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336
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St Mark elected Catholic Pope
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350
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General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
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532
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Nika uprising at Constantinople fails, 30-40,000 die
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1307
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German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia
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1478
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Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod
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1486
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King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
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1520
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Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
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1535
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Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru
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1644
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1st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston
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1644
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Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting
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1650
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French Prince Louis II of Cond captured
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1671
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Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panam
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1691
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English king Willem III travels to The Hague
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1701
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Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia
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1733
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1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
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1777
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San Jose California, founded
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1778
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Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
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1788
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English settlers arrive in Aust's Botany Bay to setup penal colony
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1795
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French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance
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1795
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governor/viceroy Willem V flees Scheveningen to England
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1817
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San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes
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1840
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Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears
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1850
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British blockade Pirus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims
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1854
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Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mxico
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1862
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Confederate Territory of Arizona forms
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1865
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Battle of Ft Moultrie, SC
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1869
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Elegant Calif Theater opens in SF
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1871
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2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck
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1884
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General Charles Gordon departs London for Khartoum
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1895
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Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms
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1896
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1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
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1896
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British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
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1900
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Jan Blockx's "Tl Uilenspiegel" premieres in Brussels
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1901
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Graves De Communi Re
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1905
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French govt of Combes falls
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1908
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Frederick Delius' "Brigg Fair," premieres
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1911
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1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
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1912
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English explorer Robert F Scott & his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before
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1913
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Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy
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1915
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Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
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1919
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WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
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1921
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William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in NYC
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1922
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Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy Rotunda in Dublin
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1923
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1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
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1929
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"NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
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1929
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Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
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1930
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-27øF (-33øC), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
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1930
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Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad
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1933
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White Sands National Monument, NM established
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1934
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Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC
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1938
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Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
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1938
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Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame
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1939
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SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW
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1942
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Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman
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1943
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Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis
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1943
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Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts
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1943
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Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad
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1943
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Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
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1943
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US rations bread & metal
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1944
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1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
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1945
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Warsaw freed by Soviet army
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1947
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"Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances
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1947
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Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
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1947
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Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
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1948
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1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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1948
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Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
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1949
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"They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
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1949
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1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
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1949
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South African Rev Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
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1950
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Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
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1950
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Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
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1951
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1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
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1951
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Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
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1951
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NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
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1951
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NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
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1953
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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1954
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Fanfani forms Italian govt
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1956
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German DR forms own army (National People's Army)
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1957
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3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min
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1958
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1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)
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1959
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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1960
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US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
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1961
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Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote & parliament by a single seat
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1962
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Southern University closed due to demonstrations
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1962
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US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59)
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1964
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Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
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1964
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Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC)
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1965
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H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname
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1966
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Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
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1967
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20th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 3-0 at Montreal
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1967
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Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
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1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1967
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Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
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1968
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"Happy Time" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 286 performances
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1968
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Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing," premieres in NYC
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1968
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1969
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Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
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1970
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Hasse Brjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec
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1970
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NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13
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1971
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Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in NY, to become WWF champ
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1973
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Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH
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1973
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Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
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1973
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John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC
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1974
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"$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
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1974
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Israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
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1975
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"Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
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1976
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Superbowl X: Pitts Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 21-17 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Lynn Swann, Pittsburgh, WR
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1977
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Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG
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1978
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Geoff Boycott captains England for the 1st time, v Pak Karachi
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1978
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Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
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1978
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Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB
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1979
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Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon
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1980
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Gold reaches $1,000 an oz
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1980
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Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1
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1980
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Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3« years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
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1981
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Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
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1981
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Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
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1983
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IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
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1984
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80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win
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1985
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US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
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1986
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24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
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1986
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AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1
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1986
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NY Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
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1987
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11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins
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1988
