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455
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A D Gaiseric & the Vandals sacked Rome
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575
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Benedict I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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657
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St Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1129
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Fulco V's son Godfried marries king Henry I's daughter Mathildis
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1619
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England & Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
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1625
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Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand
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1627
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English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company
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1633
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Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne
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1676
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Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet
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1697
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Monarch August van Saksen becomes Catholic
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1746
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Russia & Austria sign agreements
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1774
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England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes
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1780
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Anti Catholic demonstration attacks parliament in London
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1797
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1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack NY (C Broadhead)
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1834
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5th national black convention meet (NYC)
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1835
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P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US
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1851
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1st US alcohol prohibition law enacted (Maine)
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1857
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James Gibbs, Va, patents chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
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1858
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Donati Comet 1st seen named after it's discoverer
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1862
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Gen Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E VA & NC
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1862
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Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington DC
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1863
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Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves
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1864
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Battle of Cold Harbour, Day 2
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1865
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At Galveston, Kirby-Smith surrenders Trans-Mississippi Dept
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1866
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Renegade Irish Fenians surrender to US forces
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1869
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Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game (vs Cin Red Stockings)
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1873
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Construction begins on Clay St (SF) for world's 1st cable railroad
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1875
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James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US
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1881
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Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
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1882
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Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
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1883
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1st night baseball under lights, Ft Wayne Indiana
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1883
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Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
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1886
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Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
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1896
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30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24«
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1896
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Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
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1899
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Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
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1901
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Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
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1902
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2nd statewide initiative & referendum law adopted, in Oregon
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1903
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Netherlands Korfball League forms
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1903
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Pirates win a triple header from Dodgers
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1904
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Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis
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1908
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33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
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1909
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43rd Belmont: Eddie Dugan aboard Joe Madden wins in 2:21.6
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1910
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1st roundtrip flight over English Channel (C S Rolls, England)
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1910
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Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea
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1913
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1st strike settlement mediated by US Dept of Labor-RR clerks
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1913
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Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth
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1914
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Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome
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1916
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German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux
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1919
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
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1920
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)
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1922
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Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances
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1924
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Snyder Act: US citizenship granted to all American Indians
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1925
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NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak
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1928
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Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
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1930
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Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman Presbyterian elder in US, Cincinnati
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1932
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Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres
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1933
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FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
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1933
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WNJ-AM in Newark NJ goes off the air
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1935
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Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player
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1936
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Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua
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1940
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Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach
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1942
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Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator
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1943
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99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission (over Italy)
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1943
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German assault on Sebastopol Krim, begins
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1944
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Generals Eisenhower & Montgomery dine in Portsmouth
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1944
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Judendurchgangslager Vught disbands
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1946
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Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy (National Day)
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1947
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"Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
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1947
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Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
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1949
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Transjordan renamed Jordan
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1950
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ST Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators
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1951
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones
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1952
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650,000 metal workers go on strike in US
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1952
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Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette
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1953
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
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1954
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John Costello (Cons) becomes premier of Ireland
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1956
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Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow
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1957
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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1957
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US TV interviews Khrushchev
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1958
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Alan Freed joins WABC (NYC) radio
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1958
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Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays
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1958
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Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
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1959
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Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF
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1960
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Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)
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1962
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32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62)
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1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1964
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"Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
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1964
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Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India
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1964
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Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Mass
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1965
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2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)
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1966
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US Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum; 1st lunar soft-landing
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1967
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Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
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1968
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Canadians must get govt permission to export silver
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1968
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WBLG (now WTVQ) TV channel 62 in Lexington, KY (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1969
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Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
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1969
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Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open
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1971
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Ajax wins 16th Europe Cup 1
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1973
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"Nash at Nine" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 21 performances
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1974
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
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1974
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Mali adopts constitution
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1974
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Malta's constitution goes into effect
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1975
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1st time snow fell in London in June
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1975
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James A Healy, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop, consecrated (Maine)
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1975
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VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
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1976
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East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia
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1977
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NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City
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1979
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John Paul II becomes 1st pope to visit a communist country (Poland)
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1979
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NASA launches space vehicle S-198
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1979
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Pope John Paul II visits Poland
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1980
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"Your Arm's Too Short to Box..." opens at Ambassador NYC for 149 perfs
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1981
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Barbara Walters asks Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be
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1982
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"Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances
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1983
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1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," released in Germany
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1983
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Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati
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1984
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"Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr Demento airs on NBC-TV
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1984
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Actress Jill Ireland has a radical mastectomy
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1984
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Flight readiness firing of Discovery's main engines
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1985
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31st LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
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1985
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39th Tony Awards: Biloxi Blues & Big River win
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1985
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Andreas Papandreous PASOK-party wins election in Greece
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1985
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RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco
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1986
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NYC transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token
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1986
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Regular TV coverage of US Senate sessions begins
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1987
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Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr #1
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1988
