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69
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Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Csar
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236
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St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1072
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Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo
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1356
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German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree
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1429
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Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain
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1430
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Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal
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1430
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Order of the Guilder forms
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1514
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Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
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1550
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1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris
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1642
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King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford
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1663
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King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
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1731
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Charles Farnese becomes duke of Parma/Piacenza
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1776
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"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published
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1799
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Friedrich von Schiller's "Die Piccolomini," premieres in Weimar
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1806
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Dutch in Capetown surrender to British
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1808
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Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as gov-gen of Neth Indies
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1810
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French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & Josphine
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1811
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Louisiana slaves rebell in 2 parishes
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1833
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Felix Mendelssohn's "Die erste Walpurgisnacht," premieres in Berlin
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1839
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Tea from India 1st arrives in UK
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1840
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Penny Post mail system is starts
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1845
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Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding
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1853
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Charles Reade's "Gold," premieres in London
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1861
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Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US
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1861
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Ft Jackson & Ft Philip are taken over by LA state troops
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1861
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US forts & property seized by Mississippi
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1862
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Battle of Big Sandy River, KY (Middle Creek)
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1862
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Battle of Romney, WV
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1863
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1st underground railway opens in London
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1863
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General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark
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1863
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January-uprising begins in Poland
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1863
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London's 1st subway opens
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1870
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Georgia legislature reconvenes
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1870
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John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
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1878
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US Senate proposes female suffrage
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1883
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Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt
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1889
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Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
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1890
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Edward Macdowell's "Lancelot & Elaine," premieres
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1890
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae
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1893
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Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St Petersburg
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1897
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Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors
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1897
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Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
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1900
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Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown
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1901
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Oil discovered in Texas
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1902
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Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)
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1910
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1st international air meet in US held, in LA
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1910
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Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Globe) opens at 205 W 46th St NYC
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1911
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1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego
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1911
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Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to US (not ratified)
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1911
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Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
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1912
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Caillaux govt in France resigns
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1912
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World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY)
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1914
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1st edition of Hague's Post under SF van Oss, published
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1914
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Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo
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1916
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Russian offensive in Kaukasus
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1920
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League of Nations established
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1920
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Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
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1920
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Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
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1923
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Last US troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
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1923
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Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel
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1925
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France-Saarland forms
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1925
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Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as TX gov, nation's 2nd woman governor
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1927
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Fritz Lang's Metropolis premieres
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1928
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G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in NYC
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1928
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Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky
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1929
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Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in NYC
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1930
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Commencement of NZ's 1st Test, v England Christchurch
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1930
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Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England v NZ Christchurch
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1930
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Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
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1931
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Phila Quakers defeat Montral, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak
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1932
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"Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated
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1932
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"Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts
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1935
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Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks
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1938
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Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
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1938
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Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage," premieres in Paris
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1938
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Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in NYC
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1939
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Bradman hits 186 SA v Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg
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1941
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Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic & Old Lace," premieres in NYC
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1941
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Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews
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1942
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Japan invades North-Celebes, Neth Indies
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1943
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1st US pres to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco
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1943
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Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad
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1944
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1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Phila
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1944
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British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma
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1945
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Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer
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1945
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LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close
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1945
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No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
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1946
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1st radar contact with Moon
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1946
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UN General Assembly meets for 1st time (London)
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1946
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US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ
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1947
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"Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 725 performances
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1947
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British stop ships Independence & In-Gathering from landing in Israel
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1947
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Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
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1948
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"Call Me Mister" closes at National Theater NYC after 734 performances
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1949
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1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS
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1949
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RCA introduces 45 RPM record
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1951
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1st jet passenger trip made
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1951
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UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY
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1952
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Jean Anouilh's "La valse des toradors," premieres in Paris
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1953
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"My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 89 perfs
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1953
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish
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1953
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NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 27-7
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1954
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden
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1956
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Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"
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1957
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Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain
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1957
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Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pitts Pi
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1958
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Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
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1960
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
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1962
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4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Per£
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1962
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Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500
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1964
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Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta
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1964
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Panama severs diplomatic relations with US
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1964
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US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres
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1965
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Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory
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1965
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NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
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1965
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WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
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1966
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India & Pakistan sign peace accord
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1966
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Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
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1967
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Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven
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1967
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Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
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1967
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Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
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1967
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PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
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1967
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Princess Margret marries Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven
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1968
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"Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
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1968
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US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho
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1969
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Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland
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1969
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Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
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1969
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USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus
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1970
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Preview Center Opens
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1971
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"Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 87 perfs
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1971
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur
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1972
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LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
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1972
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Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan
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1972
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Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
