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70
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Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem
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1417
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Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen
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1495
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Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella & Venice sign anti-French Saint League
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1531
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"Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
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1564
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Battle on Gotland: Lbeck & Denmark beat Sweden
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1621
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Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night
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1634
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US colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
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1659
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Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague
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1665
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Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
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1678
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Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
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1696
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John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius
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1727
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France, England & Netherlands sign accord of Paris
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1744
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French troops conquer Kortrijk
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1790
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US copyright law enacted
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1821
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Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
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1836
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HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
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1837
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Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
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1847
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Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
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1849
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Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"
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1853
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Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves NY aboard Advance
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1859
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Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
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1861
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Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
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1861
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Mint at New Orleans closes
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1862
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Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks)
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1864
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Raid at Morgan's Kentucky
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1868
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1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio
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1868
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Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris
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1870
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Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
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1870
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E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement
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1878
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German battleship Grosser Kurfrst sinks, 284 killed
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1878
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US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation
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1879
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1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
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1879
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Madison Square Garden opens
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1880
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League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI
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1883
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French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar
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1884
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Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"
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1889
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Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn
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1891
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Work on trans-Siberian railway begins
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1899
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-June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails
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1899
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Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
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1900
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British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg
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1900
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Piet de Law captures Lt-Col Spragges Irish Yeomanry
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1900
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Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
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1900
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US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
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1902
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Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
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1902
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Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
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1905
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Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger
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1906
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Attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid
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1907
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Taxis 1st began running in NYC
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1908
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Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
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1909
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1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)
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1910
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Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
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1910
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Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to NYC
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1910
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Union of South Africa declares independence from UK
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1912
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US marines land on Cuba
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1913
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17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified
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1913
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Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6)
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1914
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Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1
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1915
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An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
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1916
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Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)
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1916
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British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
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1917
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1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
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1919
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1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
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1919
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NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
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1921
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Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
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1923
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China & USSR exchange diplomats
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1926
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Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup
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1926
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Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
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1927
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Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A)
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1927
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Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play
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1928
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1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland
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1928
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Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season
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1929
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Atlantic City Convention Center opens
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1930
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Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season
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1930
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Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium
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1930
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Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 AUs of Earth
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1935
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Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
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1935
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Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan
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1937
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1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)
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1937
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Bkln Dodgers snap NY Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak
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1937
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German battleships bomb Almeria Spain
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1938
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Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
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1940
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Gen-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken
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1940
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Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
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1941
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-June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record)
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1941
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1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale
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1941
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41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton)
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1941
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British troops vacate Kreta
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1941
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German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach & swimming pools
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1942
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25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City NJ
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1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury
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1943
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"Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio
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1943
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Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters
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1944
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Allied breakthrough in Italy
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1947
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79th Belmont: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6
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1947
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Communists grab power in Hungary
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1947
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Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville Md, kills 53
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1947
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Italian govt of Gasperi forms
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1948
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Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings)
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1949
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31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA
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1949
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Charley Lupica begins stay on 4ý' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, & stays 1
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1950
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Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
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1950
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Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
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1951
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Neth & South Africa sign cultural accord
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1953
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Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government
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1953
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WSUN TV channel 38 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
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1955
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Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities
