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1535
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Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked & destroyed
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1556
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Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain
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1556
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Origin of Fasli Era (India)
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1738
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English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
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1774
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Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
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1794
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Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
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1796
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Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church
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1797
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Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine
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1799
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NY State abolished slavery
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1804
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Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804
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1834
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Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US
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1837
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Felix Mendelssohn marries Ccile Jeanrenaud
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1844
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Jos Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid
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1845
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Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
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1849
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Dutch princess Marianne & Prince Albert of Prussia separate
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1854
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During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia
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1859
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1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
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1862
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Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia
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1866
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1st ambulance goes into service
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1871
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SF Art Assn holds open reception at 430 Pine
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1881
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Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey
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1885
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US Salvation Army officially organized
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1891
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1st world weightlifting championship held
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1896
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The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
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1902
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27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record)
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1905
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Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
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1910
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1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre)
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1917
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Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
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1917
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Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo
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1920
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Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford
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1920
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Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia
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1922
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1st microfilm device introduced
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1922
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Stanley Cup: Toronto St Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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1924
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WGN-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
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1927
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Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St NYC
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1929
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Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador
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1930
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1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
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1930
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Constantinople & Angora changes names to Istanbul & Ankara
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1933
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German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler
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1935
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Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
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1939
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Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down
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1939
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Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in NYC
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1939
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Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship
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1939
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Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
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1941
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Sea battle at Cape Matapan: Brit fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy
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1942
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-29] 234 RAF bombers attack Lbeck
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1942
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4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38
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1942
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British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St Nazaire
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1942
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Raid on lock/dock St Nazaire
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1944
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6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40
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1944
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Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing Pippi Longstocking
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1944
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NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry
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1945
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Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
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1948
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2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win
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1950
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12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in
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1952
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
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1952
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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1953
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"New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 perfs
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1953
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"Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises 5,200,000
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1953
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7th Tony Awards: Crucible & Wonderful Town win
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1953
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KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1953
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
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1953
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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1954
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8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win
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1954
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
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1954
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WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
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1955
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NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
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1957
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1st National Curling Championship held
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1959
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11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama
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1960
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Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African & 1st Filipino cardinal
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1960
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Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland)
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1962
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Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
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1962
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Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
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1963
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AFL's NY Titan's become the NY Jets
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1964
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1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
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1964
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9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
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1965
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational
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1967
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"Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
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1967
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UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
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1969
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Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal
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1970
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1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
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1971
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25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win
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1972
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1972
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Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
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1974
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Rock group Raspberries breakup
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1975
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Wash Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
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1977
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39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats NC 67-59
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1977
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49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway win
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1977
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Morarji Desai forms govt in India
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1979
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British government of Callaghan falls
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1979
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Lazarus & Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood & night in Ukraine," premieres
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1979
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Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths)
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1981
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Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
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1981
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France performs nuclear test
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1981
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Gabi Schnbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
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1981
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Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua
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1981
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Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
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1982
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12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
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1982
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1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
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1982
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1982
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JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
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1985
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International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley
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1985
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Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
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1985
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STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad
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1986
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Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India
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1986
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John N McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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1987
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Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
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1989
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New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
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1990
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Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
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1990
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Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game
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1990
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President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
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1991
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Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
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1992
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6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal
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1992
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Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
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1992
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PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel
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1993
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13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins
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1993
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22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson
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1993
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Conservatives win French parliamentary election
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1993
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Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031)
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1994
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Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
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1994
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Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election
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1995
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Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovette split-up
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1995
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Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
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1995
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World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge
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1996
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"7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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1996
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"Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
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1996
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Katie Beam, 17, of Okla, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America
