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7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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352
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Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I
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884
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St Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1525
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Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels
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1527
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P nfilo de Narvaz departs to explore Florida
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1536
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Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed
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1544
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Scot earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
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1579
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Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian
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1620
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1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey)
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1630
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Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface
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1631
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Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg
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1648
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Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria
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1672
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Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada)
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1673
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Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi
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1678
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King Charles II & Louis XIV sign secret treaty
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1712
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Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands"
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1733
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England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British
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1742
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Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians
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1744
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French army takes Austrian Netherlands
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1750
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-18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem
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1756
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Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War)
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1787
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English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
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1792
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24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
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1794
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Hard frost in southern New England
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1803
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John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
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1804
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Lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase
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1809
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Papal States annexed by France
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1814
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Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
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1814
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Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll
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1837
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Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)
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1845
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Rubber band patents
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1846
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Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax
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1848
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Premier earl Schimmelpenninck resigns
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1849
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Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis Missouri
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1853
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Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election
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1862
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Battle of Princeton WV, ends, about 128 casualities
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1863
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Battle of Big Black River Bridge, MS
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1864
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Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat
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1871
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Indians fighter Gen Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches
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1872
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Bohemian Club incorporated
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1875
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1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
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1876
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7th US Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft Lincoln
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1877
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Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm
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1881
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7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40
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1881
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Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Wash DC
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1881
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Revised version of New Testament
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1883
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Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha
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1884
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Alaska becomes a US territory
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1890
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Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel," premieres in NYC
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1890
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Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
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1890
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Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome
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1894
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19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49¬
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1895
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W G Grace completes his 100th 100 v Somerset at Bristol
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1898
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Camp Merritt forms in Presidio [see 0503]
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1899
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Victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England
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1900
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British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)
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1903
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Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
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1904
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Maurice Ravel's "Shhrazade," premieres in Paris
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1905
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Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
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1906
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Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic
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1909
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White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks
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1910
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Canada sets the designs for the 1-50 coins
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1911
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36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51
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1915
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40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58
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1915
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Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
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1915
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Last liberal British govt of Asquith falls
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1915
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National Baptist Convention chartered
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1916
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British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced
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1920
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1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
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1920
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1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)
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1921
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Belgian-Luxembourg sign customs union
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1921
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President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show
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1923
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Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
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1924
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50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2
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1925
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Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
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1926
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Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton
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1926
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German govt of Marx takes power
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1927
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Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
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1928
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9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
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1930
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56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6
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1932
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Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
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1937
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Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier
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1938
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Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy
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1938
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Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network
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1939
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1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball
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1940
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Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
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1940
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Nazi's bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance
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1941
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Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack
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1942
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Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler
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1944
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-18] Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
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1944
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Chinese/US arm forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma
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1944
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General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th
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1944
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Operation Straightline: Allies land in Neth New-Guinea
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1945
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2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu
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1946
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KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections
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1946
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Pres Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
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1947
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"Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
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1948
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Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha & Telel-Kadi
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1948
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Soviet Union recognized Israel
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1949
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British government recognizes Republic of Ireland
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1952
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78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4
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1953
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
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1953
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Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
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1954
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Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson deci
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1955
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Dutch Govt of Drees resigns
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1957
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Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC)
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1957
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School desegregation law, Brown v Board of education
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1958
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84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
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1958
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Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria