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1955
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Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike
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1955
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Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
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1956
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Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
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1957
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
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1958
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Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin"
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
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1959
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open
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1961
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Benfica wins 6th Europe Cup 1 at Bern
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1961
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Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens
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1961
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JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris
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1961
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Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate
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1961
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Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth
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1962
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"Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV
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1964
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Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim
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1964
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1964
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SF Giants beat NY Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hrs 32 mins)
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1965
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Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
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1967
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Bayern Mnchen wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg
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1969
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"Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 132 perfs
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1969
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"Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8
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1969
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John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"
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1969
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Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore"
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1970
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At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die)
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1970
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KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies' Golf Open
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1971
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WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1972
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Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam
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1973
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Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
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1974
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Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
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1974
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1975
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"Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 104 performances
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1975
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Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
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1976
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Loudest PA (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London
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1977
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"Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
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1977
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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar
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1977
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Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
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1979
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"I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 108 performances
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1979
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Radio City Music Hall (NYC) reopens
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1979
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Zimbabwe proclaims independence
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1980
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"Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38
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1980
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Police & youthful rebels battle in Zurich
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1981
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Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
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1982
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"Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 63 perf
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1983
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37th NBA Championship: Phila 76ers sweep LA Lakers in 4 games
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1984
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57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge
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1984
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record
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1985
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41 tornadoes hit Northeast US, killing 88
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1985
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Guatemala adopts constitution
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1985
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New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
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1985
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Tornados in Penn, Ohio, NY & Canada kill 88 & injured more than 1,000
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1987
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Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1987
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Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
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1987
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 3
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1989
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"Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC)
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1989
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1st International Rock Awards
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1989
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1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
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1989
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Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
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1990
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63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne
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1990
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BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie
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1990
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NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 3rd victim, Joseph Ponce
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1990
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Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles
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1991
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Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
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1991
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Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war
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1992
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46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa & Crazy For You win
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1992
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5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000
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1992
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Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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1993
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President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees
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1994
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Padres scores 13 in 2nd vs Pirates
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1996
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Mark Van Thillo & Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres V
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1997
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"Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 187 perf
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1997
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Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race
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1998
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wins Wegmans Rochester Golf International
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BIRTHS
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1469
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Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration
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1472
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Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
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1557
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Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)
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1656
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Marin Marias, composer
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1664
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Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal
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1674
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Friedrich Erhard Niedt, composer
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1701
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Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible
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1744
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Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath
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1753
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Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader
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1773
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Ludwig Tieck, writer
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1802
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Cesare Pugni, composer
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1804
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Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer
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1809
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Franz Joseph Haydn, Vienna Austria, composer
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1810
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Horatio Seymour, Gov (Union), died in 1886
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1817
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Edouard Deldevez, composer
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1817
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Georg Herwegh, writer
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1818
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John Albion Andrew, Gov (Union), died in 1867
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1819
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Walt Whitman, West Hills, NY, poet (Leaves of Grass)
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1837
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Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)
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1837
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Joseph Grimaldi, London, clown
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1837
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Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1837
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William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney" Lee, Major General (Confederate Army)
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1838
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Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Wife at University)
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1857
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Pius XI, [Ambrogio DA Ratti], Italy, 259th Pope (1922-39)
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1860
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Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner)
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1861
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Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907)
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1863
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Francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer
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1864
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Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)
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1866
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Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer
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1872
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Charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)
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1872
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William Heath Robinson, England, illustrator/cartoonist (Don Quixote)
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1875
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Italo Montemezzi, composer
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1879
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Mark Hambourg, composer
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1887
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Gunnar Olof Bjrling, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Vilande Dag)
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1887
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Saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]
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1888
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Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone)
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1889
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Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
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1892
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Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader
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1892
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Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian author (Bespokojnaja Joenostj) [NS]
