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1195
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Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isak II as Byzantine emperor
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1341
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Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
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1378
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Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
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1455
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Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
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1500
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Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
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1513
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Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain
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1716
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Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia & marries Czar Peter the Great's niece
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1730
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1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"
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1759
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British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
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1766
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1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley & chain
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1781
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Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379
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1783
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Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim
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1789
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House of Representives 1st meeting
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1801
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Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
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1802
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French Protestant church becomes state-supported & -controlled
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1832
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Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
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1838
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Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)
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1848
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1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
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1848
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Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro
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1861
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US mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by confederacy
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1862
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John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser
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1864
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Battle of Mansfield, La Federals routed by Gen Richard Taylor
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1865
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General Robert E Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House in Virginia
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1869
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American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
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1876
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Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan
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1879
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Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
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1879
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Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time
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1893
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The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink
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1898
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Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese
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1904
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Gr Brit & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
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1908
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Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier
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1912
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Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200
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1913
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17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified
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1913
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Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
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1914
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US & Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone
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1916
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Norway approves active & passive female suffrage
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1920
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LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
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1931
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"White Horse Inn" opens in London
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1931
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Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres
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1933
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Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror
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1935
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2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
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1935
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Bart¢ks 5th String quartet premieres in Wash DC
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1935
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Works Progress Administration approved by Congress
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1939
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ACV soccer team forms in Axes
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1939
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King Zog I of Albania, flees
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1940
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Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
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1941
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Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title
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1942
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A Schoenberg & Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in NYC
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1943
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Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma
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1943
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Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau
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1943
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Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
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1945
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Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands
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1946
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League of Nations assembles for last time
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1947
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Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
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1948
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Soen Nakagawa & Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF
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1950
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"Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
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1952
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Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
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1953
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Dag Hammarskjld chosen as secretary-general of UN
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1954
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"By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 perfs
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1956
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20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke Jr wins, shooting a 289
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1956
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6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC
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1956
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M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon
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1960
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Neth & Germany sign accord concerning war casualties
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1961
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"Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 100 perfs
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1961
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British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
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1962
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Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France
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1963
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35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft & G Peck win
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1963
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Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000
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1964
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Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
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1966
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AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
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1966
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Leonid Brezhnev elected secretary-general of communist party
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1966
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OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched
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1968
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40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of M L King
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1968
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Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of M L King assassination
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1968
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Czechoslovakia Cernik govt forms
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1968
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New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect
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1968
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WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1969
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1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats NY Mets 10-9
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1969
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Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
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1970
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"Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1970
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Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
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1971
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1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
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1972
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Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
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1974
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Discovery Island opens
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1974
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Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
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1975
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47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn & Art Carney win
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1975
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Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball mgr (Cleve, beats NY 5-3)
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1977
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Israel premier Rabin resigns
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1979
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"Carmelina" opens at St James Theater NYC for 17 performances
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1979
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204th & final episode of "All in the Family"
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1979
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8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post
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1979
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People's Republic of China joins IOC
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1980
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Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings & set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period
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1981
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Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs
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1982
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Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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1982
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Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title
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1984
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13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster
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1984
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4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins
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1985
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"Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 120 perfs
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1985
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Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
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1985
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India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
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1986
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Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel California, Make his day
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1989
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1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
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1989
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Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
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1990
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"Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances
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1990
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"Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV
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1990
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54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
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1990
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King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
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1990
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Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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1990
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Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die
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1991
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"I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 88 performances
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1991
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Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
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1991
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Major league umpires & baseball reach a 4-year agreement
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1991
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Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas
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1991
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Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking
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1992
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"5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 445 perfs
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1992
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After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
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1993
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Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit HRs in same inn (vs Yanks)
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1993
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STS-56 (Discovery) launches into orbit
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1994
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Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0
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1994
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Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic
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1994
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Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns
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1994
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Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
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1995
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BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted
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1995
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Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1996
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Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title
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1997
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Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
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1997
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STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
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2001
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65th Golf Masters Championship:
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BIRTHS
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1460
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Ponce de Le¢n, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida
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1533
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Claudio Merulo, organist/composer
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1582
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Phienas Fletcher, poet
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1605
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Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter
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1605
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Philip IV, King of Spain & Portugal (1621-65)
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1631
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Cornelis de Heem, painter
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1642
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Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral
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1655
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Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)
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1692
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Giuseppe Tartini, Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo)
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1695
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Johann C Gnther, writer
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1697
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Pierre Prowo, composer
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1708
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Georg Zarth, composer
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1726
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Lewis Morris, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence)
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1731
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William Williams, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence)
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1741
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Jos B da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai)
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1756
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Joseph Gehot, composer
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1775
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Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general/Napoleon's wife Marie lover
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1776
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Thaddaus Weigl, composer
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1783
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John Claudius, London England, horticulturist
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1798
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Dionysios Solomos, poet
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1816
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Frederick William Burton, painter
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1818
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Christaan IX, king of Denmark (1863-1906)
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1828
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George Baird Hodge, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1831
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Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost/philosopher/art historian/poet
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1832
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Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal
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1843
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Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
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1850
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William Henry Welch, US, pathologist (founded John Hopkins)
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1859
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Edmund Husserl, Germany, philosopher (founded Phenomenology)
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1869
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Harvey Cushing, US, neurosurgeon (blood pressure studies)
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1875
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Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)
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1878
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Rudolf Nelson, composer
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1880
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Victor Schertzinger, composer/director (Uptown NY)
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1881
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Fernand Lamy, composer
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1885
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Dimitrios Levidis, composer
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1886
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Margaret A Barnes, writer
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1887
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Walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)
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1889
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Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orch)
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1892
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Richard J Neutra, Austrian/US architect (Who Built America?)
