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1278
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680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
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1511
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England & Spain sign anti-French covenant
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1555
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William of Orange becomes member of Council of State
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1558
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Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
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1734
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John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
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1785
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Church of England organizes in New England
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1796
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Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
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1798
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-21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die
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1800
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Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building
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1800
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John Adams is 1st pres to move into the White House
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1839
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan
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1842
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Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
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1842
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Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
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1853
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Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
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1858
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Origin of Modified Julian Period
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1862
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Confederate Sec of War George B Randolph resigns
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1863
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-Dec 4th) Battle of Knoxville, TN
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1863
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Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
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1866
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Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris)
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1869
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Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen)
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1869
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Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas
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1874
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Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire & sinks off Auckland, NZ
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1875
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Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
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1877
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Gilbert/Sullivans operette "Sorcerer," premieres in London
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1884
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Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
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1888
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St Tsjaikovsky's 5th Symphony premieres in Petersburg
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1889
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Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & SF
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1894
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Daily Racing Form founded
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1904
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George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in NYC
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1913
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1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct
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1913
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Panama Canal opens
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1914
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US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
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1917
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Lenin defended "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
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1918
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Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH
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1922
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Turkish sultan Mehmed VI flees to Malta on British warship
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1926
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NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1
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1927
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Tornado hits Washington DC
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1928
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Boston Garden officially opens
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1928
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Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
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1929
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio elected president of Mexico
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1929
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Stalin throws Nicolai Bucharin out of Politburo
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1930
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Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
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1931
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Bradman scores 135 NSW v South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
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1932
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German govt of von Papen, resigns
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1933
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US recognizes USSR, opens trade
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1934
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Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
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1936
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Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
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1937
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Britains Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
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1938
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Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
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1939
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German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship
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1939
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Jerome Kern/Hammerstein II's "Very Warm for May," premieres in NYC
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1940
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Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
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1941
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Virgil Thomson's 2nd Symphony, premieres
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1944
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-Nov 19] Nazi raids in Dutch NE Polder
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1945
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"Girl from Nantucket" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 12 perfs
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1945
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New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
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1948
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Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
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1953
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St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
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1956
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Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate)
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1956
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USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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1957
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WBOY TV channel 12 in Clarksburg, WV (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1958
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KAII TV channel 7 in Wailuku, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1959
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De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
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1959
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Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
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1959
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William Shea shows proposed NYC stadium with transparent roof
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1960
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New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
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1962
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"Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
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1962
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"Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 9 perfs
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1962
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Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC
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1962
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Simon/Coleman/Leigh's musical "Little Me," premieres in NYC
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1962
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1963
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
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1964
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British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
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1965
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General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
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1965
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William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
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1966
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Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
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1967
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Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
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1967
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French author Rgis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
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1967
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Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off Moon
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1968
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"Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances
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1968
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John Kander/Fred Ebbs musical "Zorba," premieres in NYC
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1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational
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1968
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KHNE TV channel 29 in Hastings, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
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1969
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SALT-discussions open in Helsinki Finland
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1970
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British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn)
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1970
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Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
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1972
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Juan Per¢n returns to Argentina
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1973
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Greek regime attacks students with tanks, 100s killed
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1973
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Pres Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
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1973
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Teri Garr plays role of a stripper on "The Nurse"
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1974
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Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
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1974
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Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
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1976
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1977
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Bernard Pomerance's "Elephant Man," premieres in London
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1977
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Egyptian Pres Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
