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1267
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Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
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1499
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France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
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1537
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Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
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1540
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The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
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1554
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Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
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1574
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Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
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1621
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Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
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1667
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Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
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1674
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English reconquer NY from Netherlands
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1682
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Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London
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1742
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British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
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1744
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Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
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1775
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English Parliament declares Mass colony is in rebellion
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1788
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Austria declares war on Russia
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1799
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USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
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1801
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France & Austrian sign Peace of Lunville
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1807
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French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
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1822
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American Indian Society organizes
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1825
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House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
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1849
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Roman Republic declared
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1861
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Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate s
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1861
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Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA
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1861
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Tennessee votes against secession
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1863
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Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
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1867
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Nebraska becomes 37th US state
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1870
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US Army establishes US National Weather Service
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1871
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Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
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1885
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1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
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1886
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Pres Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
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1891
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1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento
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1893
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Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud
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1893
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Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
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1895
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1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
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1895
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Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
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1900
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Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
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1904
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Japan declares war on Russia
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1906
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Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
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1909
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1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
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1909
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1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
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1912
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US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
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1913
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-18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
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1916
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Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
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1916
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NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20
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1918
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Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va
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1918
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Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
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1920
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International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
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1920
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Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
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1922
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Italian govt of Bonomi falls
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1922
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Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
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1923
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Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
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1924
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Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
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1925
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German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
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1925
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Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
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1926
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Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
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1929
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USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact
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1932
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America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
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1932
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US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
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1933
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-63øF (-53øC), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
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1934
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-14.3øF (-25.7øC), coldest day in New York City
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1934
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-51øF (-46øC), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
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1934
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Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania)
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1935
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
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1935
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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1939
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Belgian Spaak govt falls
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1940
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Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1941
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British troops conquer El Agheila
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1941
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Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish caf Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of caf
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1942
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Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
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1942
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Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
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1942
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Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
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1943
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FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
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1943
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German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
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1943
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Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
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1943
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Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
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1943
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NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
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1944
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U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
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1945
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-Feb 10] Germany destroys Ruhrdammen
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1945
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WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
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1946
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Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
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1947
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Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
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1948
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WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1950
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Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
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1951
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St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
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1953
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"Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
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1953
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General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
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1953
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WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1954
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Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy
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1955
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
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1955
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US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
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1956
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-5øF (15øC) in Sicily
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1956
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KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1956
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R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
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1959
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Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
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1960
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AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
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1961
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Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
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1962
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Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
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1963
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7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
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1964
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1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
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1964
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9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
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1964
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GI Joe character created
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1964
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Hanumant Singh scores 105 India v England on debut at Delhi
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1964
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NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
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1966
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Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
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1968
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Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
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1969
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Boeing 747 made its 1st commercial flight
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1969
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KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
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1969
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World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
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1971
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Apollo 14 returns to Earth
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1971
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Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
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1971
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Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 & causes over $«B damage
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1971
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Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
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1972
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Brit Govt declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
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1974
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"Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
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1974
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"The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24
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1974
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
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1974
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
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1975
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
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1975
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Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
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1976
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Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
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1979
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21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
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1979
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ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
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1979
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Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
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1979
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Nigeria amends constitution
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1980
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Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
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1982
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34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
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1983
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Belgium buys 44 F-16s
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1984
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"Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 204 performances
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1985
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Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
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1986
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36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
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1986
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Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
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1986
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Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
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1986
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Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
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1986
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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1986
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Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
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1986
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West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
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1987
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Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
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1987
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NY Stock Exch installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
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1988
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39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St Louis
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1988
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NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
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1989
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Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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1989
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Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
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1990
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"Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
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1990
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Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13)
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1990
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Galileo flies by Venus
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1990
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Namibia's constitution ratified
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1991
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"This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
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1991
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Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
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1991
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Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice & beats him
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1991
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
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1991
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Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
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1992
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"2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 29 perfs
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1992
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42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
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1992
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Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
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1992
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Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
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1992
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Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
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1992
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NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
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1992
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Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
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1993
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Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
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1994
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Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
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1995
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"Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
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1995
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Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
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1996
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WYNY-FM in NYC changes calls to WKTU-FM
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1997
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11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
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1997
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47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
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1997
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Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
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1997
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Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
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1997
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LG Senior Golf Championship
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1997
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Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
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1997
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Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
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1997
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Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
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1998
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6th annual ESPY Awards
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1998
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Failed assassination attempt on Georgian Pres Eduard Shevardnadze
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2002
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XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
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BIRTHS
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1404
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Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor
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1441
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Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub)
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1578
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Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor (L'adamo)
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1579
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John Meursius, [van Meurs], Dutch historian
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1602
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Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
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1607
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Abraham Megerle, composer
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1708
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Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer (opra-comique)
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1735
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Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
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1741
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Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer
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1744
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Amos Bull, composer
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1756
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Karel Blazej Kopriva, composer
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1771
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Daniel Belknap, composer
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1772
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Frans Mikael Franzn, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo)
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1773
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William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841)
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1775
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Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom)
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1780
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Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer
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1783
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Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homer) [OS=Jan 29]
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1808
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Francesco Gomez da Rocha, composer
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1814
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Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library
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1822
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Charles T Stork, Dutch industrialist
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1826
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John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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1830
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Abdl Aziz, Istanbul Ottoman, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76)
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1834
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Felix Dahn, writer
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1834
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Franz Xaver Witt, composer
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1846
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Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes
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1853
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Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony
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1854
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Aletta [Henritte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician
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1854
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Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, lawyer/leader (Irish Unionist Party)
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1857
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Johannes T de Visser, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education
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1863
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Anthony Hope [Hopkins], London, novelist
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1865
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Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl
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1865
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Mrs [Beatrice] Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Pygmalion)
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1866
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George Ade, US, journalist/playwright/humorist (Fables in Slang)
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1867
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Edward Naylor, composer
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1867
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Natsume Sseki [Natsume Kinnosuke], Japanese author (Kokoro)
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1871
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Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer (Our Blood)
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1871
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Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever)
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1874
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Amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)
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1874
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Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan)
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1875
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Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer
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1876
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Alos Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Silent hours)
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1876
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Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920)
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1879
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Carl Natanael Berg, composer
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1879
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Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist
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1882
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Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12)
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1884
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Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], Dutch poet/politician)
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1885
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Alban Maria Johannes Berg, Vienna Austria, a Lulu of a composer!