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Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
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1989
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Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
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1989
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Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey
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1989
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IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
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1989
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Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder
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1989
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West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
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1990
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South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African Natl Congress
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1990
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Wash DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting
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1991
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Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
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1991
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Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins
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1991
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US acknowledges CIA & US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career
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1991
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WLAF's NY Knights become NY-NJ Knights
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1992
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43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Phila
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1992
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49th Golden Globes
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1992
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Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui
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1992
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Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
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1992
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NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Phila
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1993
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Martin Luther King Jr holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time
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1993
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West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
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1995
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Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka v Kerala
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1995
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Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
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1996
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Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
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1996
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Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY
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1997
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47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
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1998
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"Ragtime," opens at Ford Theater NYC
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1998
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48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
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1998
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55th Golden Globes Awards
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1998
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ABL All-Star Game at Disney complex in Orlando
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1998
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Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
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1998
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Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
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1998
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UCP Telethon
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BIRTHS
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1543
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Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer
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1641
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Franois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)
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1657
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Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)
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1685
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Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized
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1689
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Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
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1726
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Hendrik D F L, prince of Prussia/diplomat
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1732
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Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer
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1751
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Ferdinand Kauer, composer
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1779
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Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard)
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1782
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Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH, orator/politician/lawyer
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1793
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William Henry Havergal, composer
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1795
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Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I
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1809
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Richard Caswell Gatlin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
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1813
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Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire)
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1815
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James Chesnut Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
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1815
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Richard Yates Gov, MC (Union), died in 1873
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1817
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Jacques Gregoir, composer
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1818
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Johannes van Vloten, Dutch literary/theologist
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1820
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Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884
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1829
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Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Blood to Bridge)
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1831
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Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
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1835
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Csar A Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer
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1835
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Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet
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1840
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Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer
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1840
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Ernst Rudorff, composer
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1841
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Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgr Lui)
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1849
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Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)
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1854
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Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone)
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1856
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Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation)
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1856
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John Hyatt Brewer, composer
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1857
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Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)
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1861
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Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist
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1861
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Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer
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1867
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Rubn Dar¡o, national poet (Nicaragua)
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1869
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Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer
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1870
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Berend Modderman, printer (Drukkers yearbook)
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1871
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Franz Blei, [Peregrinus Steinhvel], Austrian painter/critic
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1872
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Paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)
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1878
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Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician
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1879
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Henri-Honor Giraud, French general/member of parliament
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1880
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Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)
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1881
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Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]
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1882
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Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh)
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1882
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Jacob Clay, Dutch philospher/phyicist (Mesones)
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1882
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Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist
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1884
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Arthur Ransome, English author (Swallows & Amazons)
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1886
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Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
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1886
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Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist
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1892
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Oliver Hardy, Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel & Hardy)
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1893
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John Lawrence Seymour, composer
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1893
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Jorge Guilln, Valladolid Spain, poet/critic (C ntico, Final)
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1894
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Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist
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1896
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Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
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1901
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Arie Querido, Dutch social psychiatrist
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1903
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Berthold Goldschmidt, German/British (opera)composer (Beatrice Cenci)
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1904
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Cary Grant, England, actor (Arsenic & Old Lace, North by Northwest)
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1904
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Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor (Grand Nude)
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1905
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Chick Chandler, Kingston NY, actor (Barney-One Happy Family)
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1906
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Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours)
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1907
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Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera)
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1908
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Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59)
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1908
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Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian
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1910
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Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage)
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1911
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Gabor Darvas, composer
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1912
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Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete)
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1912
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Ren Gabrils, Belgian billiard pro (7 World/9 European championships)
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1912
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William Sansom, English writer (Loving Eye)
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1913
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Danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show)
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1914
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Arno Schmidt, writer
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1916
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Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)
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1917
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Oscar Lewenstein, impressario
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1918
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Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest
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1918
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Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58
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1918
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Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland)
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1919
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Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer
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1921
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Bruce Woodcock, boxer
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1922
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Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street)
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1922
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Yehezkiel Braun, composer
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1924
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Donald Baverstock, TV producer
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1925
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Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer
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1925
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Gilles Deleuze, philosopher
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1925
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Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52)
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1932
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Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall-of-Famer
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1932
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Robert Anton Wilson, US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat)
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1933
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David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker
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1933
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John Boorman, producer/dir (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz)
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1933
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Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor (Dolby noise limiting system)
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1933
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Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov, cosmonaut
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1935
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Raymond Briggs, English author (Fungus the Bogeyman)
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1939
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Bernard Glassman, NY, Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of NY)
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1941
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Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey)
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1941
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David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone)
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1941
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Iva Zanicchi, actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro)
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1943
