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70
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Titus & his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem
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754
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Friezen murders bishop Boniface & over 50 companions
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1288
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Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I
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1305
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Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V
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1507
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England & Netherlands sign trade agreement
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1625
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Spanish troops under Sp¡nola conquer Breda
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1632
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Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond
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1661
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Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
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1716
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England & Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty
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1752
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Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter
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1783
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Joseph & Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
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1794
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Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
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1805
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1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
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1806
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1st trotter to break 3 minute mile (Yankee)
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1806
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Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland
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1808
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-6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians
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1827
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Turks capture Acropolis & takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
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1833
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Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage
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1846
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Telegraph line opens between Phila & Balt
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1848
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Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled
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1849
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Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy
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1855
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Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention
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1857
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Walter Woodbury & James Page open photo studio in Batavia (Djakarta)
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1861
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Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE
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1863
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Battle of Franklin's Crossing, VA (Deep Run)
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1863
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CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic
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1864
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Battle of Piedmont, VA (Augusta City)
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1869
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3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04¬
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1870
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Constantinople in fire; 900 die
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1872
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Republican National Convention meets (Phila)
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1873
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Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar
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1875
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Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens
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1876
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Bananas become popular in US, at Centennial Exposition in Phila
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1879
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13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
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1882
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Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die
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1884
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William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected"
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1886
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20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41
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1888
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Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president
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1899
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Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted
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1900
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Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria
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1907
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Automatic washer & dryer are introduced
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1911
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Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win
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1912
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US marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
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1913
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Dutch Disability laws go into effect
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1915
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47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6
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1917
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10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I
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1920
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1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell
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1920
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A's VP Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier
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1925
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29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass
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1926
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Indians triple-play Yankees & win 15-3
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1927
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3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9)
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1927
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Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record
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1929
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Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour govt in Britain
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1931
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Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium
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1933
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Gold standard abolished
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1934
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1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (NYC)
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1937
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69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6
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1937
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Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week
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1940
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1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
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1940
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American Negro Theater organizes
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1940
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Battle of France begins in WW II
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1940
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Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
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1940
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General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense
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1940
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Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
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1940
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Netherlands rations petroleum
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1940
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Synthetic rubber tire unveiled
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1941
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Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
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1942
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British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
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1942
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Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54
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1942
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USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
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1943
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75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2
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1943
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German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor
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1944
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1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
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1944
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1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day
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1944
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Allies march into Rome
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1944
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Fieldmarshal Rommel goes on vacation
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1944
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General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6
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1944
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King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto
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1945
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Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
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1945
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USA, UK, USSR, France declare supreme authority over Germany
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1946
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Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago Ill)
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1947
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Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
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1948
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Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
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1950
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US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
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1952
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1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing
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1952
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Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for hw boxing title
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1952
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Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
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1953
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Denmark adopts a new constitution
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1953
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US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
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1954
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"Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV
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1954
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
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1955
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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1955
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NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
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1956
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"Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV
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1956
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Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const
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1957
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NY narcotics investigator, Dr Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes
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1959
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Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minn
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1960
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"George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV
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1960
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Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
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1963
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Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina
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1963
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State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
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1964
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Davie Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowi
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1965
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"Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2
