Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter (Africa, Antilles)
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1922
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Franois Reichenbach, French director (La douceur du Village)
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1922
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Tom Hudson, artist/teacher
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1923
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Baroness Ryder, of Warsaw & Cavendish, worked for sick & disabled
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1923
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Emmanuel Bankole Timothy, journalist
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1923
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William Mills, painter
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1924
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Geoffrey Sammons, senior partner (Allen & Overy)
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1925
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Michael Oliver, cardiologist
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1926
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Johnny Coles, trumpeter
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1926
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Joseph M Gaydos, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
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1927
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Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect (Standard-Omnisporthal, Luik)
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1927
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Ken Russell, England, director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic)
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1927
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William McMillan, moderator (Gen Assembly of Church of Scot) [or 1/29]
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1928
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Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance)
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1928
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G B Fuchs, writer
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1928
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John Wills, lord-lt of Avon England
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1929
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Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal (Diplomatic Corps)
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1930
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Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor (Bavarian State Orch 1968)
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1930
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Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
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1931
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Andres Burnier, [Catharina Dessaur], criminologist/author (Jongensuur)
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1934
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Manfred Bieler, writer
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1935
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Harrison H "Jack" Schmitt, Santa Rita NM, astronaut (Apollo 17)
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1935
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John Swan, PM (Bermuda)
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1936
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Anthony Lester, CEO (Runnymede Trust)
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1936
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Eric Russell, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60s)
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1937
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Tom Stoppard, Czech, playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony)
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1938
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David Gandolfo, horse trainer
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1938
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Shin Geum Dan, North Korea, 400m/800m runner (1962 world record)
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1939
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Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory)
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1940
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Cesar Tovar, baseball player
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1940
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Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
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1940
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Heather Steel, British judge
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1940
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Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
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1941
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal)
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1941
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Gloria Allred, feminist attorney
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1942
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Kurtwood Smith, New Lisbon Wisc, actor (Rambo III, Robocop)
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1943
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Gary Waldhorn, actor (To the Camp & Back)
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1943
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Geraldo Rivera, [Gerry Rivers], NYC, news personality (20/20, Geraldo)
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1943
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Judith Durham, singer
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1943
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Norman E Thagard, Marianna Fl, MD/astro (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71, Mir)
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1944
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Paul Young, actor (Another Time Another Place)
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1945
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Iain MacDonald-Smith, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1945
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Michael Cole, Madison Wisc, actor (Pete-Mod Squad)
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1945
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Michael Martin, MP
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1945
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Mike Corby, London, guitarist (Babys-Back on My Feet Again)
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1947
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Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
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1948
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Paul Barrre, Cal, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes)
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1948
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Peter Ruzicka, composer
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1949
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Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
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1949
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Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
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1950
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Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
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1950
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Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
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1951
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Jean-Claude Duvalier, [Papa Doc], deposed Haitian president-for-life
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1951
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Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler (431 wickets)
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1952
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Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)
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1952
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Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
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1952
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Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
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1953
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Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
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1953
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Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (Calif Angels)
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1954
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Debbie Skinner, LPGA golfer
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1955
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Julia Lyndon, Buffalo NY, playmate (August, 1977)
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1955
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Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
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1955
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Mike Corby, rocker
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1955
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Neil Clar, rock guitarist (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
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1956
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Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
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1956
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Montel Williams, TV talk show host (Montel)
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1957
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Danny Heep, baseball player
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1957
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Faye Resnick, author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
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1957
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Laura Branigan, Brewster NY, vocalist (Gloria)
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1957
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Orel Hershiser, Buffalo NY, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
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1958
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Aaron Tippin, Pensacola Fl, singer (You've Got to Stand for Something)
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1958
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Robert Foth, Buffalo NY, air rifle (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
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1959
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Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights)
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1959
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Stephen Pearcy, LA Calif, heavy metal vocalist (RATT-Round & Round)
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1959
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Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1960
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Jack Daugherty, baseball player
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1961
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Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984)
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1961
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Vince Clarke, Basildon Essex, rock keyboardist (Erasure)
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1962
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Hunter Tylo, [Deborah Hunter], model (Pantne)/actr (Bold & Beautiful)
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1962
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Taylor Dayne, [Lesley Wunderman], NY, vocalist (Tell it to My Heart)
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1962
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Thomas Gibson, actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope)
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1962
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Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman)
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1963
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Don August, baseball player
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1964
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Gary Ryan, rocker (Blackhearts)
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1964
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Joe Hamorski, Peru IN, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Greater Greenville-9th)
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1964
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Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1964
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Pia Reyes, Manila Philipines, playmate (Nov, 1988)
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1964
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Warren Newson, Newnan GA, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
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1965
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Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles)
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1965
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Bobby Gage, Winsted CA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Wichita Open-16th)
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1965
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Dan Land, NFL cornerback/safety (Oakland Raiders)
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1965
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Greg Vaughn, Sacramento CA, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers, SD Padres)
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1965
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Shinya Hashimoto, wrestler (NJPW)
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1965
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Vinson Smith, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
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1966
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Moises Alou, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