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1893
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Grace Cunard, Columbus OH, silent screen actress (Resurrection)
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1893
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Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Sereniteit)
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1893
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Mary Pickford, [Gladys Smith], actress (Poor Little Rich Girl)
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1895
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Bert I Gordon, NY
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1895
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Sigurdur Thordarson, composer
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1896
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Karl Hermann Pillney, composer
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1897
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Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)
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1898
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Achiel H Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58)
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1898
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Cecil [Maurice] Bowra, British classics expert (Greek experience)
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1898
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E Y "Yip" Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist/librettist
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1902
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Arthur Wellard, cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)
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1902
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Josef Krips, Vienna Austria, conductor (London Symph 1954-63)
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1903
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Ilka Chase, NYC, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien)
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1904
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John Antill, composer
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1904
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John R Hicks, British economist (Nobel 1972)
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1905
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George Baxter, Paris France, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged)
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1905
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Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist/writer (Idealister, Frydenholm)
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1905
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Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer (Side by Side)
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1905
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Pierre Wigny, Belgian minister of Foreign affairs (1958-61) [or 4/18]
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1906
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Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer (Mirror of the Sea)
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1907
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Maurice Stacey, chemist
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1908
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Neil Lawson, British high court judge
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1909
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George Dixon, trumpet/sax
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1909
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Olavi Pesonen, composer
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1909
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William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist
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1910
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George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
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1910
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Wendell Bill, cricketer (NSW bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930)
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1911
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Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian
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1911
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Emil Mihai Cioran, writer/aphorist
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1911
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Melvin Calvin, US chemist (photosynthesis, Nobel 1961)
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1911
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mile M Cioran, writer
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1912
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Josef Gabc¡k, Czech resistance fighter (attacked Heydrich)
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1912
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Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater/actress (Olympic-gold-1928,32,36)
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1913
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H Ernst, bishop (Breda Neth)
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1914
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John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)
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1919
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[Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia (1964-..)
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1920
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Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)
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1920
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Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
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1921
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Alfie Bass, London England, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served)
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1921
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Betty Bloomer Ford, 1st lady (1975-76)/namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
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1921
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Jan Novak, composer
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1921
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Virginia O'Brien, LA Calif, actress/singer (Gus, Ziegfeld Follies)
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1923
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Edward Mulhare, Cork Ireland, actor (Daniel Gregg-Ghost & Mrs Muir)
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1923
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Franco Corelli, Anconia Italy, tenor (Don Jos-Carmen)
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1925
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Shecky Greene, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (Love Machine, Combat)
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1928
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Eric Porter, London England, actor (Antony & Cleopatra, 39 Steps)
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1928
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John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale)
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1928
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Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, CEO (NVSH)
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1928
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Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
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1929
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Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
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1929
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Renzo de Felice, historian
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1929
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Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
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1929
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WIlliam K Everson, film historian
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1930
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Dorothy Tutin, London, actress (Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell)
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1930
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John Bartholomew Tucker, Pa, TV host (Candid Camera, Treasure Island)
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1930
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John Reardon, NYC, baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus)
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1930
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Julien Van Remoortere, [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist)
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1930
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Mary Moore, principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford)
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1932
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John Gavin, LA Calif, actor (Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows)
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1933
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Fred Ebb, lyricist (Cabaret)
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1933
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Jaroslav Smolka, composer
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1935
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Albert G Bustamante, (Rep-D-TX, 1985- )
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1935
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Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
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1935
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Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist (Living legacy award-1984)
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1936
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Klaus Lowitsch, Berlin, actor (Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun)
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1937
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Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader
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1937
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Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter (NY Times)
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1938
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Barton Keith McLean, composer
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1938
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Lory Patrick, Beckley WV, actress (Trina-Tales of Welles Fargo)
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1938
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Mohammad Farooq, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65)
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1940
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John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
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1941
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Peggy Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
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1942
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Douglas Trumbull, director (Silent Running, Brainstorm)
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1942
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Eduard Visser, Dutch writer (Fyffes are now called Chiquita)
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1943
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Carol Lavell, Fairfax Vt, equestrian dressage (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
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1943
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J P Kavanaugh, racehorse trainer
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1943
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Michael Bennett, aids victim/choreographer (Chorus Line)
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1943
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Robby Weaver, actor (Stone)
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1943
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Tony Banks, English politician (Lab)
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1943
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William Garth Morrison, Chief scout
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1944
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Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian
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1944
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Christoph Hein, writer
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1944
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Hywel Bennett, South Wales, actor (Family Way, Shelley)
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1944
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Roger Chapman, rock vocalist (Family-Family Entertainment)
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1944
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Santiago Jimenez Jr, US accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin)
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1945
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Ian White, MEP
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1946
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Jim "Catfish" Hunter, major-league pitcher (A's, Yankees)
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1946
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Stuart Pankin, Phila, comedian (Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs)
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1947
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Cindy Pickett, Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere)
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1947
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Hsiao-hsien Hou, dir (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster)
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1947
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Steve Howe, London, rock guitarist (Asia, Yes-Roundabout)
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1947
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Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
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1948
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Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Rick-Simon & Simon, Major Dad)
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1948
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Richard Alan Litchfield, Mass, bank robber (FBI most wanted)
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1949
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Jim Lampley, Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
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1952
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Adam Woods, rock drummer/pianist (Fixx)
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1954
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Gary Carter, catcher (Mont Expos, NY Mets)
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1954
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John Schneider, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Bo-Dukes of Hazzard)
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1955
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John Campbell, harness racer (3-time winner of Hambletonian)
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1959
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Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer (great all-rounder)
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1959
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Martin Weston, cricketer
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1962
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Izzy Stradlin, [Jeff Isabelle], Lafayette IN, guitarist (Guns & Roses)