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1965
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97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6
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1965
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L¢pez Arellano becomes president of Honduras
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1966
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Cin Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader
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1966
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational
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1967
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6 day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begin
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1967
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Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
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1967
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Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 & 25 coins to pure nickel as soon as possible
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1967
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WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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12:16AM PST-Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
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1969
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Dutch Antilles govt of Kroon resigns
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1969
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Race riot in Hartford Connecticut
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1970
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KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1971
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103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
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1972
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"If You Had Wings" opens
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1972
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UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
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1972
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Yugoslav president Tito visits USSR
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1973
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43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60)
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1974
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A's Reggie Jackson & Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit
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1975
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48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor
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1975
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British population agrees to European Common Market membership
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1975
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Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
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1976
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"Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
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1976
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108th Belmont: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29
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1976
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Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
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1977
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1st personal computer, Apple II, goes on sale
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1977
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31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Phila 76er, 4 games to 2
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1977
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31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box & Annie win
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1977
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Coup in Seychelles (National Day)
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1977
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament
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1977
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LA Dodgers retire Walt Alston's #24
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1979
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Seychelles adopts constitution
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1980
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Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
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1981
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Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)
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1981
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Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays (AIDS)
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1981
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George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England"
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1981
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TODAY/PC runs for 1st time
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1982
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"Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
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1982
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114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
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1982
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52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61)
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1982
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Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle
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1983
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37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy & Cats win
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1983
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53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
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1983
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Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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1984
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Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" becomes #1
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1984
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Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site (Golden Temple)
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1986
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SD Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time
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1987
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"Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS & the show runs until 3:47 AM
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1987
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Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation & allows wins game
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1988
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1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000
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1988
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58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61)
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1988
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Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone
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1988
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Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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1988
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Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in NY
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1988
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Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary
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1989
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23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis
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1989
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Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
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1989
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Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
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1989
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Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3
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1990
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S African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
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1991
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Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church
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1991
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Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
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1991
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Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched
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1993
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"Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
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1993
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125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8
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1993
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63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64)
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1993
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Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives
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1993
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Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
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1993
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Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani
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1994
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"Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1994
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64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61)
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1994
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64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64)
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1994
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7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon
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1994
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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1995
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29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire
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1996
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis TN on WMFS 92.9 FM
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1999
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131st Belmont
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BIRTHS
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1664
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Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)
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1665
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Nicolas Bernier, composer
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1686
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Cristoph Raupach, composer
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1695
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Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect
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1718
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Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized)
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1723
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Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist (Wealth of Nations) (baptized)
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1736
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Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp
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1759
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Theodor Zwetler, composer
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1760
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Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium)
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1771
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Ernst August, duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51)
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1771
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Willem F, count of Bylandt, Dutch military officer
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1798
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Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer
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1813
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Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer
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1819
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John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune)
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1823
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George Thorndike Angell, Mass, lawyer (ASPCA)
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1825
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Georgia, educator (Rep-Ala, 1857-61)
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1826
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Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer
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1827
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Beverly Holcombe Robertson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1831
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Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922
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1862
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Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician (Nobel 1911)
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1863
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Arthur Somervell, composer
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1867
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Max Friedlnder, German art historian (Altniederlndische Malerei)
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1874
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Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904)
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1875
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Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Francouzsk Revoluce)
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1877
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Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch socialist minister (1939-45)
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1878
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Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days)
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1878
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[Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
