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794
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Charles the Great opens general synod in Frankfurt
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1283
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Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market
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1459
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Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua
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1495
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1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller
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1526
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Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief
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1533
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Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England
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1562
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Emperor Ferdinand & Sultan Suleiman signs treaty
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1568
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Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels
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1608
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Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt
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1638
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1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass
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1641
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France & Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant
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1649
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Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow
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1657
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1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)
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1670
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Engl king Charles II & Fr king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty
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1679
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Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
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1746
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French troops conquer Antwerp
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1774
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Boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed
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1789
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1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths)
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1792
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Kentucky admitted as 15th US state
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1794
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English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French
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1796
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Last of Britain's troops withdraws from US
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1796
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Tennessee admitted as 16th US state
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1808
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1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio
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1809
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Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a « mile round trip from his h
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1813
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Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship"
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1834
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HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
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1835
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6th national black convention (Phila)
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1836
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Charles Darwin returns to Capetown
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1843
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It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio
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1843
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Sojourner Truth leaves NY to begin her career as antislavery activist
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1845
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Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days
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1855
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US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery
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1861
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1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
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1861
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British territorial waters & ports off-limits during Civil War
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1861
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Skirmish at Arlington Mills, VA
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1861
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US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
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1862
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2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Va (11,165 casualties)
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1862
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Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines
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1862
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Slavery abolished in all US possessions
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1864
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-Nov] Shenandoah Valley campaign
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1864
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Battle of Cold Harbor, VA (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm)
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1864
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Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English
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1866
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General Dutch Typographer Union forms
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1866
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Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft Erie Ontario from US
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1868
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Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
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1869
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Voting machine patented (Thomas A Edison)
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1872
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6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58¬
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1877
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Society of American Artists forms
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1877
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US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
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1880
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1st pay telephone installed
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1880
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US census at 50,155,783
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1881
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Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange
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1888
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California gets its 1st seismograph
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1890
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US census at 62,622,250
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1893
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Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin)
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1898
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Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha
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1899
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Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last
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1900
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British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa
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1902
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Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms
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1905
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Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon
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1907
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-27øF (-33øC), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
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1908
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John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of US, which took 357 days
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1909
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle
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1910
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SC Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede
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1911
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1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ
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1912
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Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
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1914
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Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
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1915
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1st Zeppelin air raid over England
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1916
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German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun
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1917
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Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
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1918
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Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis
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1918
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White Sox losing 5-4 against NY Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a tripl
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1919
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Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
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1920
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RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
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1921
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Race riot in Tulsa Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
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1923
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NY Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning
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1925
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Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games)
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1926
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Ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland
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1930
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6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61)
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1930
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6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61)
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1930
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Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine
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1930
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Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia v Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours
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1931
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Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg
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1932
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Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren
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1933
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Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago
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1933
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Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard
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1934
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AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar
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1935
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Driving test & license plates introduced in England
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1935
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Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2
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1936
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"Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
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1936
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Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in NY
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1937
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Chic White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St Louis Browns, 8-0
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1937
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Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier
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1938
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Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters
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1938
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Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1
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1939
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1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer
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1939
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1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2)
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1939
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British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard
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1939
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Retired German Col-gen Gerd von Runstedt returns to service
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1940
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Coffee & tea rationed in Holland
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1940
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Gen-mjr Bernard Montgomery returns to London
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1940
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Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard
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1941
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12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record)
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1941
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British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq
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1941
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Germany bans all Catholic publications
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1941
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Germany occupies Kreta
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1941
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NY Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR & his 1,500th RBI
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1943
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Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die
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1943
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Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game
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1944
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Gen Montgomery/Patton/Bradley/Dempsey/Crerar meet in Portsmouth
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1944
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Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots
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1945
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WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minn changes call letters to KUOM
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1946
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78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8
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1946
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Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse
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1947
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OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