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1959
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Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122
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1960
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1st atomic reactor system patents, J W Flora of Canoga Park CA
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1961
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Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
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1962
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Marin County withdraws from BART district
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1963
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Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in NY, to become WWF champ
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1963
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Houston Colt .45's Don Notterbart no-hits Phillies, 4-1
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1963
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US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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1964
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational
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1964
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Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
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1966
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KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back"
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1968
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European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite
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1968
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Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th straight game
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1968
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US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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1969
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"My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman & The Agents hits #92
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1969
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95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
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1969
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Balt, Cleve & Pitts agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL
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1969
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Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus
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1970
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Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
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1970
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Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament
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1970
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Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft Ra
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1971
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Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell," premieres off-Broadway
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1971
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Washington State bans sex discrimination
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1972
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Neth & China PR exchange ambassadors
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1972
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Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London
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1973
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"Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 21 performances
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1973
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Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the
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1973
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Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
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1973
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Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings
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1973
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Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"
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1973
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US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle Colorado
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1974
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Bayern Mnchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels
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1974
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
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1975
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"Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
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1975
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101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
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1975
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10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
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1975
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Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
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1975
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NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
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1976
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28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & M Learned
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1976
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Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed
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1977
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Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel
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1978
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Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
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1979
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-12øF (-11øC), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
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1979
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Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
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1979
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Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
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1980
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106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2
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1980
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Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
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1980
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Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
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1980
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Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live
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1981
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"Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 14 performances
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1981
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Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff
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1981
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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1983
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Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
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1983
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Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games
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1984
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Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning
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1984
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Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA
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1985
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Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
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1986
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"Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart
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1986
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112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8
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1987
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"Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
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1987
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
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1987
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USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
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1989
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Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
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1989
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Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
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1989
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Nelson Mandela receives a BA from U of S Africa
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1989
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Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825M
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1990
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Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
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1990
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European court rules pension rights for both men & women
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1990
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WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann
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1991
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Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe
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1992
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38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
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1992
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Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
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1993
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Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
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1994
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Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election
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1996
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Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe
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1996
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Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs
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1997
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123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54
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1997
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Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
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1997
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WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom
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1998
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44th McDonald's LPGA Championship
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BIRTHS
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1444
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Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)
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1451
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Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg
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1490
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Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia
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1551
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Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist
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1568
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Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer
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1576
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Ferdinand van Apshoven, the Older, Flemish painter, baptized
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1673
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Jozef LD von Knigsegg, Austria, milt minister of Austrian Netherlands
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1691
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Antoine Court, French reformed theologist
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1732
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Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer
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1741
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John Penn, US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [OS=May 6]
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1749
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Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination
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1768
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Caroline, Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV
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1794
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Anna Brownell Jameson, Dublin, writer
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1796
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Martinus J Niewindt, bishop of Curaao (christen slaves)
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1800
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Carl Friedrich Zollner, composer
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1803
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Robert Smith Surtees, novelist
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1804
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Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions)
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1808
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Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, composer
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1812
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Joseph Warren Revere, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1880
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1819
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Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer
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1823
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Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby, contralto/composer
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1836
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Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine)
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1846
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Edmund Bishop, English secretary of Thomas Carlyle
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1850
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Antonio Scontrino, composer
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1866
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Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer (Mmoirs d'un Ambsique)
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1867
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Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician/philosopher
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1871
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Henricus P Bremmer, art historian (Modern Kunstwerken)
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1873
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Dorothy Miller Richardson, Abingdon Berkshire, novelist