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1879
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Adolf Wiklund, composer
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1882
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Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]
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1883
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John Maynard Keynes, Cambridge England, economist/math/journalist
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1884
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Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist
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1885
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Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French Foreign minister (-1940)
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1887
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Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)
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1888
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Raden Mas Nato Suroto, Indonesia, poet (Melatiknoppen)
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1892
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Alexander Loudon, diplomat (Washington)
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1893
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Albert Mhl, German writer (Hart vull Drift)
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1895
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August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)
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1895
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William Boyd, Ohio, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy)
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1898
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Federico Garc¡a Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding)
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1900
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Barbara Gooden, novelist
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1900
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Dennis Gabor, inventor (holography (3D laser photography)) [or Jan 5]
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1901
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Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
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1902
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Hugo Huppert, writer
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1905
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Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
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1905
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John Abbott, London, actor (Smogasboard)
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1906
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Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO)
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1906
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Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday)
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1906
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Viscount Rochdale, British CEO
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1907
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Rolf Bongs, writer
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1907
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Rudolf Peieris, physicist
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1908
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Jack Jacob, senior master (British Supreme Court)
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1909
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Alfred Uhl, composer
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1911
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Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast)
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1911
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Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO (ASH)
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1912
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Adriaan Morrin, Dutch literary (An Untidy Man)
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1912
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Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman)
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1912
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Josef Neckermann, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1913
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Friedrich Wildgans, composer
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1914
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Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist
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1914
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Rose Hill, singer/actress (Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark)
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1914
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Stan Jones, Douglas Az, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
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1915
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Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf)
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1915
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Lancelot Ware, founder (MENSA)
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1916
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Eddie Joost, baseball player
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1916
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Jack Sutherland, journalist
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1916
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Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30's/40's)
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1917
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Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter
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1918
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Branimir Sakac, composer
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1919
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Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68)
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1919
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Richard McClure Scarry, children's author/illustrator
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1920
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Cornelius Ryan, US historian/writer (Italians: Face of a Nation)
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1920
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Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
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1920
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Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
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1921
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Lancelot Pierre, cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28)
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1923
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Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts, composer (Signs of Zodiac)
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1924
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Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/orientalist
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1925
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Bill Hayes, Harvey Ill, actor (Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life)
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1925
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Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell & Mahoney)
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1925
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William L Dickinson, (Rep-R-AL, 1965- )
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1928
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Otto V Walter, writer
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1928
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Robert Lansing, SD Calif, actor (12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan)
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1928
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Tony Richardson, England, director (Delicate Balance, Hotel NH)
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1930
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer
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1930
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Robert Buchanan, founder (Center for History of Tech Bath University)
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1930
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Roger W Suddards, solicitor
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1931
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Jacques Demy, France, director (Lola, Magic Donkey)
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1931
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John Dellow, commisioner (London Metropolitan Police)
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1932
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A R Dawson, rugby player
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1932
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Christy Brown, Dublin, novelist (My Left Foot, Down All the Days)
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1934
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Bill D Moyers, Hugo Okla, news commentator (Bill Moyers' Journal)
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1934
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F Curtis Michel, LaCrosse Wisconsin, astronaut
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1934
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Gwen Swire, British social worker
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1934
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Katherine Helmond, actress (Soap, Coach)
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1935
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Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
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1936
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Barry Wilson, deputy chief (British Defense Staff)
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1936
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M A "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70)
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1937
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Stanley Lunetta, composer
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1938
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Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1938
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Marion Chapman, smallest known premature baby to survive (280 g)
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1939
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Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80)
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1939
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Ken Follett, spy author (Eye of the Needle)
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1939
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Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye)
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1940
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H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer (S African batting all-rounder 1961-67)
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1940
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Moira Anderson, Scotland, singer (Loch Lomond)
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1941
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Duane Duke Sims, baseball player
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1941
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Floyd Butler, rocker
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1941
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Jeffrey Rooker, MP (Labour)
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1941
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Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
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1941
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Spalding Gray, RI, actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting)
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1942
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Charles Dodge, composer
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1942
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Nelson "Bo" Burton Jr, bowler/sportscaster (Pro Bowlers Tour)
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1942
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Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, pres of Equatoriaal Guinee (1979- )
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1943
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Ann Craft, researcher/writer
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1943
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Bill Hopkins, composer
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1944
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Chris Finnegan, UK, middleweight boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1944
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Tommie Smith, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jan 5]
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1945
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Ambar Roy, cricketer (nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70)
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1945
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Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
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1945
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John Carlos, track star (Olympic bronze 1968); gave black power salute
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1945
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Klaus Wyborny, actor (Klammer auf Klammer Zu)
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1946
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Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly & Family Stone-Stand)
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1946
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Fuzzy Fuscaldo, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
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1946
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Gillian Hills, Cairo Egypt, actress (Blow-up, Clockwork Orange)
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1946
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Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf)
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1946
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Stefania Sandrelli, Viareggio Italy, actress (Afredo, Key)
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1947
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David Hare, playwright (Strapless, Plenty, Wetherby, Fatale)
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1947
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Eric Molobi, South Africa, activist (ANC)
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1947
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Laurie Anderson, performance artist (O Superman, Excellent Birds)
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1947
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Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)
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1948
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Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply)
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1950
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Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