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1977
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Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
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1978
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Gerald Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Elizabeth Colvin
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1979
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Daniel Okrent sketches out 1st draft rules for Rotisserie Baseball
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1979
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Khomeini frees most black & female US hostages
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1979
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NY Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in NYC
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1979
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On a flight to Austin, TX, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first
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1980
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John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
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1981
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"1st" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 37 performances
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1981
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NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
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1982
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Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
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1983
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"La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 perfs
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1983
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Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
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1983
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Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
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1984
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Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
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1984
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Islanders score 20 assists against Rangers
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1985
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Howard Stern begins broadcasting on 92.3 WXRK FM NY
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1985
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NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
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1986
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"Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
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1987
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George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP
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1988
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Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
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1988
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Neil Simon's "Rumors," premieres in NYC
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1989
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Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
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1991
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"Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater NYC after 12 performances
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1991
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1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
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1991
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Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams
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1992
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"Gypsy Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 55 performances
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1992
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Blue Jay Nigel Wilson is 1st pick of Marlins in expansion draft
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1992
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Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test
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1992
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Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole
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1993
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"Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 52 perfs
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1993
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Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed
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1993
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US House of Representatives approve Nafta
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1994
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"Sunset Boulevard" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 977 performances
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1994
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3rd Germany government of Kohl forms
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1994
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Irish government of Reynolds resigns
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1996
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"Present Laughter" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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1996
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Sam's Town Bowling Invitational
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1997
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Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
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BIRTHS
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331
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Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
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1503
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Il Bronzino, Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
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1594
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Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer (Treasure of Health)
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1690
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Nol-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist
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1704
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Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet
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1755
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Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24)
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1771
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Jonathan Huntington, composer
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1773
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Mih ly Csokonai Vitz, Hungarian poet (Bkaegrhartz)
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1787
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Michele Carafa, composer
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1790
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August Ferdinand Mbius, mathematician, inventor (Mbius strip)
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1794
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John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1873
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1799
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Titian Ramsey Peale, US, artist/naturalist (American Ornithology)
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1808
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Alberich Zwyssig, composer
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1814
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Joseph Finegan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
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1816
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August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)
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1826
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John McArthur, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
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1834
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Stephen Hinsdale Weed, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1837
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David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curaao
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1837
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Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor
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1837
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Willem Coenen, composer
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1854
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Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17)
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1859
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Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer
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1865
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John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins)
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1876
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Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, mayor (Brussels, Belgium)
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1878
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Grace Abbott, Grand Island Neb, social worker (US Children Bureau)
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1879
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Gerardus H de Haas, socialist vicar
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1881
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Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, English 1st baron of Hesketh Dutch/MP
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1883
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Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1913)
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1885
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Henry de Man, Belgium, sociologist/chairman (Belgian Workers Party)
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1886
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Crane Wilbur, Athens NY, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo)
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1887
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Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)
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1888
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Ariantje "Jeanne" Leg, actress (It Vijgeblaadje, It Hippie)
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1890
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Jack Cusack, pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs)
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1891
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Guido Pannain, composer
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1891
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Jean Del Val, [Gautier], France, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces)
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1892
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Max Deutsch, composer
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1894
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Eelco van Kleffens, minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46)/diplomat
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1894
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Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51)
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1897
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Ed Baker, Davis WV, actor (Keystone Kops)
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1897
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Frank Fay, SF CA, actor (God's Gift to Women, Love Nest)
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1897
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Sara Haden, Galveston Tx, actress (A Family Affair)
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1899
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Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar)
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1900
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Marcel Dalio, Paris, actor (Casablanca)
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1901
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Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ)
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1901
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Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (Somewhere in the Night)
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1901
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Max Zehnder, composer
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1901
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Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer
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1901
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Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine)
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1902
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Eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist (A Bomb, Nobel 1963)
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1902
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Lee Strasberg, Austria, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All)
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1903
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Joseph Kaminski, composer
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1904
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Isamu Noguchi, sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal)
