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715
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St Gregory II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1506
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Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir
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1515
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George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
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1517
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Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
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1547
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Monarch Johan Frederik surrenders to Karel
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1568
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English queen Elizabeth I arrests Scottish queen Mary
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1571
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Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
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1585
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Spain confisquates English ships
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1588
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Spanish Armada sets sail for Lisbon, bound to England
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1608
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Matthias von Habsburgs army reaches Lieben, at Prague
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1635
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France declares war on Spain
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1643
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Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
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1643
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Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut & New Harbor form United Colonies of New England
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1652
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Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen
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1662
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Uniformity Act of England goes into effect
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1749
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George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley
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1780
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About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained
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1792
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Russian army enters Poland
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1793
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Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)
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1796
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Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds
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1802
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French Order of Lgion d'Honneur forms
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1848
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1st department store opens
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1848
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Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war
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1853
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Dutch prince Henry marries princess Amalia of Saxony-Weimar
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1856
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Sen Charles Sumner, Mass, spoke out against slavery
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1857
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William Francis Channing & Moses G Farmer patents electric fire alarm
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1862
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Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West
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1863
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Siege of Vicksburg, investment of city complete
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1864
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Battle of Port Walthall Junction, VA (Bermuda Hundred)
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1864
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Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
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1864
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Skirmish at Cassville Georgia
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1865
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President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Georgia
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1878
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Blanche Kelso Bruce appointed register of treasury by Pres Garfield
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1884
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Ringling Brothers circus premieres
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1885
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1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)
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1885
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German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon & Togoland
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1885
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Jan Matzeliger begins 1st mass production of shoes
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1886
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Camille Saint-Sans' 3rd Symphony in C, premieres
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1891
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Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
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1892
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Charles Brady King invents pneumatic hammer
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1892
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National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded
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1893
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Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)
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1896
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1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands
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1898
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Post Office authorizes use of postcards
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1900
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Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago
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1900
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World's longest railroad tunnel (Simplon) links Italy & Switz, opens
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1902
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Great Britain & Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria
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1905
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Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ
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1906
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Dutch King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel
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1906
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Federated Boys' Club (Boys' Club of America) organizes
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1906
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Italian King Victor Emmanuel & Swiss president open Simplon tunnel
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1906
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Portugal's King Carlos I names Joao Franco premier
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1909
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Jack Johnson fights Jack O'Brien to no decision in 6 for boxing title
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1910
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Cleve Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Wash 5-4 in 11 innings
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1911
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Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris
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1911
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Phila Athletics are 12« games back in AL, & will win World Series
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1912
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AL Pres Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
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1913
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Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land
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1916
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Escadrille Amricaine (Lafayette) transfered to Verdun
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1918
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Wash 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings
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1921
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Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system
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1923
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49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4
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1923
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KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
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1926
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French air force bombs Damascus Syria
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1928
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"Firedamp" explodes in Mather Pa coal mine killing 195 of 273 miners
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1928
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51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal)
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1928
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Explosion in coal mine in Mather, Pennsylvania, 195 die
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1929
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Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death
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1929
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General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek govt
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1930
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White woman win voting rights in South-Africa
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1931
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Ironclad cruiser Germany launched in Kiel
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1934
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Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
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1934
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Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
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1935
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NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
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1937
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John Murray/Allen Boretz' "Room Service," premieres in NYC
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1939
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Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact
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1940
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Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
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1940
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French counter attack at Pronne under Gen De Gaulle
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1941
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Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis
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1941
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New nazi battleship Bismarck leaves Gdynia, Poland
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1942
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Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)
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1943
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Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
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1943
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Churchill pledges England's full support to US against Japan
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1944
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240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork Neth
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1944
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German defense line in Italy collapsed
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1945
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Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services
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1946
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Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam
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1950
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NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
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1951
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77th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4
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1951
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UN begins counter offensive in Korea
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1953
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Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St George, Utah)
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1954