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1947
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Photosensitive glass developed
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1948
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Israel & Arabs agree to a cease fire
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1949
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1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
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1949
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British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
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1949
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KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1949
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Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
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1949
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Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
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1950
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WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1951
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1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada)
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1951
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International Cheese treaty signed
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1952
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
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1952
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Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index
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1953
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KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2)
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1955
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Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia
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1957
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1st US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see May 5, 1956]
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1958
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Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election
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1958
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Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France
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1958
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
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1959
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2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical a
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1959
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Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
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1960
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"Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
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1960
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WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1961
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FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
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1962
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Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
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1962
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Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade
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1962
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USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m
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1963
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"El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17
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1963
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Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya
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1963
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King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
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1965
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A Penzias & R Wilson detect 3øK primordial background radiation
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1965
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coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
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1966
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2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
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1966
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George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London
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1966
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Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic
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1966
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Shortwave station Radio NY Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
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1967
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Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in US & goes gold
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1967
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Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC
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1968
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100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2
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1968
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Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1
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1969
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Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV
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1970
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"Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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1970
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Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four"
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1970
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Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
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1970
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Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player & swallows his tongue
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1971
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"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden NYC for 31 perfs
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1971
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Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
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1972
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Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
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1972
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Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
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1972
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West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
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1973
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George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold
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1973
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Greek Pres Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic"
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1973
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Paul McCartney & Wings release "Live & Let Die"
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1974
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"My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
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1974
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Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash
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1974
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Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK
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1975
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"Chicago" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 947 performances
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1975
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21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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1975
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Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Balt Orioles, 1-0
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1975
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Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts
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1975
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Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist
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1976
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Great-Britain & Iceland terminate codfish war
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1977
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British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
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1977
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Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason
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1977
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SC Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen
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1978
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Cricket Test debut of David Gower, v Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58
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1978
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High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
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1979
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33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Wash Bullets, 4 games to 1
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1979
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Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
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1979
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Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
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1979
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Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"
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1980
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1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network
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1980
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ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
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1980
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Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in Calif
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1980
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship
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1980
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Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run
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1980
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Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
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1982
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Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
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1984
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Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
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1984
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KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
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1984
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Netherlands' Lubbers govt gives 48 sites for cruise missiles
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1984
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Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg
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1985
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"Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
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1985
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Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 v Warwicks cricket
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1985
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Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP
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1986
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32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley
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1986
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40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport & Mystery of Edwin Drood win
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1987
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Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530)
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1988
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"Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, LA
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1988
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"Morton Downey Jr Show," debuts in TV syndication
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1988
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Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2
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1989
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62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
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1989
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Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
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1989
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Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
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1990
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"Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 perfs
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1990
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Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
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1990
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Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
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1990
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Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
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1991
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Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
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1991
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Roseanne Arnold & Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later
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1992
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America West Arena opens in Phoenix
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1992
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E Lamps (20 year lightbulb) introduced
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1992
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Snowfall in Colorado
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1992
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Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
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1993
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Brooklyn NY begins recycling
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1993
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Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News
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1993
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Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army
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1993
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Melchior Ndadaye elected pres of Burundi
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1994
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FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts
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1994
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Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery
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1994
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Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai
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1995
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68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis
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1995
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Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39
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1996
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MTV Movie Awards
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1996
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Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square
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1997
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10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186
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1997
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1st NY Women Film Festival opens
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1997
