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185
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Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52?)
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283
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St Eutychian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1354
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Margaretha van Bavarian's son earl Willem V signs peace treaty
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1646
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Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry
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1741
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Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia
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1783
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Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
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1783
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William Pitt Jr (24) becomes British premier
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1787
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Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
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1808
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James Madison elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
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1835
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German railway Neurenberg-Frth opens
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1836
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Martin Van Buren elected 8th president
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1842
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NY Philharmonic's 1st concert
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1862
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Battle of Hartsville, TN
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1862
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Battle of Prairie Grove, AR
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1864
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Skirmish at Ebenezer Creek/Cypress Swamp, Georgia
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1868
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Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
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1872
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HMS Challenger sets sail on 3«-year world oceanographic cruise
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1875
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Natives Sons of the West organized
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1876
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NY Mutuals & Phila A's expelled from NL for not completing sked
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1877
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Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone
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1885
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49th Congress (1885-87) convenes
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1889
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Gilbert & Sullivans "Gondoliers," premieres in London
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1891
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52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session
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1895
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Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies
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1907
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Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring
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1909
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Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite)
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1911
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Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC
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1911
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Natl Hockey Assn forms with New Westminister, Vancouver & Victoria
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1912
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Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt
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1916
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British govt of David Lloyd George forms
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1916
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David Lloyd George replaces resigning H H Asquith as British PM
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1917
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US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I
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1920
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NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
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1920
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USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
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1921
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KWG-AM in Stockton CA begins radio transmissions
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1924
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German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis & Communists lose)
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1925
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Biltmore Theater opens at 261 W 47th St NYC
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1925
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Nol Coward's "Easy Virtue," premieres in NYC
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1926
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Gas refrigerator patented
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1929
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Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins
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1929
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Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
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1930
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13th PGA Championship: Tommy Armour at Fresh Meadows CC Flushing
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1931
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Bradman scores 219 NSW v South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
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1932
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1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY
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1934
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Wiley Post discovers jet stream
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1935
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CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton
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1937
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Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work
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1937
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Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams
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1937
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Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe
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1938
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Philip Barry's "Here Come the Clowns," premieres in NYC
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1938
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W9XZY broadcasts facsimile of St Louis Post-Dispatch by radio
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1939
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Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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1939
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William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland
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1940
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28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 2): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 12-5
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1940
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North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor
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1941
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1st Japanese submarine sunk by a US ship (USS Ward)
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1941
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Australian bombers land on Timor/Ambon
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1941
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Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu
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1941
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German siege of Tobruk after 8 months ends
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1941
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy)
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1941
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Nacht & Nebel Erlass, resistance fighter sent to concentration camps
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1943
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Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US
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1944
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Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago
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1944
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General Radescu forms Romanian government
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1945
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Microwave oven patented
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1946
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Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119
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1949
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15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
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1949
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Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
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1952
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KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1953
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Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires
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1953
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WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
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1954
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KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party
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1956
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Helen O'Connell joins Today Show panel
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1957
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Tony Kubek of the Yanks selected as AL Rookie of the Year
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1958
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R¢mulo Btancourt elected pres of Venezuela
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1959
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"Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
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1960
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Ivory Coast claims independence from France
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1962
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans
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1964
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George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
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1965
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Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in
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1967
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"How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs
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1967
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Otis Rescue records "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
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1968
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M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
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1968
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Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
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1968
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Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
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1970
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Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
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1970
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West Germany & Poland normalize relations
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1971
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"Wild & Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
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1971
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Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
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1972
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Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
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1972
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Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed & wounded by an assailant
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1973
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Orioles sell pitcher Eddie Watt to the Phillies
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1973
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Phillies sell infielder-outfielder Cesar Tovar to the Texas Rangers
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1973
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Wings release "Band on the Run"
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1975
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10th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
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1975
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Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
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1975
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Indonesian army occupies East Timor
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1975
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Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament
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1976
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UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term
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1977
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Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0
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1978
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Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
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1981
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Spain becomes a member of the NATO
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1982
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Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
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1983
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2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
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1983
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1984
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Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
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1985
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51st Heisman Trophy Award: Bo Jackson, Auburn (RB)
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1985
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Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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1986
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Juli Inkster/Tom Purtzer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1986
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Pres Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Hati
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1987
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43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in Calif (man shot pilots)