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1950
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Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
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1954
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Michael "Nicko" McBain, Eng hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)
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1954
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Phil Neale, cricketer
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1955
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Nancy Stafford, Fla, Miss Florida (1977)/actress (Joan-St Elsewhere)
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1956
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Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)
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1956
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Richard A Searfoss, Mount Clemons Mich, Astronaut (STS 58, 76, sk 90)
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1957
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Jim Woodward, Wilmington DE, Nike golfer (1994 Miss Gulf Coast-50th)
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1959
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Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
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1961
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Ramesh Krishnan, India, tennis star
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1961
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Teri Nunn, Calif, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
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1962
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Astrid, Belgian princess/daughter of Albert II
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1964
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Laura Charameda, Marshall Mich, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
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1965
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Bob Probert, Windsor, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1965
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Edward Hartman, Skalica CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia)
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1965
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Karen Sillas, Bkln NY, actress (Prime Suspect)
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1966
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Bill Spiers, Orangeburg SC, infielder (Houston Astros)
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1966
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Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer (1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State)
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1967
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Joe Deloach, US, 200m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1967
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Matt Bullard, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)
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1967
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Ray Lankford, Modesto Calif, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
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1969
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Ed Smith, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1969
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Keith Powe, WLAF/CFL defensive lineback (Win Blue Bombers, Claymores)
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1970
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Izabella Scorupco, Bialystok Poland, actress (Golden Eye)
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1970
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Martin Gelinas, Shawinigan, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
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1970
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Todd Burger, guard (Chicago Bears)
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1971
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Marky Mark Wahlberg, Mass, rap singer (New Kids)/actor
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1971
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Pedro Garau, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
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1971
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Vaughn Parker, NFL guard/tackle (SD Chargers)
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1973
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Brady Smith, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
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1973
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Clay Williams, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1973
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Sean Moran, defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
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1974
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Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Ca, actor (David-Our House, St Elsewhere)
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1974
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Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress
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1975
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Zydrunas Ilgauskas, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1977
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Chantal Lefebvre, Ville LaSalle Que, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)
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1978
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Korina Nikolaou, Miss Cyprus Universe (1997)
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1978
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Misha Ivetich, Miss Indiana Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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754
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Boniface, [Winfrid], English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79
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754
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Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
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1288
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Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in battle
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1443
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Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies
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1568
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Lamoraal, earl of Egmont/prince of Gavere, beheaded
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1568
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Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded
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1568
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Willem Key, painter, dies at about 47
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1625
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Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
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1667
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Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist (Assertiones Theologicae), dies
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1722
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Johann Kuhnau, composer, dies at 62
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1785
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Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71
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1816
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Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
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1826
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Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39
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1852
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Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45
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1861
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John Garland, US Union colonel/brig-general, dies in battle
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1861
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Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55
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1864
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William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Conf brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
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1868
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Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73
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1880
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Jacobus J Cremer, painter/author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
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1885
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Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80
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1894
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Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70
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1900
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Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
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1908
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Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71
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1915
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Brzeska, sculptor, dies
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1916
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Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65
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1919
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Eugen Levin, head of 2nd Bavarian soviet republic, assassinated
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1921
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Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58
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1923
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George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65
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1927
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Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89
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1930
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Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies
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1932
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Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for S Africa), dies
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1939
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Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies
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1939
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Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies
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1944
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Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61
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1953
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Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60
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1953
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Roland Young, actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65
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1953
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William Farnum, actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76
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1966
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Natacha Rambova, costume designer, dies at 69
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1967
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Edna Park Edwards, entertainer, dies at 72
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1970
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"Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
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1970
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Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
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1973
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Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
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1976
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Jean Paul Getty, US oil magnate/billionaire, dies at 83
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1976
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Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
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1977
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"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74
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1978
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John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
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1979
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Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
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1980
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Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70
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1981
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Philo McCullough, actor (Branded, Ridin' Thru), dies
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1984
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Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
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1988
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Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of comm on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies
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1990
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J Zeldenrust, pathology-anatomy, dies
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1990
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Vasily V Kuznetsov, pres of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
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1992
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Laurence Naismith, actor (Scrooge, Gypsy Girl), dies at 83
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1992
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Max Lerner, US writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
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1993
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Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59
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1994
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Ish Kabbible, [Merwyn A Bogue], cornetist (Kay Kyser), dies at 86
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1994
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Thomas Millar, historian, dies at 67
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1995
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Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer, dies at 75
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1996
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Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
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1996
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Vito Scotti, actor (Nude Bomb, Get Shorty, Big Bus), dies at 78
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1997
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J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
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