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1887
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Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
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1887
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Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love)
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1890
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Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder (Stijl)
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1891
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Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47)
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1891
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Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities)
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1892
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Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer (Indonesian adat justice)
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1892
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Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama)
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1897
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Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
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1901
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Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island)
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1902
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Blanche Calloway, US vocalist/dancer (12 Clouds of Joy)
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1902
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Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live)
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1903
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Georg Trexler, composer
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1906
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Gwen Catley, British(?) soprano
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1907
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Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins)
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1908
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Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
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1909
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Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
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1909
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Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69)
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1909
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Harald Genzmer, composer
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1909
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Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans)
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1909
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John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian
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1910
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Jacques Monod, French biochemist
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1911
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Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord
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1912
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Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist
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1913
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Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds)
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1914
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Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
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1914
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Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You)
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1914
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Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208)
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1914
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Max Manus, resistance fighter
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1914
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Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time)
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1921
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B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service)
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1921
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Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher
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1922
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James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner
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1923
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Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage)
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1923
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Kathryn Grayson, NC, vocalist/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate)
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1923
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Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
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1924
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George Guest, British organist
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1925
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Vic Wertz, baseball player
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1926
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Garret FitzGerald, Prime Minister of Ireland
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1927
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Donald Miller, CEO (Scottish Power)
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1927
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Norman Adams, painter/ceramic sculptor
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1928
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Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
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1929
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Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska)
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1929
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James Mulcro Drew, composer
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1929
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Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
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1929
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Willem Kersters, Flemish composer (Parwati, Gospel Song)
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1930
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Emil Petrovics, composer
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1931
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Robert Morris, sculptor
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1931
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Xavier Benguerel, composer
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1933
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Countess of Airlie
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1933
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Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
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1933
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Justice Johnson
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1933
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Lord Williams of Elvel
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1934
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John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92)
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1935
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Paul Flynn, MP
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1936
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Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor (Frenzy, Passage to India)
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1937
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Brian Wenham, media consultant/journalist
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1937
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Johnny Sayles, US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
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1939
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Barry Mann, R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
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1939
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Janet Suzman, S Africa, actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
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1940
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Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer (Shadows)
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1940
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Smokey Robinson, rocker (& Miracles-Tears of Clown)
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1941
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Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
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1942
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Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
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1942
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Charlie Morrow, composer
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1942
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Milos Stedron, composer
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1942
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Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1943
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Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
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1943
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James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1943
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Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas)
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1943
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Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1943
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Ryland Davies, tenor
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1943
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Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan)
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1944
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Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian)
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1945
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Bill Bergey, NFLer
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1945
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Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
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1946
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Annette Penhaligon
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1946
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M J H Sterling, Vice-Chancellor (Brunel University)
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1947
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Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
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1947
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Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
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1949
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Bernard Gallacher, British golfer
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1949
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Janet Issaca Ashford, writer
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1949
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Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
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1950
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Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist
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1950
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Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976)
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1950
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Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator
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1951
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Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
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1951
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Jay Inslee, (Rep-D-Washington)
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1951
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Penny Peyser, Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing)
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1952
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Danny White, quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1953
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Andre Sevard, NHLer
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1953
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Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor (Hunk)
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1953
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Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut)
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1954
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Ulrich Walter, German FR, cosmonaut
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1955
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Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives, Nanny)
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1955
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Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort)
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1956
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Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1957
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Gordon Strachan, soccer player
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1957
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Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader (UDF)
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1958
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Alexander W B Lyle, Shrewsbury England, PGA golfer (1988 Phoenix Open)
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1958
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Sandy Lyle, British golfer
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1960
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Peggy A Whitson, Mt Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut
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1961
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John Kruk, US baseball 1st baseman (Phila Phillies)
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1962
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Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star
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1962
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Martin D Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
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1963
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Bonnie Levin, Miami Beach Fla, WPVA volleyballer
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1963
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Madusa Miceli, [Debra Ann], Milan Italy, wrestler (WCW)
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1963
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Mike Rindel, cricketer (N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton v Pak 1995)
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1963
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Travis Tritt, Marietta Ga, country vocalist (Country Club)
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1964
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Rachel Bolan, rocker (Skid Row)
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1965