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1997
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"City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
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1999
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18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose
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BIRTHS
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1468
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Charles I, Duke of Savoy
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1472
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Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter
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1483
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Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)
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1515
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Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint
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1592
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Jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan
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1615
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Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent/diplomat
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1621
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Heinrich Schwemmer, composer
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1643
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Jose Solana, composer
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1660
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Arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer
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1660
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Georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain
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1727
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Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
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1729
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Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet)
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1731
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R mon de la Cruz, Spanish playwright/interpreter
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1737
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Francesco Zannetti, composer
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1741
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Johann Andre, composer
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1750
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Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
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1760
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Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)
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1766
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Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
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1770
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Sophie Mereau, writer
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1779
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Angelo Maria Benincori, composer
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1799
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Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)
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1806
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Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)
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1817
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Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer
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1818
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Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902
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1840
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Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria)
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1853
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Rudolf Kittel, German theologist (Psalms)
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1859
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Josphin Pladan, French writer/founder (French Rosicrucians)
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1862
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Aristide Briand, France, 11x premier (1909-22) (Nobel 1926)
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1868
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Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter
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1868
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Maxim Gorki, [Aleksei Peshikov], Russia, writer (Mother) [3/16 OS]
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1868
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Wojciech Gawronski, composer
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1871
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Willem Mengelberg, Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
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1872
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Jos Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general (Morocco)
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1880
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Rosina Lhvinne, Kiev Ukraine, pianist/prof (Juiliard Grad School)
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1883
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William H Harris, composer
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1885
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Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, composer
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1886
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Jaroslav Novotny, composer
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1887
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Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curaao, musician/composer
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1890
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Paul Whiteman, Denver Co, orch leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
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1891
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Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author
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1891
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Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag)
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1895
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Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
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1900
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Achille Longo, composer
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1900
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Robert Harris, actor (Big Caper, Laughing Anne)
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1902
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Flora Robson, South Shields England, actress (Dominique is Dead)
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1902
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Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
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1903
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Rudolf Serkin, Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
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1904
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Fosco Giachetti, Livorno Italy, actor (Wastrel, We the Living)
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1905
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Marlin Perkins, Carthage Mo, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom)
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1905
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Pandro S Berman, film producer
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1906
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Joseph Wright, Canada, oarsman (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1906
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Robert (Bob) Allen, actor (Texas Rangers)
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1907
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Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist
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1909
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Nelson Algren, US, novelist (Man with the Golden Arm)
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1910
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Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark
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1911
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Myfanwy Piper, librettist
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1912
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A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, UK, sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space)
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1914
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Bohumil Hrabal, writer
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1914
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Edmund Sixtus Muskie, (Sen-D-Me)/US Sec of State (1980)
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1914
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Frank Lovejoy, Bronx NY, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw)
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1915
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Jay Livingston, composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)
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1915
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Raymond Emery, cricketer (NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952)
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1918
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Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer
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1919
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Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
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1919
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Tom Brooks, cricketer (NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire)
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1920
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Dirk Bogarde, London England, actor (Death in Venice, Servant)
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1920
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Gene Chappie, (Rep-R-CA, 1981-86)
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1920
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Lord Butterfield
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1924
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Freddie Bartholomew, England, actor (Anna Karenina, David Copperfield)
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1924
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Gerhart Fritsch, writer
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1924
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Peter Baer, artost/printmaker
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1925
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Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
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1926
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Francis Burt, composer
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1926
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Polly Umrigar, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
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1928
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Jose Luis de Delas, composer
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1928
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, Warsaw, national security advisor (Carter)
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1929
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Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop
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1930
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Amelia Rosselli, poet
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1930
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George Bruce, painter
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1930
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Robert Ashley, composer
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1932
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Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Myten om Wu Tao-tzu)
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1934
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Siegfried Thiele, composer
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1936
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Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
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1940
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J Michael Plumb, Islip NY, equestrian (Oly-2 gold/4 silver-1976,84)
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1940
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Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
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1941
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Alf Clausen, Minneapolis Mn, orch leader (Mary, Simpsons)
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1941
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Charlie McCoy, Oak Hill WV, harmonica player (Hee Haw)
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1942
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Brian Jones, [Lewis B Hopkin], English pop guitarist (Rolling Stones)
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1942
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Neil Kinnock, leader of the British opposition (Labour)
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1942
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Neil Kinnock, Wales, leader (Labour Party)
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1942
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Samuel Ramey, Colby Kansas, bass (La Scala)
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1943
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Conchata Ferrell, Charleston WV, actress (Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law)
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1943
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Mike Newell, director (Bad Blood, Awakening, Amazing Grace & Chuck)
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1943
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Richard Eyre, British director (National Theatre)
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1944
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Ken Howard, El Centro Calif, actor (Ken-White Shadow, Dynasty, 1776)
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1944
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Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (NY Nets, Golden State Warriors)
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1945
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Chuck Portz, Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
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1945
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Hans Brunhart, leader of Liechtenstein (1978-93)
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1946
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Richard Sussman, rocker
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1947
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Bruce Gilbert, producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond)
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1948
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Dianne Wiest, KC MO, actress (Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)
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1948
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John Evans, (Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
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1948
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Wubbo J Ockels, Almelo Netherlands, astronaut (STS 22)
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1949
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Milan Williams, US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady)
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1949
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Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1949
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Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman during the 70's)
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1953
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Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- )
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1955
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Reba McEntire, McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
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1956
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Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91)
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1956
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Evelin Jahl, German DR, discus thrower (Olympic-2 gold-1976)
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1956
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T A Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact)
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1957
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Harvey Glance, Pheonix City Ala, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1958
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Bart Wayne Conner, Morton Grove Ill, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
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1959
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Petra Delhees, Jauch Switzertand, tennis star
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1959
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Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless)
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1961
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Byron Scott, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1962
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Ged Grimes, [Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
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1963
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Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr
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1963
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Therese Washtock, Vancouver BC, 3 day equestrian (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Jeff Beukeboom, Ajax, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
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1966
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Jason Garrett, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1966
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Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star
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1966
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Serge Djelloul, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