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1905
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Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut)
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1905
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Astrid Bernadotte, Princess of Sweden
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1905
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Mischa Auer, [Ounskowsky], St Petersburg Rus, actor (My Man Godfrey)
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1905
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Wazyk, [Adam Wagman], Polish poet/author (Eyes & Mouth)
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1906
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Betty Bronson, Trenton NJ, actress (Evel Knievel, One Stolen Night)
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1906
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Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO (Honda Motor Co)
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1909
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Gerald Savory, actor playwright/TV producer (Heart of the Matter)
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1911
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Charles Walters, US, actor/choreographer/director (Easter parade)
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1911
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Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO (Fujisankei Com Group)
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1911
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William Tannen, NYC, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull)
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1914
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Archie Campbell, Bullsgap Tenn, comedian (Hee Haw)
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1916
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Winson Hudson, community activist (rural Mississippi)
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1917
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Jack Lescoulie, Sacramento Calif, TV host (Jackie Gleason Show)
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1919
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Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn)
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1919
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Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist
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1921
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Fr [Frederik] Meis, Dutch MP (Communist)
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1922
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Emile Noel, international civil servant
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1923
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Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great NZ left-handed bat)
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1923
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Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law
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1924
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Lucas J "Luc" Lutz, Dutch actor/director (Hague Comedy)
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1925
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Charles Mackerras, Schenectady NY, Australian conductor
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1925
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Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier
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1925
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Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator
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1925
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Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Ill, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
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1927
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Ellis Hillman, politician
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1928
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Colin McDonald, cricketer (stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's)
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1929
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Edgar White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1929
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Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba
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1929
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Sumner White, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1930
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Bob Mathias, Tulare Calif, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
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1930
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Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician
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1930
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David Werner Amram, Philadelphia Pa, composer (Splendor in the Grass)
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1934
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James M Inhofe, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
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1935
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Anton Sailer, Austria, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956)
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1936
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Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1937
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Peter Edward Cook, Torquay England, actor/comedian (Bedazzled)
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1938
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Alvaro Leon Cassuto, composer
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1938
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Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown)
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1938
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Peter Snell, NZ, 800m/1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960, 64)
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1938
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Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector
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1941
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Gene Clark, LA Calif, rock vocalist/guitarist (Byrds)
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1941
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Peter Hoagland, (Rep-D-Nebraska)
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1942
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Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)
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1942
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Bob Gaudio, Bronx NY, rocker (Four Seasons-Sherry)
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1942
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Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir (Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ)
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1943
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Lauren Hutton, [Mary], Charleston SC, model/actress (American Gigolo)
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1944
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Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
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1944
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Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist
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1944
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Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], Toronto Ontario, comedian (SNL)
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1944
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Tom Seaver, pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
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1945
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Elvin Hayes, NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
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1945
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Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
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1945
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Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields)
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1946
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Martin Barre, British pop guitarist (Jethro Tull)
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1947
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Rod Clements, rocker
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1947
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Stewkey, [Robert Antoni], rocker
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1948
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Jaime Huelamo, Spain, cyclist (Olympic-bronze-1972) drug disqualified
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1949
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John Boehner, (Rep-R-Ohio)
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1949
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Thomas Lionel Hill, New Orleans, 110m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1972)
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1950
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Roland Matthes, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Oly-gold-1968, 72)
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1951
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Dean Paul Martin, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science)
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1952
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M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers' Union
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1952
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Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler (Olympic-1980)
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1953
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Dino Martin Jr, rocker
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1953
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Jilly Johnson, England, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde)
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1955
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Bill McCreary, Ontario, NHL referee
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1955
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Peter Cox, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
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1955
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Yolanda King, actress (Fluke, Ghosts of Mississippi)
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1957
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Daisy Fuentes, Havana Cuba, VJ (MTV International) (claims 1964)
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1958
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Allison Finney, Winnetka IL, LPGA golfer (1989 Standard Register)
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1958
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Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Oak Park Ill, actress (Color of Money)
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1959
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William R Moses, LA Calif, actor (Cole-Falcon Crest)
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1960
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Jonathan Ross, British talk show host (Tall Guy)
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1960
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RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor (RuPaul Show)
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1961
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Merete Van Kemp, Denmark, actress (Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy)
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1962
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Eric Olson, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Apple's Way)
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1963
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Marco T Dawson, Freising Germany, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milw-2nd)
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1963
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Pedro Luis Estrada, Bkln NY, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1964
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Marina Tcherkasova, US, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
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1964
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Michelle Knox-Zaloom, Annapolis MD, rower (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
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1965
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Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star
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1965
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Rob Koll, Bellefonte PA, 163 lbs/74 kg freestyle wrestler (Olymp-96)
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1965
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Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
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1966
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Daisy Fuentes, model/MTV veejay (America's Funniest Videos)
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1966
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Jeff Nelson, Baltimore MD, pitcher (NY Yankees)
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1966
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Sophie Marceau, Paris France, actress (Braveheart, L'Amour Braque)
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1967
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Howard Griffith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1967
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Ronnie Devoe, Boston, vocals (New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl)
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1967
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Sheila Lussier, La Mesa Calif, actress (Reform School, My Chauffeur)