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1892
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Louis Fourestier, composer
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1892
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Willem Ravelli, baritone singer
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1894
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Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)
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1897
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Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society)
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1898
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Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter
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1898
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Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman (Power of Positive Thinking)
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1899
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Leonid Leonow, writer
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1900
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Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef)
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1902
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Billy Mayerl, composer
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1902
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Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
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1902
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Ralph Walter Wood, composer
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1905
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Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher
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1907
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Valston Hancock, British air marshal
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1908
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Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
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1909
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Jan Lewando, British director (Marks & Spencer)
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1909
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Thor Thorvaldsen, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
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1910
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Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine
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1910
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Francis Avery Jones, British gastro-enterologist
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1911
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Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector
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1912
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Barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern)
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1912
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Dave O'Brien, Big Springs TX, actor (Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid)
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1912
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Henry M "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash)
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1912
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Martin Schwarzschild, US astronomer (evolution)
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1913
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Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral
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1914
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Akira Ifukube, composer
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1915
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Conrad W Mnnich, theologist (Branch of olive)
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1916
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Bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)
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1916
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John Vivyan, actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life)
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1916
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Judy Campbell, actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie)
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1919
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Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer
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1919
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Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician
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1920
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Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner (Redskins, Balt Orioles)
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1921
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Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress (Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man)
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1921
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Andrew Grima, British jeweller
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1921
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Robert Arthur Ley, UK, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X)
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1922
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Denholm Elliott, London, actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat)
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1922
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Elisabeth, arch duchess of Austria/princess of Liechtenstein
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1923
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Clint Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949- )
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1923
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Wolfgang Lesser, composer
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1924
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Russell Endean, cricketer (28 Tests for S Afr, handled the ball 1956)
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1926
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Derek Birley, British Vice-Chancellor (Ulster U)
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1926
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Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper (India in late 40's/early 50's)
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1926
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Viscount Ingleby
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1927
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Isabel Stoate, British diplomat
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1927
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James Eberle, Brit admiral/director (Royal Institute of Intl Affairs)
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1927
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Michael Sandberg, British CEO (Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp)
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1928
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Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor (Juiliard)
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1928
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Pankaj Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad)
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1929
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?, 1st reindeer born in the US
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1929
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Aladar Zoltan, composer
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1929
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Elaine Stewart, Montclair NJ, actress (Take the High Ground)
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1929
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Neil Shaw, British CEO (Tate & Lyle)
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1930
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Clint Eastwood, SF Calif, actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel, Calif)
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1930
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William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation (London University)
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1931
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John Schrieffer, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
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1931
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Justice Turner
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1931
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Shirley Verrett, New Orleans, mezzo-soprano (Cassandra-Les Troyens)
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1931
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Steve Horn, (Rep-R-California)
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1932
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Elizabeth Southey, British CEO (Natl Fed of Women's Institutes)
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1932
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George Vallings, British Vice-Admiral
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1932
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Ronald Hampel, British CEO (ICI)
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1934
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Bent Peter Rasch, Denmark, canoe (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1934
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Jim Hutton, Binghamton NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
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1934
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Karl-Erik Welin, composer
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1935
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Bruce Bolton, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1959)
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1937
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Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut
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1938
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John Prescott, British MP
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1938
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Peter Yarrow, NYC, (Peter, Paul & Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon)
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1939
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Charles Drain, singer
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1939
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Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage
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1940
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Augie Mayer, rocker (Sir Douglas Quintet)
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1940
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Elfi Mikesch, cinematographer (Erotique, Out of America, Malina)
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1941
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Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock GA, PGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
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1941
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Johnny Paycheck, Greenfield OH, singer (Take This Job & Shove It)
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1941
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June Clark, British Professor of Nursing (Middlesex U)
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1941
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Kenneth Cooper, NYC, harpsichordist/professor (Barnard, Bkln)
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1942
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Happy Hairston, NBA star (Cin, Detroit, LA)
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1942
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John Daniel, British Vice-Chancellor (Open U)
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1943
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Earl of Macclesfield
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1943
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Joe Namath, PA, NFL QB (NY Jets), $400,000 man (1969 Superbowl)
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1943
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Sharon Gless, LA Calif, actress (Chris Cagney-Cagney & Lacey)
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1944
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Mick Ralphs, guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
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1945
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Linda Davies, British Judge
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1946
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Debbie Moore, founder/CEO (Pineapple Dance Studios)
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1946
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director (Marriage of Maria Braum)
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1946
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Steve Bucknor, cricketer (West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee)
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1947
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John Bonham, Redditch England, drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway)
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1947
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William H Campbell Jr, rocker
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1948
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Duncan L Hunter, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
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1948
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John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
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1948
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Lynda Bellingham, actress (Sweeney, Scarlet Tunic)
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1949
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Steven Kampmann, Phila, actor (Kirk-Newhart)
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1950
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Edward Barker, cartoonist
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1950
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Gregory Harrison, Catalina Calif, actor (Trapper John, Logan's Run)
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1950
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Tom Berenger, Chicago IL, actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me)
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1955
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Ben de Lisi, British fashion designer
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1955
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Laura Baugh, Gainesville FL, LPGA golfer (1994 Youngstown Classic-9th)
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1956
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Bart van Poppel, Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer (Tambourine)
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1956
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Yoshiko Sakakibara, Chiba Japan, actress (Sailor Moon, Vampire Hunter)
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1957
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Jim Craig, North Easton Mass, hockey goalie (oly-gold-1980)
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1957
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Stephen Jones, British milliner
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1958
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Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion)
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1958
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Gary George Hallberg, Berwyn IL, PGA golfer (1983 Andy Williams)
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1958
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Kyle Secor, Tacoma Wash, actor (Tim Bayliss-Homicide)
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1958
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Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader (consumer boycots)
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1960