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1967
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David Lang, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
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1967
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Ed[ward] Grose, Juneau Alaska, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1967
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Shawn Boskie, Hawthorne Nevada, pitcher (California Angels)
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1968
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Chad Biafore, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
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1968
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Dennis Postlewait, Jacksonville NC, Nike golfer (1994 Wichita Open)
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1968
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Max Perlich, actor (JH Brodie-Homicide)
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1968
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Nasser Hussain, cricketer (Essex & England batsman)
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1968
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Teee Williams, LA Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
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1969
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Craig Paquette, Long Beach CA, infielder (KC Royals)
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1969
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Earnest Stewart, soccer player (Willem II)
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1969
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Elliot Perry, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks)
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1969
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Salt, rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
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1969
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Scottie Graham, NFL running back (Minn Vikings, Cincinnati Bengals)
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1970
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James Johnson, NFL/WLAF running back (Tampa Bucs, Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1970
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Jason B Gailes, Taunton Mass, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
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1970
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Shawn Price, NFL defensive end (GB Packers, Car Panthers, Buf Bills)
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1971
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Damien Marsh, Georgia, Australian 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Wesley Person, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1972
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Derek West, offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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1972
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Jonathan Edwards, Boston Mass, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
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1972
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Keith Tkachuk, Melrose MA, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix, USA)
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1972
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Michael Smith, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
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1972
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Mike Morton, linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
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1972
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Shannon Mitchell, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
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1973
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Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)
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1974
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K C Jones, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1975
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Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer (Pakistani quickie, debut v Engl1992 age 17)
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1977
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Angelo Garcia, Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
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1978
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Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997)
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1979
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Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1997)
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1980
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Cara Lewis, Miss Mississippi Teen USA (1997)
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DEATHS
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193
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Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated
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593
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Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67
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1134
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Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Cteaux/saint, dies
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1285
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Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies
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1566
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Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79
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1673
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Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51
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1677
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Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69
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1687
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Constantine Huygens, diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90
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1701
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Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor, dies at 75
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1712
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Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
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1758
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Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54
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1799
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Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55
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1801
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Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66
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1818
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Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62
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1840
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Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89
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1847
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Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma, composer, dies at 67
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1849
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Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44
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1856
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Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer, dies at 76
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1860
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Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer, dies at 73
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1863
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James Cooper, US attorney/senator/Union-brig-general, dies at 52
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1865
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Albert G Bilders, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 26
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1868
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James Thomas Brudenell, 7th earl of Cardigan, dies at about 70
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1877
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Vincenzo Fioravanti, composer, dies at 77
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1880
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Achille Peri, composer, dies at 67
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1880
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Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at 49
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1881
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, composer, dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]
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1885
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Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer, dies at 53
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1887
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Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75
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1889
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Matilde "Tillie" Ziegler, killed by husband William Kemmler
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1891
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Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
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1896
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E Rundle Charles, writer, dies
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1907
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Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65
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1908
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John Eliot, English meteorology, dies at 68
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1910
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Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist/conductor, dies
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1914
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Hanus Trnecek, composer, dies at 55
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1927
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Karl Prohaska, composer, dies at 57
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1928
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Giuseppe Ferrata, composer, dies at 63
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1941
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Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59
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1942
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Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67
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1942
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Miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spanish poet (Viento del Pueblo), dies at 31
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1943
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Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
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1944
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Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
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1944
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Stephen Butler Leacock, writer/economist (Literary Lapses), dies at 75
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1947
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Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57
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1949
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Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59
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1950
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Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier), dies at 67
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1953
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James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64
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1954
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Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
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1956
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack
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1958
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Chuck Klein, Phila Phillie HR hitter, dies at 53
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1958
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William C Handy, US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84
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1959
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James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
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1960
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Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61
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1963
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Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
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1965
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VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67
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1969
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Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th pres/gen (WW 2), dies in Washington at 78
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1971
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Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78
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1973
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Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies
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1974
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Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
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1974
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Franoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at 82
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1975
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Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77
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1979
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Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80
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1980
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Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies
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1980
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Jesse Owens, (Oly-gold-36), dies at the age of 66
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1983
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Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71
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1983
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Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77
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1984
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Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead
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1985
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Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97
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1985
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Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53
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1986
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Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39
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1986
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Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies
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1987
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Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
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1987
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Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
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1990
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Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at 65
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1991
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Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85
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1992
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Wendell Mayes, writer, dies of cancer at 72
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1994
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Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
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1994
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Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
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1994
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John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74
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1995
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Hugh Edward R O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night), ODs at 32
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1995
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Jack Regan, broadcaster, dies at 53
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1995
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Vivienne Byerley, publicist, dies at 88
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1996
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Barbara McLean, film Editor, dies at 86
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1996
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Charles Barnet "Roscoe" Harvey, soldier, dies at 95
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1996
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David Band, banker, dies at 53
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1996
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Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82
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1996
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Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at 75
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1996
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James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at 89
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1996
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Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
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1996
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Shin Kanemaru, VP of Japan (1986-87), dies at 81
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1996
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Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at 87
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