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1873
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Henri Barbusse, Asnieres France, novelist (Le Feu)
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1876
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Alban Collignon, Belgian sport journalist
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1878
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Conway Tearle, US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?)
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1886
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Alfonso XIII, Borb¢n King of Spain (1902-31)
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1888
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A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)
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1888
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Selmer Jackson, Iowa, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
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1889
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Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel)
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1889
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Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist (20 Exercises et tudes)
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1890
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Philip James, composer
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1896
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Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer
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1896
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Hannah Tillich, writer
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1899
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Ralf Harolde, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off)
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1900
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Nicolai Berezowsky, composer
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1900
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Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's ayatollah (1979-89)
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1901
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Werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)
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1902
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John Vincent, composer
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1903
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Douglas Packard, British Lt General
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1904
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Jean Gabin, [Alexis Moncorg], actor (Stormy Waters, French Can Can)
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1905
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John Patrick, screenwriter
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1906
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Eric Mensforth, president (Westland Aircraft)
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1907
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Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power
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1907
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Horace McMahon, South Norwalk Ct, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
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1907
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Ilona Schacherer Elek, Budapest Hung, fencer (Olympic-gold-1936, 48)
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1908
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Sigismund Toduta, composer
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1908
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Zinka Milanov, Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927)
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1909
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Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant
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1909
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Magda Schneider, actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight)
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1911
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Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative
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1911
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Maureen O'Sullivan, Boyle Ireland, actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice)
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1912
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Archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate)
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1912
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Clarence "Ace" Parker, NFL QB (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks)
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1912
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Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor
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1913
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Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn)
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1913
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Lord Hirshfield, chartered accountant
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1914
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Guido Masanetz, composer
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1915
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Joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer
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1916
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Cornelis A Eman, Aruban politician
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1916
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John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter
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1918
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Birgit Nilsson, Karup Sweden, operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome)
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1920
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Harriet Van Horne, Syracuse NY, columnist/panelist (Leave it to Girls)
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1920
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Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1921
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Dennis Brain, London England, french-hornist (Serenade)
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1921
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John Garlick, British senior civil servant
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1923
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Michael Beetham, Marshal (RAF)
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1923
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Miles Wingate, deputy master (Trinity House)
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1923
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Peter Mennin[i], Erie Pennsylvania, composer (Moby Dick)
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1924
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Frantisek Kovaricek, composer
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1924
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Lord Tombs, CEO (Rolls Royce)
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1924
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Thomas Baird, vice-admiral
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1926
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Cicely Berry, voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company)
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1926
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David Young, Lt-Gen/CEO (Cairn Tech)
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1926
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Earl of Airlie, KT
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1926
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Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor (U of South Pacific)
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1926
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Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet
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1926
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Tenniel Evans, rev/actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper)
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1927
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Ronald Halstead, deputy CEO (British Steel)
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1928
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Donald Cameron Watt, historian
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1928
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Ian Griggs, bishop (Ludlow)
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1928
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Vivian Moses, biotechnologist
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1929
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Raymond Hide, geophysicist
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1931
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Dewey Redman, jazz musician
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1932
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Arthur Jones, principal (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester)
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1932
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Colin Hope, CEO (T/N)
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1932
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Peter Burge, cricketer (dashing Australian batsman of 50's & 60's)
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1932
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Rodric Braithwaite, British ambassador to USSR
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1934
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Earl Morrall, NFL QB (Lions, Giants, Colts)
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1935
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Dennis Christopher George Potter, playwright (Karaoke, Midnight Movie)
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1935
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Ivan Slone, world-famous watchmaker
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1936
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Dennis Hopper, KS, actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider)
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1936
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Lars Gustafsson, writer
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1936
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Philippe Boesmans, composer
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1938
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Don Dolan, Staten Island NY, actor (Guy Lewis- General Hospital)
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1938
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Jason Bernard, actor (Judge-Liar Liar)
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1938
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Pervis Jackson, rocker (Spinners)
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1938
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Trinus Riemersma, Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden)
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1939
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Hugh Dykes, MP
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1939
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Wim de Bie, CEO (Simplistic Covenant)
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1941
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David Howell Cope, composer
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1941
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Malcom Hale, rocker
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1941
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Miriam Margolyes, actress (Will Be)
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1942
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Caroline Charles, fashion designer
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1942
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Taj Mahal, NYC, singer/songwriter (Real Thing)
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1944
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Arif Butt, cricketer (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65)
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1944
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Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG
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1944
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Jesse Winchester, Shreveport La, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it)
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1944
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Paul Crossley, concert pianist
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1945
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D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines)
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1945
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George Miller, (Rep-D-CA, 1975- )
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1946
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Sinaida Turchina, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1947
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John Traicos, cricketer (in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93)
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1948
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Bill Bruford, English pop drummer (Yes, King Crimson-Red, Genesis)
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1949
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Timothy Cordy, British director (Town/Country Planning Assn)
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1950
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A A Johnson, MP
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1950
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Christian Lacroix, French couturier (Chic Frills)
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1950
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Keith Bradley, MP
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1951
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I R Evans, CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water)
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1951
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Simon Hughes, MP
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1952
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Jody Pijper, Dutch (background) singer
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1953
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George Johnson, LA Calif, rocker (Brothers Johnson)
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1953
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Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show)
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1953
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Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England
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1953
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Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author (Kir Royal)/actress (Shogun)
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1954
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John Iles, dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III)
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1954
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Michael Roberts, jockey
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1955
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Bill Paxton, actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies)
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1956
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Bob Saget, Phila, comedian (Full House, America's Funniest Home Video)
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1956
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Sue Carpenter, TV presenter/journalist
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1956
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Sugar Ray [Charles] Leonard, Willington SC, boxer (Olympics-gold-76)
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1958
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Vincent Henar, Surinam, bassist (Fra Fra Sound)
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1959
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Paul Di'anno, rocker (Iron Maiden Chingford, London V Early Vocalist
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1960