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1973
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Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
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1977
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20th hat trick in Islander history - Bobby Nystrom
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1978
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Soyuz 27 carring 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched
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1979
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1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
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1979
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Entertainer of the Year Awards
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1980
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Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins & a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
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1980
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Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
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1981
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El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive"
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1981
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John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
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1982
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-17øF (27.2øC) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)
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1982
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Bengals beat Chargers in -59øF (-51øC) to win AFC championship
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1982
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Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
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1983
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NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
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1984
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Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested
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1984
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Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
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1984
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Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"
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1984
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Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, & D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame
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1984
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US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
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1985
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Daniel Ortega Saavedra inaugurated as president of Nicaragua
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1986
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Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
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1986
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STS 61-C mission scrubbed T -9m because of bad weather at Kennedy
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1988
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"Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 perfs
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1990
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"Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore
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1990
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China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
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1990
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NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players
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1991
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Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans
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1991
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US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis
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1992
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8th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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1993
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"My Favorite Year" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 37 perfs
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1993
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"Sea Gull" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 48 performances
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1993
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Maiden flight of Ultrair (Houston to LA)
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1994
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Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins
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1994
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Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
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1994
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Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs
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1995
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"Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM
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1996
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Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
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1996
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Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins
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1997
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"Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater NYC
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1997
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1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1
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1997
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4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
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1997
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Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits
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1997
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Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
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1997
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Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua
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1998
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18th United Negro College Fund raises (rebroadcasted Jan 17th)
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BIRTHS
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1502
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Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
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1628
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Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
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1635
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Willem
Brakel, Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion)
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1638
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Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
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1644
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Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
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1683
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Gasparo Visconti, composer
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1701
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Johann Caspar Simon, composer
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1738
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Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
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1747
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Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
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1760
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Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
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1766
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Louis Massonneau, composer
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1768
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James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
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1769
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Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
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1778
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Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals)
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1780
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M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
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1797
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A V Droste-Hlshoff, writer
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1814
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Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
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1815
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Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
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1815
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Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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1825
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Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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1834
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John Acton, English historian/MP
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1854
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Peter Gast, composer
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1855
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Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)
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1858
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Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Cheerful Bltter, Simplicissimus)
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1864
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George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]
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1867
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Gerhard Anschtz, German MP
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1871
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Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
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1876
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Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
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1877
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Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
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1880
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Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)
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1880
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French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
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1880
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Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
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1880
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Manuel Aza¤a y D¡az, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
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1882
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Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
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1883
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Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj) [NS]
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1883
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Florence Reed, Phila, silent film actress (Dancing Girl)
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1883
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Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
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1884
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James Philip Dunn, composer
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1886
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Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer
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1887
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Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
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1888
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Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
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1888
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Grock, Switzerland, clown
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1890
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Douglas MacLean, Phila, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up)
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1890
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Ernest Milton, SF CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three)
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1891
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Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
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1892
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Dumas Malone, Miss, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
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1894
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Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
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1897
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Albert Moeschinger, composer
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1898
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Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]
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1901
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Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic)
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1903
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Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)
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1903
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Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
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1903
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Jens A Schade, Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Híjsang)
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1904
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Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
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1904
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Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
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1908
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Bernard Lee, London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
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1908
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Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
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1909
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Grace Mitchell, educator
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1909
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Rudolf Kubin, composer
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1910
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Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
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1910
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Galina Ulanova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
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1910
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Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
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1911
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Jan Boon, [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong)
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1913
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Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
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1913
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Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
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1914
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Claude Gallimard, France, publisher
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1914
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Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
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1915
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Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
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1917
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Jerry Wexler, music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan)
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1920
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Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way)
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1923
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Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
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1924
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Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
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1925
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Maxwell Roach, composer
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1927
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Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
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1927
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Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry)
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1927
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Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
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1928
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Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
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1928
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Wallace Berry, composer
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1930
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Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
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1930
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Roy E Disney, CEO (Disney)
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1931
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Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
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1931
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Ron Galella, celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O)
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1933
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Akira Miyoshi, composer
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1933
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Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
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1933
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Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
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1935
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Georg Katzer, composer
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1935
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Ronnie Hawkins, Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?)