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Chris Elliott, actor/comedian (Get a Life, David Letterman Show)
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1960
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Norm Johnson, NFL place kicker (Seattle Seahawk, Pitts Steelers)
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1960
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Peter Winterbottom, British rugby player
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1961
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Harry Enfield, comedian (Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live)
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1961
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Lea Thompson, actress (Back to the Future, Caroline In The City)
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1962
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Corey Hart, Montreal Canada, vocalist (I Wear My Sunglasses at Night)
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1962
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Henry Williams, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1962
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Joe Orsulak, Glen Ridge NJ, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
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1962
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Noriko Hidaka, actor (Ranma «, Baoh, Akazukin Chacha)
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1963
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Wendy Smith, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
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1964
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DMC, rocker
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1964
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Scotti Hill, Manhasset NY, rock guitarist (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
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1965
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Annette Renee Peters, [nee Hand], Reno Nevada, 1500/3000 runner
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1965
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Brooke Shields, NYC, model/actress (Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan)
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1966
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Jessica Monroe, Palo Alto Calif, Canadian rower (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Roshan Mahanama, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening batsman)
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1967
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Kenny Lofton, E Chicago Indiana, outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
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1967
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Sandrine Bonnaire, Clermont France, actress (Vagabond, Police)
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1968
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Duane Causwell, NBA center (Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings)
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1969
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Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
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1970
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Cory Mantyka, CFL guard (BC Lions)
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1971
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Brad Elberg, CFL running back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1971
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Lenny McGill, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
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1971
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Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Sarah O'Hare, model (Cosmopolitan-Jan 1994)
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1971
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Troy Malave, Cumana Venezuela, outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
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1972
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Bryan Walker, safety (Washington Redskins)
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1972
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Eileen Richetelli, Milford Conn, diver (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Dominique van Roost, Verviers Belg, tennis star (1995 Futures-GBR)
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1973
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Marty Janzen, Miami FL, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1973
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Tyrone Williams, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1974
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Bindi Mansfield, Mooerbank NSW Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Jim Carey, Dorchester MA, NHL goalie (Washington Capitals)
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1974
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Steve Martin, defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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1990
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Liberty Irene Kasem, daughter of Casey & Jean Kasam
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DEATHS
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455
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Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched
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1091
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Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies
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1198
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Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies
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1504
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Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
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1551
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Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies
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1567
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Preguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies
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1594
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Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75
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1620
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Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59
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1665
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Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67
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1696
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Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75
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1740
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Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
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1806
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Michal FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77
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1809
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Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33
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1809
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Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77
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1832
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variste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20
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1837
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Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57
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1849
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Lonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 69
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1854
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Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34
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1862
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Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34
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1900
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James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75
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1900
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John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle
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1906
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Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56
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1906
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King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid
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1906
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Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid
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1908
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C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
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1910
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Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
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1916
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Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
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1928
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Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85
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1928
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Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60
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1942
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Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated
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1947
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Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39
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1947
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Henri G Casadesus, Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66
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1948
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Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80
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1952
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Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies
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1955
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"Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
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1955
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Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95
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1960
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Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78
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1961
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? Trujillo, Dominican Republic president, assassinated at 69
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1962
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Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56
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1962
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Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67
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1962
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Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
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1963
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Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63
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1971
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Dainty Ironmonger, cricketer (74 wkts in 14 Tests after age 46), dies
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1971
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Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75
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1971
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Reinhold Niebuhr, US theologist, dies at 78
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1973
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Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89
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1974
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Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70
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1976
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Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies
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1976
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Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in NY at 57
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1979
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Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of India), dies
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1982
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Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86
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1987
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Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies
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1989
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C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
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1989
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Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
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1989
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Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer
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1991
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Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies
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1991
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H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke
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1992
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Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52
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1993
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John Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69
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1994
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Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies
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1994
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Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86
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1994
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Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85
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1994
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Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86
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1995
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Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59
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1996
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Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80
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1996
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Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59
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1996
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Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies
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1996
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Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at 76
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1996
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Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68
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1996
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Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75
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1997
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Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76
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