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51st Tony Awards: Titanic & Last Night of Ballyhoo win
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1997
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Ameritech Senior Golf Open
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1997
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Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic
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1997
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Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race
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1997
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Heartland LPGA Classic
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1997
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LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked
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1997
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Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par
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BIRTHS
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1503
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Wilhelm von Grumbach, German lt col
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1549
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Allesandre Spontone, composer
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1563
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Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, English prime minister (1598-1612)
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1611
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Felician Schwab, composer
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1653
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Georg Muffat, composer
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1679
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Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)
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1755
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Frederico Fiorillo, Ital's violist/composer
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1757
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Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder (Piano method)
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1763
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Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer
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1765
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Christiane Vulpius, wife of Johann W von Goethe
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1765
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Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer
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1769
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Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer
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1771
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Ferdinando Paer, composer
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1776
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John George Schetky, composer
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1780
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Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist
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1790
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Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi/learned (Ereg miliem)
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1801
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Brigham Young, painter/religious leader (Mormon church)/polygamist
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1804
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Mikhail Ivan Glinka, Novosspaskoye Russia, composer (Jota Aragonesa)
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1806
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John Buchanan Floyd, Ex-Sect of War (Union), died in 1863
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1825
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John Hunt Morgan, Brig General (Confederate cavalry commander)
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1826
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Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor
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1826
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Hermann Zopff, composer
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1831
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John Bell Hood, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
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1844
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Galusha Pennypacker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1916
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1848
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Otto Valdemar Malling, composer
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1858
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William W Campbell, Canadian poet (Beyond the Hills of Dream)
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1862
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Ant¢nio JdC Feij¢, Portuguese diplomat/poet (Bailatas)
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1878
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John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)
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1882
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John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln)
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1886
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Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist
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1887
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Clive Brook, London England, actor/director (List of Adrian Messenger)
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1890
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Frank Morgan, [Francis P Wupperman], NYC, actor (Annie Get Your Gun)
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1892
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Amanullah, emir/king of Afghanistan (1919-28)
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1892
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Samuel L M Barlow, composer
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1898
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Curtis Stevens, US, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
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1898
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Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, NYC, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show)
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1898
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Lieb Glantz, composer
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1898
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Molly Picon, NYC, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey)
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1899
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Werner Janssen, NYC, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in NY)
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1901
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John W Van Duren, playwright (I Remember Mama)
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1903
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Percy William Whitlock, composer
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1905
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Dinora de Carvalho, composer
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1905
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Robert Newton, England, actor (Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days)
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1907
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Frank A Whittle, England inventor (jet engine)
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1908
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Percy Edwards, animal imitator
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1909
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Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist/conductor (Neth Chamber orch)
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1911
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Gertrude Michael, AL, actress (Cleopatra, Menace, Club Havana)
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1915
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John Randolph, NYC, actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie)
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1919
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Boris Lazarevich Klyuzner, composer
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1921
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Nelson Riddle, Oradell NJ, musical conductor (Batman, Frank Sinatra)
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1922
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Abdul Rashid, Pakistan, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1922
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Joan Caulfield, East Orange NJ, actress (Liz-My Favorite Husband)
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1922
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Joan Copeland, [Miller], NYC, actress (Roseland, A Little Sex)
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1924
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Paula Hinton, dancer
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1925
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Richard Erdman, Enid Ok, actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes)
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1926
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Andy Griffith, Mount Airy NC, actor (Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
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1926
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Marilyn Monroe, [Norma Jean Mortenson], LA, actress (Some Like It Hot)
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1927
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Colleen McCullough, writer
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1928
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Bob Monkhouse, Kent England, comedian (Bonkers)
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1928
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Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky, Odessa, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
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1929
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Yehudi Wyner, composer
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1930
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Edward Woodward, Croydon England, actor (Breaker Morant, Wickerman)
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1930
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Matt Poore, cricketer (NZ batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43)
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1930
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Ty Hardin, Ill, actor (Berserk, PT 109) [or Jan 1]
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1932
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Francis Cameron, cricketer (NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65)
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1932
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Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer (Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan)
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1933
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Alan "the Horse" Ameche, Wisc, NFL fullback (Baltimore Colts)
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1933
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Charles Wilson, (Rep-D-TX, 1973- )
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1933
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Ian Sinclair, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1956, bowling average 120.00)
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1934
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Pat Boone, Florida, singer/actor (April Love, Cross & Switchblade)
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1934
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Peter Masterson, Houston Texas, actor (Ambush Bay)
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1934
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Sylvia Syms, London, actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine)
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1934
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Willy Roggeman, Flemish writer (Goldfish, Nardis)
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1935
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James George, US, weightlifter (Olympic-silver-1960/bronze-1956)
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1935
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John Edward Porter, (Rep-R-IL, 1980- )
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1935
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Reverend Ike, SC, evangelist minister (Joy of Living)
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1936
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Bekim Fehmiu, actor (Black Sunday, Permission to Kill, Cagliostro)
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1937
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Colleen McCullough, writer (Tim, Indecent Obsession)
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1937
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Morgan Freeman, Memphis Tn, actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory)
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1939
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Cleavon Little, Chickasha Okla, actor (Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers)
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1940
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Rene Auberjonois, actor (Clayton-Benson, Star Trek Deep Space 9)
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1941
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Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976)
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1942
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Tom Mankiewicz, LA Calif, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever)
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1943
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Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons)
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1943
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Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award)
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1944
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Robert Powell, England, actor (Jigsaw Man, Shaka Zulu, Secrets)
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1945
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Frederica Von Stade, Somerville NJ, mezzo-soprano (Die Zauberflte)
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1945
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Linda Scott, singer (Hey Look at Me Now)
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1946
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Brian Cox, actor (Killer Party, Manhunter)
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1946
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Carol Neblett, Modesto California, soprano (NYC Opera)
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1947
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Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor (Evita, Brazil, Praying Mantis)
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1947
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Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
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1948
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Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983)
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1949
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Mike Levine, rock keyboardist/bassist (Triumph)
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1950
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Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic (VVD)
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1950
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Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
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1950
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Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress (Wagner, Story of Slipper & Rose)
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1950
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Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, TM-16)
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1950
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Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
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1953
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Diana Canova, West Palm Beach Fla, actress (Corrine-Soap)
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1955
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Chiyonofuji, sumo wrestler
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1955
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Lorraine Moller, Boulder Colo, NZ athelete (Olympics-96)
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1956
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Lisa Hartman Black, Houston, singer/actress (Tabitha, Knots Landing)
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1956
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Robin Mattson, LA Calif, actress (Janet Green-All My Children)
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1958
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Cathy Hearn, Wash DC, slalom kayak (Olympics-7th-96)
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1959
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Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music (Depeche Mode-Wild!)