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1968
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Cacho Conde, WLAF tight end/running back (Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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Takako Inque, Toride Japan, wrestler (Japan)
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1970
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Chris Tamer, Dearborn, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
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1970
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Max Huiberts, soccer player (Roda JC)
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1971
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Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Evansville IN)
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1972
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Ron Lewis, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1973
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Scott Rehberg, tackle (New England Patriots)
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1974
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Abbygale Williamson Arenas, Miss Universe-Photogenic (Phil, 1997)
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1974
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Brandon Call, actor (Baywatch, Blind Fury, Step by Step)
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1974
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Marc Edwards, NFL fullback (SF 49ers)
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1976
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Dafne Zeledon, Miss Universe-Costa Rica (1996)
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1980
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Isaac Hanson, vocalist (Hansons-Do Wah)
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1980
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[Clarke] Isaac Hanson, Tulsa OK, singer (Hansons-MMMMbop)
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1988
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Justin Cooper actor (Liar, Liar, General Hospital)
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DEATHS
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375
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Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54
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474
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Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
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594
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Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies
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1093
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Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
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1231
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Elisabeth van Thringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24
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1512
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Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
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1558
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Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
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1558
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Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58
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1562
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Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendme/huguenot, dies in battle at 47
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1608
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Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
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1648
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Thomas Ford, composer, dies
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1747
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Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
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1768
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Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
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1770
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Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
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1796
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Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
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1818
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Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies
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1826
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Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47
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1848
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Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies
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1856
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William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77
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1862
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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63
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1875
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Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
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1893
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Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
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1905
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Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88
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1905
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Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies
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1917
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F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77
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1921
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John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
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1927
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Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44
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1929
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A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
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1929
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Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69
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1931
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Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50
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1931
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John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
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1937
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Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies
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1941
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Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
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1943
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Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74
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1944
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A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
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1944
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Bernard Ray, US lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hrtgenwald
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1947
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Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
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1955
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James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64
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1959
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Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
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1962
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Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
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1968
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Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86
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1970
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Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69
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1971
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Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83
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1971
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Jackie Cooper, actor (People's Choice), dies at 49
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1971
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Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75
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1974
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Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87
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1975
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Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
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1976
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Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60
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1978
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Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
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1978
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James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
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1979
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John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
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1981
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Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
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1982
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Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
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1982
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Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead
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1982
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Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77
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1982
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Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC
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1984
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Jan Novak, composer, dies at 63
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1985
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Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
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1986
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Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
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1986
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Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered
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1987
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Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
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1988
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Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
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1989
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Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
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1989
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Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73
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1991
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John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80
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1991
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Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33
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1991
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Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
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1992
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Audre Lorde, St Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies
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1993
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Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80
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1994
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G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
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1995
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Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50
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1995
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Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
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1995
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John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88
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1995
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Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
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1995
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Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
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1996
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Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45
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1996
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Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54
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