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Dave Greene, rocker
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1944
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Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman)
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1944
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Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA)
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1946
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Katia Ricclarelli, actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)
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1948
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Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo Japan, actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
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1950
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Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti)
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1950
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Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer
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1950
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John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science)
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1953
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Brett Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
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1955
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Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren, Dutch actor (Hunk)
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1955
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Kevin Costner, LA Calif, actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham)
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1955
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Mable Fergerson, LA Calif, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972)
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1956
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Mark Collie, Waynesboro Tn, country singer (Another Old Soldier)
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1957
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Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
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1958
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Jeffrey N Williams, Superior Wisc, Major Army/astronaut
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1958
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Larry Smith, NBA player
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1959
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Bob Rosenberg, rocker (Will To Power)
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1961
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Mark D Messier, Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers)
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1962
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Alison Arngrim, actress (Nellie-Little House of the Prairie)
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1962
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David O'Connor, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-silver-96)
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1963
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Jane Horrocks, Lancashire England, actress (Absolutely Fabulous)
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1964
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Brady Anderson, Silver Spring MD, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
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1964
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Jenny Holliday, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1965
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Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
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1967
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Kim Perrot, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
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1967
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M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper
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1967
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Peter Cox Jr, Bronxville NY, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Larry Webster, defensive tackle (Baltimore Ravens)
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1969
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Marvin Pope, CFL defensive end (Calgary Stampeders)
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1970
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Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter (Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Andre Coleman, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (SD Chargers)
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1971
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Greg Engel, NFL center (SD Chargers)
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1972
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Dwayne Carswell, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1972
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Mike Lieberthal, Glendale CA, catcher (Phila Phillies)
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1972
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Ryan Kuehl, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
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1972
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Steven Conley, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1972
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Vinod Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-)
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1973
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Crispian Mills, London, vocalist/guitarist (Kula Shaker)
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1973
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Edward Jasper, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1973
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Junior Burrough, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
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1973
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Regilio Vreede, soccer player (Blue White, RKC)
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1974
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Devon Odessa, actor (Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost)
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1974
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Shane Burton, defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
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1975
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Derek Smith, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
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1976
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Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star (1995 finalist Jakarta)
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1976
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Vincent Polvliet, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
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1981
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Kimberly Gloudemans, Miss California Teen USA (1997)
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1981
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Latoya Farley, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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1367
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Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
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1479
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Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
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1580
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Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
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1659
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Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
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1664
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Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies
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1666
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Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
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1677
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John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57
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1730
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Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
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1760
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Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
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1769
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Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
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1854
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Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies
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1862
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John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
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1875
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Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
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1886
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Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
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1890
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Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
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1902
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Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70
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1906
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Bartolom Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84
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1913
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Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49
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1919
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John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13
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1921
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Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73
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1923
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Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31
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1936
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Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
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1940
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Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
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1951
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Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
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1954
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Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
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1962
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Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86
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1963
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Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies
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1966
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Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
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1967
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Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79
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1967
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Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
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1967
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Harry Antrim, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
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1967
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Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
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1967
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Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84
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1968
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Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72
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1968
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John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58
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1968
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Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69
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1970
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David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
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1971
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Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
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1972
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Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
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1976
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Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]
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1976
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Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
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1977
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Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
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1977
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Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67
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1977
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Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81
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1978
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Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67
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1978
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Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68
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1979
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Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
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1980
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Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
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1982
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Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
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1982
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Ram¢n (J) Sender (Garcs), Spanish writer, dies at 79
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1982
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Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20
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1984
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Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead
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1985
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Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
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1985
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Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72
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1986
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Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies
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1989
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Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49
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1990
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Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
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1991
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Hamilton Fish, congressman (NY), dies at 102
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1991
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Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
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1991
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Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85
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1992
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John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
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1992
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Tom Elios, entertainer, dies
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1993
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M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
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1993
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Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies
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1993
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Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
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1994
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Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
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1995
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Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91
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1995
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Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54
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1995
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Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79
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1996
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Leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87
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1996
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Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82
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1996
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N T Rama Rao, PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies
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1997
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Myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85
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1997
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Neville Crump, racehorse trainer, dies at 86
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1997
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Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass), dies at 55
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