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Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
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1955
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Atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia
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1956
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82nd Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Fabius wins in 1:58.4
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1956
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Pirate Dale Long hits 9th-inning HR, 1st HR in 8 straight games
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1957
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Adone Zoli forms Italian govt
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1958
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Premiere of Harold Pinter's "Birthday Party," in London
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1958
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South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
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1958
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US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
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1959
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Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
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1960
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Alan Freed & eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
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1960
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Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
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1960
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DJ Alan Freed is accused of bribery in radio payola scandal
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1960
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Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter
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1960
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USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 33,222 m
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1961
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New pier opens in Scheveningen
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1962
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"Bravo, Giovanni" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
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1962
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"John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99
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1962
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88th Preakness: John Rotz aboard Greek Money wins in 1:56.2
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1962
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Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
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1962
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Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
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1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
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1964
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US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
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1965
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Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador (Luxembourg)
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1965
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West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
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1967
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US bombs Hanoi
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1967
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USSR ratifies treaty with Engl & US banning nuclear weapons in space
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1968
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20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible & Barbara Bain
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1968
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Frank Howard fails to homer, after hitting 10 in 6 consecutive games
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1968
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Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England 1st heard
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1971
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USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
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1972
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1972
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WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1973
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"Daisy" A Day by Jud Strunk hits #14
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1973
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"Smith" opens at Eden Theater NYC for 17 performances
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1973
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99th Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54.4
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1974
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Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
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1974
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Stanley Cup: Phila Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
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1974
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Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
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1975
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27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh
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1975
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Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India
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1975
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Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
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1976
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Gold ownership legalized in Australia
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1976
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Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge
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1976
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Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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1976
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1977
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"Smokey & the Bandit," premieres
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1979
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"In The Navy" by Village People hits #3
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1979
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105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2
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1979
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Guitarist Eric Clapton marries Patti Boyd
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1980
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"Blackstone" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 104 performances
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1980
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Ringo & Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
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1981
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Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
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1982
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IFK Gteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Gteborg
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1982
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Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
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1983
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NASA launches Intelsat V
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1983
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Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Wash DC
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1984
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"King Of Suede" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #62
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1984
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110th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Gate Dancer wins in 1:53.6
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1984
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Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game
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1984
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 4 games to 1
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1984
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STS 41-D vehicle moves to launch pad
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1985
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
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1986
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Anti-apartheid activist Hlne Pastoors sentenced to 10 yrs in S Afr
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1987
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1st American Comedy Award
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1988
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Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into
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1988
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Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1
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1989
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Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
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1989
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Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
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1990
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116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
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1990
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General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC
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1991
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"Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert NYC after 225 perfs
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1991
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
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1991
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
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1991
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Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
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1992
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27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary
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1992
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Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa LI
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1992
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Englishman Dave Gauder, 224 lbs, pulls 196 ton jumbo jet, 3 inches
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1992
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Ric Flair wins NWA wrestling title
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1992
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VP Dan Quayle sites Murphy Brown as a poor example of family values
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1993
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Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medell¡n Colombia, kills 132
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1993
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Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)
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1993
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Juventus wins 22th UEFA Cup at Torino
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1994
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Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run
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1994
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Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack
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1994
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Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
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1995
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Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time
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1995
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World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai
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1996
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STS 77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit
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2161
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Syzygy: 8 of 9 planets aligned on same side of sun
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BIRTHS
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1469
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Giovanni della Robbia, Ital's sculptor
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1611
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Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italy, 240th Pope (1676-89)
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1616
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Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer
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1746
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Johann Friedrich Peter, composer
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1755
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Gabriele Prota, composer