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David Brandon, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Falcons)
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1965
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Lennox Lewis, London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1966
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Amanda Roocroft, opera singer
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1966
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James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
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1967
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Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer (1992 Ping/Welch-5th)
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1967
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Stevon Moore, NFL safety (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
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1967
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Todd Pratt, US baseball catcher (Phila Phillies)
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1968
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Derek Strong, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Orlando Magic)
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1968
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Marcus Meloan, Agana Guam, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 US Amat Champ)
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1968
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Paul Claxton, Vidalia GA, Nike golfer (NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th)
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1969
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Jeff Pahukoa, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
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1969
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Jimmy Smith, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1969
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Peta Edebone, Australian softball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1969
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Thomas Brandl, Bad Tolz GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1969
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Todd Lyght, US football quarterback (St Louis Rams)
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1970
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Glenn McGrath, cricketer (NSW & Australian fast bowler 1993-)
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1970
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Grant Moorhead, New Plymouth NZ, Australasia golfer
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1971
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Gonzalo Floyd, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1971
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Jason Mathews, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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1971
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Jim Miller, NFL quarterback (Pitts Steelers, Atl Falcons, Jaguars)
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1971
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Ken Felder, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
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1971
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Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker (NE Patriots)
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1971
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Sharon Case, Det Mich, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
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1972
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Jason George, actor (Michael Bourre-Sunset Beach)
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1972
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Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
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1973
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Amber Valletta, Phoenix AZ, model (Face, House of Style, Bazaar)
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1974
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Brad Maynard, punter (NY Giants)
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1974
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John Wallace, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
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1974
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Orlando Bobo, guard (Minnesota Vikings)
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DEATHS
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1555
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John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy
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1567
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Henry Stuart, earl of Darnley/Consort of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered
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1583
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Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
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1588
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Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral, dies
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1617
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Hans Christoph Haiden, composer, dies at 44
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1640
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Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad at 27
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1670
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Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
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1675
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Gerard Dou, Dutch painter, buried
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1740
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Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85
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1751
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Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82
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1765
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Elisabetta de Gambarini, composer, dies at 33
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1811
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Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
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1812
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Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
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1817
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Franz Wilhelm Tausch, composer, dies at 54
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1824
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Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49
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1846
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Henry Gally Knight, architect/writer, dies
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1849
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Corneille Vander Planken, composer, dies at 76
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1860
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Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch milt/liberal politician, dies at 63
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1874
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Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
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1881
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Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment), dies at 59
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1891
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Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71
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1906
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Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
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1916
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Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90
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1916
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Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
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1917
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Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
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1918
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Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30
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1924
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Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
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1932
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Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered
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1935
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Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
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1936
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Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57
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1938
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Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
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1943
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... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance
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1945
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George J L Maduro, resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau
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1945
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Jan Bakker, resistance fighter, executed at 26
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1948
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Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies at 65
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1949
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Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
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1952
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Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies
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1957
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Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hung admiral/regent (1920-44), dies at 88
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1960
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Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82
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1961
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Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70
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1964
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Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55
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1966
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Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79
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1968
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Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
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1968
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Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
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1969
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Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Oly-gold 1928), dies at 68
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1969
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[George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
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1973
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Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
|
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1974
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Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
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1975
|
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Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82
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1977
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Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
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1977
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Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
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1977
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Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin), dies at 82
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1978
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Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Fla at 12
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1979
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C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
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1980
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Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106
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1981
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Bill Haley, vocalist (Rock Around Clock), dies of heart attack at 55
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1984
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Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
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1984
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Yuri Andropov, Gen Sec of Soviet Communist Party (1982-84), dies at 69
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1993
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David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
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1993
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Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
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1993
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Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
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1994
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Arnold Smith, Brit 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
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1994
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Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86
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1994
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Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88
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1995
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David Wayne, [Wayne Mcmeekan], US actor (Dallas), dies at 81
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1995
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J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89
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1996
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Adolf Galland, general (Luftwaffe), dies at 83
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1996
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Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80
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1996
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Barry Troyna, teacher/educational sociologist, dies at 44
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1996
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Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, trade unionist, dies at 80
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1996
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Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (3 Weeks), dies at 86
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1996
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Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74
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1997
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Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House), dies at 53
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1998
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Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95
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