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61st Natl Spell Bee: Rageshree Ramachandran wins spelling elegiacal
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1988
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Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile
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1989
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"Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams, premieres
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1989
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10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Be
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1989
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14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee
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1989
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Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
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1989
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Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
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1990
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"Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
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1990
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Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0
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1991
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45th Tony Awards: Lost in Yonkers & Will Rogers Follies win
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1991
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4th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
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1991
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Rosie Jones wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
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1991
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Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
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1991
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Three Andrettis finished 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin
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1992
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Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
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1992
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Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows & Light"
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1994
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67th National Spelling Bee: Ned Andrews wins spelling antediluvian
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1994
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Chinook helicopter crashes in North Scotland (29 killed)
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1994
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Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
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1994
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Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler
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1995
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John Valentin hits 3 HRs
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1996
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50th Tony Awards: Master Class & Rent win
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1996
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51st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam
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1996
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9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
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1997
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Albert Belle's Chic White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends
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1997
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Liberals beat Conservatives in France
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1997
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Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Okla City bombing, killing 168
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BIRTHS
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1491
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Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)
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1504
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George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
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1535
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Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
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1577
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Giovanni Righi, composer
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1614
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Benjamin Rogers, composer
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1624
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Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
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1715
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Herman-Franois Delange, composer
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1740
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Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
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1751
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Antoni Weinert, composer
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1758
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Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
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1759
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Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter
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1777
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Christian Traugott Tag, composer
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1802
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Adrian van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet/critic
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1803
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Michail I Glinka, Russian composer
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1806
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Isaac Strauss, composer
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1807
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Robert Fuhrer, composer
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1815
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Philip Kearny, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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1821
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Ion Bratianu, (Lib), premier of Romania (1876-88)
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1828
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James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
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1830
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Olivier Metra, composer
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1831
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Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig General (Conf)/Lincoln's brother-in-law
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1831
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Jan G Palm, Curaao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
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1835
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Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
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1840
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Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
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1842
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Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
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1849
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Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme)
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1857
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Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance)
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1857
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Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
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1858
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Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
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1863
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Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
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1864
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Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
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1865
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George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
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1876
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Hakon Borresen, composer
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1879
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Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
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1883
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Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author (Lock of Hair)
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1890
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Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
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1891
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Ernst Kunz, composer
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1894
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Erich Rmer, Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932)
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1898
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Go[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer (Les oignons)
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1899
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Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)
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1900
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David Wynne, composer
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1901
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Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
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1904
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Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
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1907
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Dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)
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1908
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Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
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1909
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Robin Orr, composer
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1911
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Xia Hong, writer
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1913
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Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)
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1913
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Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
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1915
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Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars)
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1915
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Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
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1915
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Walter Tetley, NYC, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
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1916
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Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor (NYC, WNBC)
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1917
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Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
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1920
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Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
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1920
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Yolande Donlan, NJ, actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess)
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1921
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Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman)
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1922
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Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic (C¢micos)
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1923
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Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
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1926
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Milo O'Shea, Dublin Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)
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1927
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Andr Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
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1927
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Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
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1928
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John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher
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1929
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Alcides Lanza, composer
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1929
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Frederic Devreese, composer
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1929
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Willaim Brown, television executive
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1930
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?, 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
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1930
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Charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
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1931
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Larry Jackson, baseball player
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1932
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Barry Levinson, Baltimore MD, director (Rainman)
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1932
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Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
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1932
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Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
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1933
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Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)
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1933
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Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
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1934
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Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation)
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1936
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Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School)
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1936
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Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68)
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1937
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Jimmy Jones, rocker
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1938
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Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen (UNESCO)
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1938
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Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
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1939
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Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
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1940
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Christopher Bernau, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Guiding Light)
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1940
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Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
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1940
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Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
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1940
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Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
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1941
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Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
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1941
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Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist (Green Gulch Zen Center)
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1941
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Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
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1941
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William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
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1942
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Marie Cheatham, Okla, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light)
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1943
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Charles Haid, SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States)
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1943
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John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
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1943
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Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
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1944
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Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
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1944
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Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line)
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1944
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Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1945
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Bob Benrit, rocker
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1946