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1987
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Gorbachev arrives in US for a summit meeting
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1987
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Pacific Southwest crashes near Los Angeles, kills 43
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1987
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Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
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1988
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6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
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1988
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Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die)
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1988
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Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless)
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1988
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Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN
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1988
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Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC
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1988
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NY Islanders fire Simpson, Arbour new coach
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1988
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Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract
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1989
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C Coleman & D Zippel's musical "City of Angels," premieres in NYC
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1990
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Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages
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1990
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Ted Turner & Jane Fonda announce their engagement
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1991
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A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup
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1992
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Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater)
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1993
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Henri Konan Bdi names himself President of Ivory coast
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1993
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Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
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1994
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5th Billboard Music Awards
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1994
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Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide
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1995
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NBA settles strike of referees, refs to return on Dec 12
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1995
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US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter
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1996
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Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands
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1997
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Amy Fruhwirth & Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic
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BIRTHS
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967
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Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic
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1542
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Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)
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1557
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Girolamo Trombeti, composer
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1598
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Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)
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1604
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Ambrosius Reiner, composer
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1637
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Barnardo Pasquini, composer
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1648
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Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer
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1731
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Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter
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1751
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Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General (Suriname)
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1754
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Jack Jouett, American patriot
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1761
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Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum
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1772
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Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer
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1801
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Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes)
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1808
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Hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury
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1810
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Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory
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1823
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Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)
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1830
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Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education
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1835
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Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist
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1839
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Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal
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1840
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Hermann Goetz, composer
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1842
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Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen)
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1847
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James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)
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1847
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Solomon Schechter, US Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
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1857
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Nicola van Westerhout, composer
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1862
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Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)
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1863
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John Ebenezer West, composer
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1863
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Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana)
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1863
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Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Forest King)
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1872
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Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
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1873
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Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)
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1876
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Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
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1878
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Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)
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1879
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Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)
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1882
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Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)
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1887
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Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)
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1888
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Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist
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1888
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Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish (male) writer (House of Children)
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1888
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Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st pres of Amer Newspaper Guild
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1889
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Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer
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1889
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Honor-Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher/playwright
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1891
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Fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)
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1892
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Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)
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1894
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Stuart Davis, US painter
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1895
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Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)
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1896
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Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer
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1901
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A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944))
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1902
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J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)
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1905
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Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune)
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1906
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George Richard James, saxophonist
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1908
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Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist
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1908
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John H Doeg, tennis champ (US Open-1930)
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1909
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Jacob Kainen, artist/curator
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1910
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Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader
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1910
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Richard Franko Goldman, composer
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1910
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Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor (City Detective, State Trooper)
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1912
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Daniel Jones, composer
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1912
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Louis Prima, New Orleans La, singer (That Old Black Magic)
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1914
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Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)
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1915
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Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star)
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1915
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Eli Wallach, Bkln NY, actor (Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door)
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1917
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Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief (Cosmopolitan)
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1918
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Jorunn Vidar, composer
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1919
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Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)
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1921
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Arne Dorumsgaard, composer
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1923
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Ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
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1924
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M rio Soares, (Socialist), premier of Portugal (1976-78, 1983- )
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1926
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Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)
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1926
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Wolfgang Ludewig, composer
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1927
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Vlastimir Pericic, composer
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1928
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Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)
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1928
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Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer
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1930
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Richard Felciano, composer
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1932
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Ellen Burstyn, Detroit, actress (Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here)
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1932
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Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player
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1932
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Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host (Like Father, Like Son)
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1935
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Jean-Claude Casadesus, composer
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1936
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Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad Ky, (Gov-D-Ky)
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1937
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Thad Cochran, (Sen-R-Miss)
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1940
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Kumar Shahani, writer/director (Kasbam Tarang, Maya Darpan)
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1942
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Harry Chapin, NYC, rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Craddle)
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1942
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Jonathan D Kramer, composer
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1947
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Johnny Bench, baseball catcher (Reds)
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1947
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Mino Reitano, Italian entertainer
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1947
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Peter de Jong, Dutch actor (Maxi-Mini & Maxi)
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1947
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Vincent Baggetta, Paterson NJ, actor (Lou-Chicago Story)
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1948
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Gary Morris, Ft Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys)