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1961
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Johnny Ray Huston, Mt Vernon IL, PGA golfer (1990 Honda Classic)
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1961
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Mark Rodenhauser, NFL center (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
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1961
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Paul Coffey, Weston Ontario, NHL forward (Oilers, Penguins, Red Wings)
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1962
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Jesse Johnson, rocker (Time)
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1962
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Sherri Howard, Sherman Tx, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1963
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Mike Joyce, rock drummer (Smiths-Ask, Panic, London)
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1964
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Rashid Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident)
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1965
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Dan Quinn, Ottawa, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
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1965
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India Allen, Portsmouth Va, playmate of the year (Dec, 1987)
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1967
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Carlos van Wanrooy, soccer player (NEC)
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1967
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Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star (1991 Guaruja Doubles)
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1967
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Vernon Turner, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1968
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Jason Donovan, rocker/actor (Neighbors)
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1968
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Jeff Hackett, London, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1968
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Jerry Crafts, WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1968
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Larry Centers, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals)
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1969
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Ari Sulander, hockey goaltender (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
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1969
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Erin Hartwell, Phila, time trial cyclist (Olymp-bronze/silver-92, 96)
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1969
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Florence Descampe, Brussels Belgium, LPGA golfer (1992 McCall)
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1970
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Joshua Compston, art impressario
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1970
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Raylee Johnson, NFL defensive end (SD Chargers)
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1970
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Scott Couper, WLAF receiver (Scottish Claymores)
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1970
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Shane Matthews, NFL quarterback (Chic Bears)
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1972
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Cheryl Abplanalp, Bryn Mawr Penn, team handball wing (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Jon Witman, fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1972
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Leta Lindley, Phoenix AZ, LPGA golfer (1995 State Farm Rail-3rd)
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1972
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Nicholas Porzig, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Scott Greene, fullback (Carolina Panthers)
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1973
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Jeffrey Schiebler, New Westminster BC, 10k/steeplechase (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Ray Carey, US, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Alanis Nadine Morisette, vocalist (Jagged Little Pill)
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1975
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Michal Grosek, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
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1976
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Camille Martens, Vancouver BC, gymnist (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Karen Kwan, Torrance Calif, figure skater (1995 Pac Coast Sr champ)
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DEATHS
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193
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Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
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1191
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Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies
|
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1340
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Jan III van Diest, bishop of Utrecht (1322-40), dies
|
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1434
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Jagiello, King of Lithuania/Poland, dies
|
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1557
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Joo III, King of Portugal (1521-57), dies at 54
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1568
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Duke of Alva, & 18 nobles, beheaded
|
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1568
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Gijsbert van Bronkhorst-Batenburg, calvinist leader, beheaded
|
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1625
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Honor d'urf, French writer (L'astre), dies at 67
|
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1676
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Creutz, Swedish admiral (land), dies in battle
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1676
|
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Uggla, Swedish admiral (land), dies in battle
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1713
|
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Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim), dies at 34
|
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1729
|
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Matthaeus de Cock, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65
|
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1763
|
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Johann Caspar Vogler, composer, dies at 67
|
|
1810
|
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Johann Paul Wessely, composer, dies at 47
|
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1823
|
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Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal, dies at 53
|
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1846
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Gregory XVI, [Bartolomeo A Cappellari]/Mauro, Pope dies at 80
|
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1861
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John Q Marr, US Union captain, dies in battle at Fairfax Courthouse
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1864
|
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Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated
|
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1868
|
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James Buchanan, 15th US president (1857-61), dies at 77
|
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1876
|
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Christo Botew, writer, dies
|
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1909
|
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Giuseppe Martucci, composer, dies at 53
|
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1910
|
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Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91
|
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1918
|
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Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer, dies at 83
|
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1918
|
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Jaroslav Novotny, composer, dies at 32
|
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1922
|
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Frank Walters, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 7 & 5), dies