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1966
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Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers)
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1967
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Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
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1968
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Jeff Phillips, Westwood NJ, actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light)
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1968
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Teppo Numminen, Tampere Fin, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets, Coyotes)
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1969
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Elan Carter, Nutley NJ, playmate (June, 1994)
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1970
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Preston Jones, WLAF quarterback (London Monarchs)
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1970
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Teemu Selanne, Helsinki Fin, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
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1970
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Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
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1971
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Terry Irving, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
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1972
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Leigh Andrew-Pearso, North Vancouver BC Canada, 470 yachter (Oly-96)
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1972
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Ontiwaun Carter, WLAF running back (Rhein Fire)
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1973
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Adrian Aucoin, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
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1973
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Devin Bush, NFL strong safety (Atlanta Falcons)
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1973
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Fred Rodriguez, Bogota Colombia, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Jamie Feick, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
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1975
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Jennifer Salinas, Miss USA-Illinois (1997)
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1975
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John Hargis, US, Little Rock Ark, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Keri Houlihan, Penn, actress (Molly-Our House)
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1976
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Andrea Barber, actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House)
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1976
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Henry Olonga, cricketer (1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer v Pak 1995)
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1976
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Shane Lynch, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
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1977
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Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star
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1979
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Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA (1997)
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1986
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?, 1st Dutch test tube baby born
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DEATHS
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683
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Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
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1090
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Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle
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1570
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Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67
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1642
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Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
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1778
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies
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1801
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Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56
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1809
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Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62
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1816
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Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65
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1862
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William Barksdale, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 40
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1863
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Alonzo Hersford Cushing, US Union lt, dies in battle at about 22
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1863
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Lewis Addison Armistead, Conf brig-gen Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46
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1863
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Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies
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1863
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Richard Brooke Garnett, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
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1863
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Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 40
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1873
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Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57
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1891
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Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72
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1904
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Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies
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1908
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Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59
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1910
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Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies
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1910
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Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
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1916
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Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies
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1934
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Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies
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1940
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George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies
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1948
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Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90
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1948
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Quintin McMillan, cricketer (13 Tests for South Africa), dies
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1952
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Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
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1952
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Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies
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1957
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Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52
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1960
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Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73
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1965
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Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75
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1965
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Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25
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1966
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Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81
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1966
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Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81
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1966
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Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80
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1967
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John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
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1969
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Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25
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1969
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Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83
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1971
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Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
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1971
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Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71
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1972
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Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68
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1973
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Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63
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1974
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John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies
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1976
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Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
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1977
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Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63
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1977
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Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered
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1978
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James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59
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1981
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Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61
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1982
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Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
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1984
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Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85
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1986
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Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84
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1987
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Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
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1988
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Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68
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1989
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Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday
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1989
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Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia
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1990
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Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70
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1990
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Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71
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1991
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Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77
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1992
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Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99
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1992
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Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
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1993
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"Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83
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1994
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Felix Kelly, artist, dies at 80
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1994
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Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54
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1994
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Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59
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1994
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Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85
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1995
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Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82
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1995
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Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47
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1995
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Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65
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1996
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Raaj Kumar, actor (Tiranga, Saudagar), dies at 68
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