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Roger Freed, baseball player
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1947
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Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
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1948
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Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho)
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1948
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Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
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1950
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Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
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1950
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Toni Alessandrini, Chicago Ill, actress (Vice Academy Part 2)
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1950
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[Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
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1951
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Larry Clark Robinson, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Norris-77, 80)
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1951
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Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
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1953
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Craig Robert Stadler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (Masters 1982)
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1954
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Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian)
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1955
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Dennis Haysbert, San Mateo Calif, actor (Code Red)
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1955
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Gary Grimes, SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44)
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1955
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Michael Anthony, Chicago Ill, rock drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
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1956
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Mark L Polansky, Paterson NJ, pilot/astronaut
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1958
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Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], Atlanta Ga, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA)
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1959
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Charlie Huddy, Oshawa, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
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1959
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Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks)
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1960
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Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True)
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1961
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John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
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1961
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Kerry Junna-Saxby, Australian 10k walker (Olympics-15th-1992, 96)
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1962
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Darnell Coles, baseball player
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1962
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Laura Witvoet, Alberta Canada, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning-52nd)
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1963
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Brian Harvey, baseball umpire (NL)
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1963
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Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables Fla, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Jamaica)
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1963
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Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer (Bermuda Open-1990)
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1965
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Mark Waugh, cricketer (twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia)
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1965
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Steve Waugh, cricketer (twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia)
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1967
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Mike Evans, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1967
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Mike Stanton, Houston TX, pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
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1967
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Randy Hilliard, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
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1969
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David Wheaton, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star (1987 US junior boys)
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1969
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Kurt Abbott, Zanesville OH, infielder (Florida Marlins)
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1970
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Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard (New Orleans Saints)
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1970
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Eric Riley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1970
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Marty Mcinnis, Weymouth, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
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1970
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Mike Kelly, baseball player
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1970
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Randy Fuller, NFL defensive back (Pitts Steelers)
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1971
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Martin Suji, cricketer (Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
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1971
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Steve Brooks, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs)
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1972
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Brad Ottis, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
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1972
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Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
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1972
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Renee Heiken, Peoria IL, LPGA golfer (1994 Florida Women's Open)
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1973
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Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
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1974
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Tammy Holmes, Berkeley Calif, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1975
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Dontae' Jones, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
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1975
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Sally Newmarch, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
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1976
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Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
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1976
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Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1997)
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1978
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Nikki Cox, actress (Unhappily Ever After)
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1994
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Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh & Connie Sellecca
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DEATHS
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657
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Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
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1564
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Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies
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1572
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Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36
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1575
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Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
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1597
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Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
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1632
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Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58
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1639
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Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
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1676
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... d'ybarra, Spanish (admiral?), dies in battle
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1676
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John de Haen, vice-admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?
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1678
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Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
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1750
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Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
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1812
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John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
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1839
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Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
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1864
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George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
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1865
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John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
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1873
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Franois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
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1879
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E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
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1882
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Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
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1896
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Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
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1901
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James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
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1908
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Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68
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1927
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Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
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1927
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Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
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1927
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Lizzie Borden, accused murderer, dies at 68
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1929
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Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
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1937
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Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
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1940
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Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
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1941
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Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
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1947
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Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
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1949
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Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
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1949
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Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91
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1950
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Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
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1951
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Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
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1951
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John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
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1956
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Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69
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1961
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George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
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1961
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Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70
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1962
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Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies
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1962
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V Sackville-West, writer, dies at 70
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1967
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Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74
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1971
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Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66
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1972
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Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
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1974
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Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66
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1974
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Waldemar F Eric Marx, cricketer (3 Tests S Afr v Aust 1921-22), dies
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1975
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Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74
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1976
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Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
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1976
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Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73
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1977
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Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
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1977
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Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
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1977
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Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48
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1979
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Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
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1983
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Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire
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1986
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Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80
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1987
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Andrs Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
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1987
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Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
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1988
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Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85
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1989
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Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (4 Tests 1928-32), dies
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1990
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Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
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1990
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Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82
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1990
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Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82
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1990
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Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies
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1990
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Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
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1992
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Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
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1993
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French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
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1993
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Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
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1996
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John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94
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1996
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Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74
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1996
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Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49
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1997
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Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
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