|
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1925
|
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Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theater director (l'odon), dies at 64
|
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1926
|
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer, dies at 64
|
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1935
|
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Alberto Cametti, composer, dies at 64
|
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1938
|
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Odn, [Edmund] von Horvath, Hungarian/Austrian writer, dies at 36
|
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1941
|
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Hugh S Walpole, British writer (Killer & the Slain), dies
|
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1942
|
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Ernest Pingoud, composer, dies at 53
|
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1942
|
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Vladislav Vancura, Czech physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50
|
|
1943
|
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Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo & Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50
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1946
|
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Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Romania, executed
|
|
1946
|
|
Leo Slezak, Austria tenor/actor (Mein Lebensmrchen), dies at 72
|
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1947
|
|
Emil H cha, lawyer/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 74
|
|
1948
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Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues player, dies at 34
|
|
1950
|
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Valre-Gille, Belgian playwright (Lesson Tombeaux), dies at 83
|
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1951
|
|
Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian, dies at 85
|
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1952
|
|
John Dewey, US philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92
|
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1954
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Martin Anderson Nex, Danish poet/writer (Pelle Erobreren), dies at 84
|
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1955
|
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F Melius Christiansen, composer, dies at 84
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1955
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|
Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), dies
|
|
1960
|
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Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76
|
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1964
|
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Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer, dies at 66
|
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1968
|
|
Helen Keller, blind & deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87
|
|
1968
|
|
[Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/interpreter, dies at 57
|
|
1970
|
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G Ungaretti, writer, dies at 82
|
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1971
|
|
Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist (Nature & Destiny of Man), dies at 78
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1973
|
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Harvey S Firestone Jr, US tire manufacturer, dies at 75
|
|
1973
|
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Mary Kornman, actress (Desert Trail, Swing it Professor), dies at 57
|
|
1973
|
|
Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76
|
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1975
|
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Steve Prefontaine, 5K (Olympics-4-1972), dies at 25
|
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1976
|
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Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89
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1979
|
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Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91
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1979
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Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956), dies
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1980
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[Richard] Rube Marquard, US baseball pitcher, dies at 90
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1981
|
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Carl Vinson, (Rep-D-Ga, 1914-64), dies at 97
|
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1981
|
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Naim Chadir, PLO-representative in Brussels, murdered
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1982
|
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Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies
|
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1983
|
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Anna Seghers, writer, dies at 82
|
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1983
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Charles Tham, of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, count of Flanders/Prince, dies
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1984
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Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88
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1985
|
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Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67
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1987
|
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Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
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1987
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Rashid Karame, 10 time premier of Lebanon, dies in bomb attack at 65
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1990
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Eric Barker, actor/writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies
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1991
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David Ruffin, rock vocalist (Temptations), dies of drug overdose at 50
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1992
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Howard Ralston, actor (Pollyana), dies
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1992
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Louise Hoff, entertainer, dies at 69
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1992
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Michael King, actor (Lonely are the Brave), dies at 69
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1994
|
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Frances Heflin, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children), dies at 70
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1994
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Juan J H Rovira, Spanish general, murdered
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1994
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Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, lawyer/KVP-politician, dies at 80
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1995
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Prudence Hyman, dancer, dies at 80
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1995
|
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Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader, dies at 58
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1996
|
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Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48
|
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1996
|
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Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60
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1996
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India, dies at 83
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1996
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Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40
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1996
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Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85
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1996
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Stephen Jones, art historian, dies at 41
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1997
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Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM (1980-85), dies at 92
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