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1935
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Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
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1938
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Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
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1938
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Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer (Mont Canadians)
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1938
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Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC)
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1938
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Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
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1939
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Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
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1939
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Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
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1940
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Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
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1942
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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
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1942
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Jack Regan, broadcaster
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1942
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Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
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1942
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Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
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1945
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Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
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1945
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Rod Stewart, London, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
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1946
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Alexis Nihon Jr, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
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1946
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Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship)
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1946
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Bob Lang, rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
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1947
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George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
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1948
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Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon)
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1948
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Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
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1948
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William Sanderson, Memphis Tenn, actor (Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner)
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1949
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George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
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1949
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Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
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1949
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Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
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1950
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Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
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1951
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Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
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1952
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Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
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1953
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Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
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1953
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Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
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1955
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Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic)
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1955
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Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions)
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1957
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Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)
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1958
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Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
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1959
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Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
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1959
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Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite)
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1959
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Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets)
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1961
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Evan Handler, NYC, actor (Dear Mr Wonderful)
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1961
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Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)
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1961
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Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist
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1962
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Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
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1963
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Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers)
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1964
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Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
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1964
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Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
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1964
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Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
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1965
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James Washington, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Wash Redskins)
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1965
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Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
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1967
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Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)
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1967
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Micky Michelle, [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine)
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1967
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Trini Alvarado, actor (Frighteners)
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1968
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Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
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1968
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Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1969
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Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever)
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1969
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Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Cameron MacKenzie, Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
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1970
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James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Guylaine Cloutier, Levis QUE, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-4-92, 96)
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1971
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Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
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1972
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Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
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1973
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Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH)
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1973
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Glenn Robinson, Gary In, NBA forward (Milw, Olympics-gold-96)
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1973
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Travis Davis, NFL strong safety (NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1974
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Andre Kirwan, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
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1974
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Hollis Thomas, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1975
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Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
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1979
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Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
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DEATHS
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681
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Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
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866
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Lin-chi I-hsuan, [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
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976
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John I Tzimisces, co-emperor of Byzantium (969-76), dies at 51
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1271
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Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
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1276
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Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
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1542
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Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
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1645
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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
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1674
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Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84
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1754
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Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
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1768
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Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
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1775
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Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies
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1778
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Carolus Linus "Carl von Linn", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70
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1780
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Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82
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1789
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Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82
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1792
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Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60
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1800
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Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46
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1811
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Marie-Joseph de Chnier, French poet (Chant du Dpart), dies at 46
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1824
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Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
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1833
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Adrien Marie Legendre, dies
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1833
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Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73
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1846
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Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
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1855
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Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67
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1862
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Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
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1871
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Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41
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1876
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Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
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1889
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Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
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1892
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Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer, dies at 91
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1895
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Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45
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1899
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Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
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1908
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Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
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1917
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Buffalo Bill Cody,, army scout & Indian fighter, dies
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1927
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August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88
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1934
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Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24
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1935
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Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
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1935
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Edwin H Flack, English 800/1500m runner (Oly-gold-1896), dies at 60
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1936
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Charles Wright, cricketer (3 Tests England v S Africa 1895-96), dies
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1938
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Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
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1939
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Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50
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1939
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Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
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1941
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Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61
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1941
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Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67
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1943
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Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
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1943
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J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83
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1945
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Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
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1951
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Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59
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1951
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Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
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1951
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Sinclair Lewis, writer, dies at 65
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1953
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Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
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1954
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Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53
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1956
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Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84
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1956
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Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
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1957
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Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67
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1958
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Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
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1961
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Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
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1963
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Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66
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1964
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A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
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1966
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George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide
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1966
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Hermann Kasack, writer, dies at 69
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1967
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Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
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1967
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Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77
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1968
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Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73
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1968
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Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
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1968
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Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85
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1968
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Louis-Franois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90
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1968
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Theophilus E Dnges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69
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1970
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Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
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1971
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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
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1972
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Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
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1972
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Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
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1972
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Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
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1976
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Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
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1976
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Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
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1978
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Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5«), dies at 65
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1978
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John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
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1978
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Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
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1978
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Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62
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1980
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George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
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1981
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Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
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1982
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Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84
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1982
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Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
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1984
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Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82
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1986
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Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
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1990
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Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
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1990
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Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
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1991
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Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
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1992
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Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
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1993
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Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
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1993
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Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
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1994
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Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
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1994
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Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
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1994
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Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
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1995
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Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74
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1995
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Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
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1995
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Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
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1996
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Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
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1996
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Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
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1997
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Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
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1997
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Elspeth Josceline Huxley, writer, dies at 96
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1997
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George Young, footballer, dies at 74
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1997
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Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist, dies at 71
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