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1963
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Alec Stewart, cricketer (son of Micky/opening bat Occasional WK)
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1963
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Erica Terwillegar, Nelsonville NJ, lugist
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1963
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Julian Lennon, John's son/singer (Too Late for Goodbyes)
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1963
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Terry Porter, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1964
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Biz Markie, rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television)
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1964
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Valinda Hilleary, Littleton Co, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-9th-1993)
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1966
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Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Tx, actress (Santa Barbara, Princess Bride)
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1967
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Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer (WI like his namesake)
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1968
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Don Davey, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1968
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Patricia Arquette, NYC, actress (Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3)
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1969
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Steve Jackson, NFL cornerback (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
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1970
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Derek D Brown, Wash DC, team handball right wing (Olympics-1996)
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1970
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Gerald Vaughn, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1970
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Harold Bishop, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns)
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1971
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Edward Fryatt, Rochdale England, Nike golfer (1994 NCAA West Regional)
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1971
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Marc Peers, Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Damon Watts, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
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1972
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Isaac Davis, NFL guard (SD Chargers)
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1972
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Katrina Powell, Canberra Australia, field hockey striker (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Alex Gonzalez, Miami FL, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1973
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Joel Davis, guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1973
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Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, Auckland NZ, 50m/100m swimmer (Oly-96)
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1976
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Jim Farnum, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1981
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Rebecca Wilson, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
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1984
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Taran Noah Smith, SF Calif, actor (Mark Taylor-Home Improvement)
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DEATHS
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217
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Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
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1143
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John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
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1364
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Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
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1492
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Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
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1498
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Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
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1537
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Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies
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1629
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Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
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1697
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Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjgebocht), dies at 67
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1736
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Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63
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1759
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Franois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
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1778
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Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
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1794
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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies
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1844
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Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72
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1848
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Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50
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1848
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Gaetano Donizetti, composer, dies at 50
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1851
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John Parry, composer, dies at 75
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1853
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Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
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1858
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Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76
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1861
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Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50
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1863
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Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70
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1865
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John Park, composer, dies at 61
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1870
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Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68
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1871
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Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68
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1889
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Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies
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1890
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Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76
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1894
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Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55
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1897
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George Garrett, composer, dies at 62
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1897
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Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies
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1902
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Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
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1914
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Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Andl Miru), dies at 73
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1919
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Roland baron Etvs, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
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1920
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Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
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1921
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Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies
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1931
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Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies
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1935
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Edwin Cannan, economist, dies
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1937
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Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84
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1937
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William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
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1938
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Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
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1941
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Eugne-Marcel Prvost, novelist, dies
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1942
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Alfred Mombert, writer, dies
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1943
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Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
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1943
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Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
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1947
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Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
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1948
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Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
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1950
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Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
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1950
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Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
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1957
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Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies
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1959
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Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies
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1963
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Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies
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1965
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Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
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1965
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Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
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1965
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Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), dies after illness at 78
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1966
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George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79
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1969
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Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
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1969
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Denton Cooley, got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48
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1970
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Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies
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1973
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Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91
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1976
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Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
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1977
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Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71
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1978
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Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
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1981
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Norman Taurog, dies
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1981
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Omar Bradley, last US 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in NY at 88
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1987
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Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
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1990
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Doreen Sloane, dies
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1990
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Jose De Vega, dies of AIDS at 56
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1990
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Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18
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1992
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Nelson Olmstead, dies at 78
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1993
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Arleen Whelan, dies of stroke at 78
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1993
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H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies
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1993
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Marian Anderson, US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96
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1994
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Frank Wells, president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
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1994
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Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91
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1994
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Kurt Donald Cobain, musician, dies at 27
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1994
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Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
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1995
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Maurice Allom, cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies
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1996
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Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner, dies at 80
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1996
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Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
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1996
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Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67
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1997
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Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
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