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1762
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Johann G Fichte German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre)
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1770
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Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer
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1795
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Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
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1808
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Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
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1812
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Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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1815
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John Gross Barnard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1882
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1828
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Adin Ballou Underwood, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1839
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Alice Mary Smith, composer
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1858
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Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller (Surinam)
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1859
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Nellie Melba, [Heal Mitchell], Australian soprano (Peach Melba)
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1860
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Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier (1917-19)
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1864
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Carl Ethan Akeley, US, naturalist, devoleped animal mount process
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1869
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Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State
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1873
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Federico Gerdes, composer
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1874
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Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)
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1876
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Saint-Georges de Bouchlier, French author (Le Rois Sans Couronne)
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1878
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Adam von Ahn Carse, composer
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1879
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Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor
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1880
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Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924)
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1883
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Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet (Dancing Lamp)
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1884
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Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer (Adriaan Brouwer) (or 5/10)
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1890
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Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)
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1892
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Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Povestj Zjizni) [OS]
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1895
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Albert Hay Malotte, composer
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1895
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Cecil Gray, composer
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1896
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Michael Balcon, Birmingham England, producer/father of Jill Balcon
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1899
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Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/playwright
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1901
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Ivo Cruz, composer
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1904
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Anthony Bushell, Kent England, actor (Journey's End)
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1904
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Sven Thofelt, Sweden, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1909
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Bruce Bennett, Tacoma Wash, actor (Before I Hang, Sahara)
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1909
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Schlomo Joffe, composer
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1910
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Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49)
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1913
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Albert Hardy, photographer
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1913
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India
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1915
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Pol Pot, dictator/mass murderer
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1918
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Florence Chadwick, swimmer (1st to swim English Channel both ways)
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1919
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Betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)
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1921
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Charles van de Reve, slavic (Belief of Kameraden)
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1921
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Daniel Gelin, Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor (Obsession)
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1921
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Karel van het Reve, Dutch Slavist (Comrade's Religion)
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1922
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David McLean, Akron Oh, actor (Tate-Tate)
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1924
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Sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer
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1925
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Malcolm X, [Little], [Detroit Red], Omaha NB, founder (Black Muslims)
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1926
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Paul Cooper, composer
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1928
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Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer (Formula 1)
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1929
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Harvey Cox, US theologist (Secular City)
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1929
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Michael Adamis, composer
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1930
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Hans Kox, composer
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1930
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Lorraine Hansberry, playwright (Raisin in the Sun)
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1931
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Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter
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1931
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Ruben Radica, composer
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1934
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David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate)
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1934
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James Charles Lehrer, Wichita Ks, news anchor (McNeil-Lehrer Report)
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1934
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Jan Wijn, Dutch pianist
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1935
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David Hartman, Pawtucket RI, TV personality (Good Morning America)
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1935
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F R Fries, writer
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1936
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Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1937
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Sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer
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1938
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James H Bilbray, (Rep-D-Nevada)
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1939
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17th earl of Pembroke, English landowner/director (Emily)
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1939
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Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut (STS 41C, 51L-Chal disaster)
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1939
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James Fox, London England, actor (Greystoke)
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1939
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Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, World of Suzie Wong)
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1939
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Richard Lowe Teitelbaum, composer
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1939
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Tomasz Sikorski, composer
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1940
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Carlos Diegues, actor (Xica)
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1940
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Frank Lorenzo, airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)
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1940
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Joan Staley, playmate (Nov, 1958)
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1940
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Mickey Newbury, rocker
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1941
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Jane Brody, writer/nutritionist
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1941
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Jimmy Hoffa Jr, son of Jimmy Hoffa/Teamster union leader
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1941
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Marc-Antonio Consoli, composer
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1941
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Nora Ephron, NY, novelist/screenwriter/director (Michael, Heartburn)
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1942
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Gary Kildall, creator of CP/M
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1942
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James Topping, author of CP/M
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1945
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Peter Townshend, England, rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (Who-Tommy)
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1946
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Diedre Lenihan, Atlanta Ga, actress (Wendy-Needles & Pins)
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1946
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Mary Bryan, LPGA golfer
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1946
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Michele Placido, Foggia Italy, actor (La Lupa, Poliziotti)
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1946
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Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation)
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1947
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Jerry Hyman, Bkln, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears)
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1948
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Grace Jones, [Mendoza], Spanishtown Jamacia, singer/actress (Vamp)
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1948
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Jean-Pierre Haignere, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17)
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1948
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Tom Scott, LA, saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show)
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1949
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Dusty Hill, rocker (ZZ Top)
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1952
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Barbara Loomis, rocker (BT Express)
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1952
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Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman], rock drummer (Ramones-Baby I Love You)
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1953
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Henry Lascelles, English grandson of princess Mary
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1954
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Rick Cerone, Newark NJ, catcher (Yankees/Red Sox/Mets/Expos)
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1955
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Ed Whitson, pitcher (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
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1955
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Pierre J Thuot, Groton Conn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 36, 49, 62)
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1956
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Althea Gwyn, WBL center (NY Stars)
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1956
