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632
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Origin of Persian [Yezdegird] Era
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1338
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German monarch declares pope & king's decree redundant
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1487
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Battle at Stoke: Henry VII beats John de la Pole & Lord Lovell
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1567
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Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned in Lochleven Castle prison Scotland
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1624
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Judge directs US colony Virginia to English crown
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1673
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Peace of Vossem: Fren King Louis XIV & Frederik Willem of Brandenburg
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1745
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English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St Lawrence River
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1746
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Battle at Piacenza: Austria & Sardinia beat Spanish & French army
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1755
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British capture Fort Beausjour, expel Acadians
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1775
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Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it is Breed's Hill)
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1775
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Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress
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1779
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In support of the US, Spain declares war on England
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1779
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Vice-adm Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada
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1784
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Holland forbids orange clothes
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1794
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1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch)
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1815
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Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia
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1815
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Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French
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1822
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Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina
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1823
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King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
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1832
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Battle of Kellogg's Grove, Ill
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1836
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London Working Men's Assn forms
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1842
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Natchex Mississippi, hit by tornado; about 500 die
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1858
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Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
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1861
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Battle of Vienna, VA & Secessionville, SC (James Island)
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1864
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Battle of Lynchburg VA
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1864
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Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia
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1864
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Union Gen Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va
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1871
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Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, NYC
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1873
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Pres Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perc indians
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1879
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Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC
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1880
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Salvation Army forms in Londo
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1881
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Austria-Hungary & Serbia sign military treaty
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1882
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17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa
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1883
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1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2)
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1884
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1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY)
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1884
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On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating
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1893
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RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack
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1896
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Temperature hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif
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1898
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China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
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1899
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Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
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1903
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1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox
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1903
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Ford Motors incorporates
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1903
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Pepsi Cola company forms
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1904
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Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses)
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1909
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1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000
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1909
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Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic
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1913
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South-African parliament forbids blacks owning land
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1916
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Boston Brave's Tom Hughes 2nd no-hitter beats Pitts, 2-0
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1917
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1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia
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1917
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49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
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1922
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Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics
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1923
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Sun Yat Sen founds military academy
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1924
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South Africa all out 30 v England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7
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1927
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31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
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1929
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Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
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1931
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Austrian govt of Ender falls
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1932
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Germany forbids SA/SS-gang fights
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1932
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Pres Hoover & VP Charles Curtis renominated by Rep Convention
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1932
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Sutcliffe & Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
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1933
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National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law (later struck down)
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1933
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US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created
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1935
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US Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal"
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1936
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Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
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1936
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Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator)
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1937
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Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA
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1938
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Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by Browns
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1938
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St Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row
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1940
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Communist govt installed in Lithuania
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1940
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General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux
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1941
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1st US federally owned airport opened Wash DC
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1943
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Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die)
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1944
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Iceland adopts constitution
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1944
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King Edward VI visits Montgomery's HQ in Normandy
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1944
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US bombs Kyushu Japan
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1945
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71st Preakness: Wayne D Wright aboard Polynesian wins in 1:58.8
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1945
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Boo Ferriss loses to Yanks 3-2 after starting his career with 8 wins
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1946
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"Annie Get Your Gun" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 perfs
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1946
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46th US Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve
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1947
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1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"
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1947
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Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
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1949
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Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
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1951
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51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
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1951
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83rd Belmont: David Gorman aboard Counterpoint wins in 2:29
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1952
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Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
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1953
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Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak & also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
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1954
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Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
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1954
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Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam
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1955
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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1955
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Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron
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1956
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56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY
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1956
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88th Belmont: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:29.8
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1957
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French offensive in Algeria
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1957
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White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 HRs to beat Wash Senators 8-6
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1958
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"Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo & The Don'ts hits #46
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1958
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Govt troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
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1960
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"Psycho," opens in NY
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1960
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Pres Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
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1961
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Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
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1961
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Discoverer 25 launched
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1961
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Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
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1962
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2 US army officers killed in Saigon
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1962
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Caspar Weinberger (Sec of Def 1981-87), indicted on Iran-contra charge
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1963
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Levi Eshkol replaces David Ben-Gurion as Israeli PM
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1963
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Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open
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1963
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Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
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1964
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Amnesty granted to 3,000 political prisoners
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1964
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Quake strikes Niigata Japan
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1966
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"Rowan & Martin Show," debuts on NBC-TV
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1966
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20th Tony Awards: Marat/Sade & Man of La Mancha win
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1967
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50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
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1968
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68th US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 275 at Oak Hill CC NY
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1968
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Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf's US open under par
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1968
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA "500" Ladies Golf Classic
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1969
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Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell Jr from House
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1970
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Kenneth A Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark, NJ
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1970
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Race riots in Miami Florida
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1971
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Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
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1971
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Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida
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1973
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Leonid I Brezhnev visit US
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1974
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74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot GC NY
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1974
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Homer Simpson & Marge Bouvier wed
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1974
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Sandra Haynie wins Lawson's LPGA Golf Open
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1975
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Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabber & Walt Wesley to LA for 4 players
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1975
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Italy's Communist party PCI, wins
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1975
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Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD
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1975
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Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation
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1976
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Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa (Soweto Day)
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1977
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"Beatlemania" opens on Broadway
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1977
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Fianna Fail-party wins Irish elections
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1977
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Leonid Brezhnev named president of USSR
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1977
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Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
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1978
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Cin Red Tom Seaver no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0
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1978
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Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"
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1979
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"Logical Song" by Supertramp peaks at #6