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1948
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Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki)
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1949
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Tom Waits, Calif, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine)
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1951
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Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause)
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1953
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Bertin Osborne, Italian entertainer
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1954
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Gianfranco Jannuzzo, Italian entertainer
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1954
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Julie Halston, actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values)
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1954
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Mike Nolan, rocker
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1955
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Priscilla Barnes, Ft Dix NJ, actress (License to Kill, 3s Company)
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1956
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Larry Bird, hoop star (Boston Celtics)
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1957
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Geoff "Henry" Lawson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler 1980-89)
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1957
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Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer (one Test Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1982)
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1958
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Edd Hall, TV announcer (Jay Leno's Tonight Show)
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1959
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Salim Yousuf, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90)
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1961
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Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena CA, actress (Katherine Ashton-Gen Hospital)
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1962
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Grecia Colmenares, Italian entertainer
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1963
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Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
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1963
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Kristi Albers, El Paso TX, LPGA golfer (1993 Sprint Classic)
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1964
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Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
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1964
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Mike Nolan, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
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1964
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Peter Laviolette, Norwood Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
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1965
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Peter Draisaitl, Karvina CZE, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1966
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C Thomas Howell, LA Calif, actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man)
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1967
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Tino Martinez, Tampa FL, 1st baseman (Seattle Mariner, NY Yankees)
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1967
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Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)
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1968
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Cammy Myler, Plattsburgh NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
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1968
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Keith Goganious, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1968
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Melissa Iverson, Anoka Minn, rower (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Ricky Ervins, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
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1968
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Tom Myslinski, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Pitts Steelers)
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1969
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Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star
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1970
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Courtney Browne, cricketer (West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995)
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1970
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Ed Robinson, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1970
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Rob Olson, Victoria BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Newlands Open)
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1971
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Ben Atkins, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star (1995 Bermuda)
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1972
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Bobby Schoonens, soccer player (RKC)
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1972
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Clay Shiver, corner (Dallas Cowboys)
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1972
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Jordi Buritlo, Spain, tennis star
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1972
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Kevin Dogins, corner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1972
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Sunny, [Tamara Fytch], WWF model
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1973
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Mark Hartsell, WLAF QB (Scotland Claymores)
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1973
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Rea Marie Bavilla, Miss USA-Alaska (1997)
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1973
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Terrell Owens, wide reciever (San Francisco 49ers)
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1974
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Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star
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1974
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Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Nikola Wapzarow, writer
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1977
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Fernando Vargas, Oxnard Ca, welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR)
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DEATHS
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983
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Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28
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1254
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Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies
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1383
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Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies
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1811
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Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54
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1815
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Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46
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1817
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William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63
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1823
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Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79
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1826
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John Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71
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1829
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Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45
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1834
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Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23
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1839
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Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69
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1841
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Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83
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1860
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Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43
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1862
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Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies
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1867
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Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42
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1881
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Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51
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1894
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Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89
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1899
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Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
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1902
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Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies
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1912
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George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies
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1917
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Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91
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1938
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Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
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1941
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Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71
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1941
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Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28
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1943
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John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22
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1948
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Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35
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1962
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Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
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1967
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House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87
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1969
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Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66
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1969
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Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65
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1970
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Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87
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1971
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Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90
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1972
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Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91
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1975
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Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71
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1975
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Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78
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1977
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Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies
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1979
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies
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1979
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Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82
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1979
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Nicolas Born, writer, dies at 41
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1979
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Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris
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1980
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Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22
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1982
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Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be exec
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1983
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Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA
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1984
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Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65
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1985
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Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
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1985
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Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90
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1988
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Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies
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1988
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Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at 47
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1988
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Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire
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1990
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Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52
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1990
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Horst Bienek, writer, dies at 60
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1990
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Joan Bennett, US actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80
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1992
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Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79
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1992
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Ruth Corbett Thom, dies after long illness at 78
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1992
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Vincent Gardenia, actor (Moonstruck, LA Law), dies at 71
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1993
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Flix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88
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1993
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Janet Margolin, actress (David & Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50
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1994
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Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58
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1995
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Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42
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1995
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Tom Burns, editor, dies at 89
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1996
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Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43
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1996
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Jose Donoso, writer, dies at 72
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