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Martyn Ware, rocker (Heaven 17-Electric Dreams)
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1956
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Steve Ford, actor (Young & Restless)/son of Pres Gerald Ford
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1957
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Bill Laimbeer, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons)
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1957
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Sophia Crawford, London England, actress (Power Rangers)
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1959
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Nicole Brown Simpson, Frankford Germany, Mrs OJ Simpson (murdered)
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1961
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Lisa Rathgber, Hillsboro Ill, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1980)
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1961
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Lisa Wagner, bowler (3-time LPBT Player of Year, Bowler of Decade)
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1962
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Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist (Nothing Ever Happens)
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1963
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Rebecca Bradley, LPGA golfer
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1963
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Yazz, [Yasmin Evans], Mrs Simon La Bon/rocker (Fine Time)
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1964
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Michael Dean Standly, Abilene TX, PGA golfer (1993 Freeport-McMoRan)
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1965
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Edward Odumbe, cricketer (Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
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1965
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Joshua Rifkind, actor (Marshall Chronicles)
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1966
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Keith Jennings, NFL tight end (Chic Bears)
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1966
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Marc Bureau, Trois Rivieres, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens)
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1967
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John Friesz, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
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1967
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Turk Wendell, Pittsfield MA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
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1968
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James Parrish, NFL outside linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1968
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Jeanne Basone, Brubank Calif, wrestler (Hollywood-GLOW)
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1968
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Mark Janssens, Surrey, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
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1968
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Paul Justin, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
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1969
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Cecile Ulbrich Tucker, Warren Maine, rower (Olympics-96)
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1969
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David Wharton, Warminster PA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympic-silver-88)
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1969
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Kevin Scott, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
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1969
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Richard Dumas, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
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1971
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Darryl Morrison, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
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1971
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Lori Ann Mundt, Yorkton Saskatchawan, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Ronald Williams, CFL running back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1972
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Willie Brown, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Seattle Seahawks. Rhein Fire)
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1973
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Andreas Johansson, Hofors SWE, NHL forward (Pitts, NY Islanders)
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1976
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Kevin Garnett, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)
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DEATHS
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804
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Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69
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988
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Dunstan[us], English archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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1296
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Celestine V, [Pietro del Murrone], Pope (1294), dies
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1536
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Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
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1536
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Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded
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1647
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Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies
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1653
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Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen of Neth East Indies, dies at 48
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1786
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John Stanley, composer, dies at 74
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1795
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Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 65
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1800
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French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged
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1801
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Herman H Vitringa, politician (National Meetings), dies
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1845
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Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
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1864
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, US, writer (Scarlet Letter), dies
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1872
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Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44
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1876
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Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian/politician, dies at 74
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1887
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Pieter Bluss van Alblas, liberal minister of Finance, dies at 75
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1890
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Gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
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1895
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Jos J Marti y Perez, Spanish/Cuban poet (Versos sencillos), dies
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1901
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Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st pres Rep South-Africa, dies at 81
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1903
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Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies
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1922
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Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79
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1924
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Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
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1928
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Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59
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1928
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Max Scheler, German philosopher, dies at 53
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1935
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Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74
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1935
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Thomas E Lawrence (of Arabia), dies in a motorcycle crash
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1941
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Werner Sombart, Marxist economist (Hndler und Heroes), dies at 78
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1942
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[Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
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1953
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Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79
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1954
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Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
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1954
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Charles Edward Ives, US composer (Unanswered Question), dies at 79
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1958
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Bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65
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1958
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Ronald Colman, British actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 67
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1961
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Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
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1965
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Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies
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1966
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Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies
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1969
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Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies
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1971
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Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76
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1971
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Ogden Nash, poet/TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 68
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1978
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George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
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1983
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Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies
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1987
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Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71
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1988
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Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90
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1989
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Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
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1989
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E Galg¢czi, writer, dies
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1989
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Robert Webber, actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS at 64
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1991
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Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies
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1991
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Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74
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1993
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Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75
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1993
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Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
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1993
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S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
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1994
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Henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74
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1994
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1st lady (1961-63), dies of cancer at 64
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1994
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Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer, dies at 82
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1994
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Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48
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1996
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61
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1996
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Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89
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1997
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Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
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