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Fiona Hutchison, Miami Fla, actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light)
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1961
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Enya, [Eithne N¡ Bhraon in], Gweedore Ireland, vocalist (Watermark)
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1962
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Scott Case, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
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1962
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Tracey Bryn, rocker (Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee)
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1963
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Jon Koncak, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
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1965
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Trent Reznor, musician (9 Inch Nails)
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1966
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Danny Manning, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns)
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1966
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Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star
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1966
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Mark Schmocker, Interlaken Switz, US team handball goalie (Oly-96)
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1967
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Cameron Bancroft, actor (Beverly Hills 90210)
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1967
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Debbie Dutch, Titusville NJ, actress (Hell's Paradox)
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1968
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Tim Grunhard, NFL center (KC Chiefs)
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1969
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Aaron Ruffin, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1969
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Craig Erickson, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins)
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1969
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Paige Turco, Boston MA, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light)
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1969
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Ujesh Ranchod, cricketer (Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993)
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1970
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Alan Wetmore, CFL fullback (Montreal Alouettes)
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1970
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Derrick Deese, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
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1970
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Hubert Davis, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, NY Knicks)
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1970
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Jim Cummins, Dearborn, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1970
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Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
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1970
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John Karelse, soccer player (NAC)
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1970
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Jordan Nathaniel M Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
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1970
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Renzo Furlan, Italy, tennis star
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1970
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Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer (95 State Farm Rail Classic-11)
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1970
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Todd Mundt, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks)
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1971
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Bill Lindsay, Big Fork, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
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1971
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Mark Williams, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1972
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Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR)
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1972
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John Burrough, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
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1973
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Jay Riemersma, tight end (Buffalo Bills)
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1974
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Marcia Turner, Cambridge Mass, Miss America (Mass-Top 10-1996)
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1976
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Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Daniel Komen, Nyaru Kenya, 5k runner
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1976
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Peter Devine, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Jere Michael, Aspen Colo, figure skater (1994 National Jr champ)
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DEATHS
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1050
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Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies
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1510
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Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
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1510
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Sandro Botticelli, [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi], painter, dies
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1575
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Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at 68
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1591
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Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51
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1606
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Forges Dimitri #1, czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
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1695
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Cornelis de Heem, painter, dies
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1727
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Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
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1729
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Samuel Clarke, theologian, dies
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1796
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Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, composer, dies at 89
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1809
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Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies
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1838
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Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Prigord, French bishop, dies at 84
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1840
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Niccolo Paganini, composer, dies at 57
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1851
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Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at 31
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1864
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N Hawthorne, writer, dies at 59
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1866
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Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer, dies at 70
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1872
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Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer, dies at 63
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1883
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Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
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1884
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Louis Brassin, composer, dies at 43
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1889
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William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
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1892
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Gyrgy Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at 72
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1914
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Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
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1916
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Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68
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1919
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Bohumil Pazdirek, composer, dies at 80
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1920
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Maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies
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1926
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Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
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1930
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Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
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1931
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Johan [Eliza J] de Master, art critic/writer, dies
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1931
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Timothy Cole, wood engraver, dies
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1935
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Paul A Dukas, French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Vellda), dies at 69
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1943
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Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65
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1945
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Jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies
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1945
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Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
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1950
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Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67
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1951
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Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66
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1953
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Eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73
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1955
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Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
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1955
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Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer, dies at 75
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1955
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Leslie Hylton, cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder
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1957
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Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54
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1961
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French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
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1961
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Henri Gagnon, composer, dies at 74
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1964
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Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82
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1967
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John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65
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1967
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Nigel Martin Balchin, novelist, dies
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1969
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Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
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1970
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Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
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1973
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Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91
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1974
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Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
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1978
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John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
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1980
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Joseph M "Joop" Lcker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65
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1981
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Hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80
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1981
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Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
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1985
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Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
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1985
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Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
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1985
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Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies
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1987
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Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
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1989
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Robert Webber, actor (Nuts, Assassin, 10), dies at 74
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1992
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George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87
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1992
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Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89
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1992
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Leonardo del Ferro, [Keyser], US epic tenor, dies
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1992
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Warren Neal Boxer, dies of AIDS at 34
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1993
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Harry Elstrím, Danish/Belgian sculptor, dies at 86
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1994
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Alain Cuny, [Ren X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85
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1994
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Andrew Brown, film Producer, dies at 55
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1994
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Donald Keith Falkner, singer, dies at 94
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1994
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Willian Noel Moffat, architect, dies at 82
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1995
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Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72
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1996
|
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Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies
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1996
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Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver, dies at 37
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1996
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Willi Daume, olympic organiser, dies at 82
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1996
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Willis Conover, broadcaster, dies at 75
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