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1979
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Carl Yastrzemski hits his 1,000th extra base hit
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1979
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Moslem Brotherhood kills 62 sheiks in Aleppo Syria
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1980
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"Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
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1980
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Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patents
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1982
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Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
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1983
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Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
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1983
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European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10
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1983
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Pope John Paul II visits Poland
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1983
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Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany
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1983
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USSR party leader Yuri Andropov elected president
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1984
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Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race
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1984
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Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
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1985
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85th US Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 279 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
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1985
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
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1985
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T C Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of US Open
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1985
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Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11«") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole & never recovers
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1986
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1 day general strike in South Africa
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1987
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Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
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1987
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Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
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1988
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Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home
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1988
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In Santa Barbara, CA, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hrs 20 m
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1989
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"Ghostbusters II" premieres
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1989
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Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
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1989
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Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
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1990
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"U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
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1990
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Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
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1991
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"Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 perfs
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1991
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-23] NYC Mayor Dinkins declares "Joseph Doherty Week"
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1991
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91st US Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 282 at Hazeline Natl GC Minn
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1991
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Boris Yeltsin elected president of Russian SSR
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1991
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Colleen Walker wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1991
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Minnesota Twins win a team record 15 games in a row
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1991
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Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day
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1991
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With 3 runs in 9th, Balt ends Twins 15 game win streak 6-5
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1992
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Colo Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game
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1992
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Great Brit postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
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1992
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Jeff King is 5th to be thrown out twice trying to steal in an inning
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1992
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Longest salami is 68'9 & 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
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1992
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Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)
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1993
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Ken Griffey Jr slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle's
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1994
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Martin Brodeur becomes 1st Devil to win Calder Trophy
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1995
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"Batman Forever" opens with a record $528 million weekend
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1995
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Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
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1995
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Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
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1996
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1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade)
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1996
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50th NBA Championship: Chic Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2
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1996
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96th US Golf Open: Steve Jones shoots a 278 wins at Oakland Hills CC
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1996
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Liselotte Neumann wins First Bank Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
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1997
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31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes
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BIRTHS
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1583
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Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
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1633
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Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer
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1637
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Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
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1752
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Meingosus Gaelle, composer
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1834
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Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
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1837
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Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
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1843
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David Popper, composer
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1843
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Jan Malat, composer
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1853
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Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer
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1858
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Eugene Ysaye, composer
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1858
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Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)
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1861
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Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian
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1863
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Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
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1874
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Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
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1879
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Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
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1879
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Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
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1888
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Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
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1890
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Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
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1892
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Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
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1894
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Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
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1895
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Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
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1896
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Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
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1896
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William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
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1899
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Helen Traubel, St Louis MO, soprano (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs)
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1899
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Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
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1900
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Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
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1901
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Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
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1901
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Conrad Beck, composer
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1902
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Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
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1902
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Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist
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1903
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Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
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1904
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Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
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1906
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Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
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1907
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Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man)
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1907
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John Hadfield, author/publisher (Love on a Branch Line)
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1909
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Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert)
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1910
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E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny)
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1910
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Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show)
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1910
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Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
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1910
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Richard Maling Barrer, chemist
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1911
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Georg Meistermann, German (glass)painter (Raumplnen)
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1912
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Enoch Powell, England, MP (C)/racist/Greek professor
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1912
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John Peel, MP
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1914
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Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
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1914
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Stewart Griffith, secretary (MCC)
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1915
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Joseph Kagan, businessman
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1915
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Mariano Rumor, premier Italy
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1916
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Francis Lopez, composer
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1916
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Hank Luisetti, NBA forward (1st to use a one-handed shot)
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1917
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Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
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1919
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Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords)
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1920
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John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me)
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1921
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Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England)
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1923
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Ake Hermanson, composer
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1923
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Henryk Czyz, composer
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1924
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Sayed Idries Shah, thinker
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1925
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Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses)
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1925
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Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
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1927
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Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England)
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1927
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Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's & 60's)
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1928
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Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
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1928
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Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64)
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1929
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James Kirtland Randall, composer
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1930
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Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
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1930
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David Konstant, bishop (Leeds)
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1931
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Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
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1931
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Ivo Petric, composer
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1931
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Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )
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1932
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David Keylsey, actor/director
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1932
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Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)
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1933
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Joachim Nowotny, writer
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1934
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Eileen Atkins, London England, actress (Equus, Devil Within Her)
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1934
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Janet Pilgrim, playmate (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956)
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1934
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Little Caesar, vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans)
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1934
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Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent
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1934
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Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer
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1935
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Jim Dine, Cincinnati Oh, pop artist (St John the Divine)
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1936
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August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator
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1936
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Fred Oster, Dutch TV host
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1937
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August Busch III, CEO (Anheuser-Busch, St Louis Cards)
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1937
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Erich Segal, Brooklyn NY, author (Love Story, Oliver's Story)
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1938
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Helen Ryan, British?, actress (Hannah)
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1938
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James Bolam, actor (Crucible of Terror)
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1938
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Joyce Carol Oates, NY, novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
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1938
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Michael Culver, British? actor (Devil's Webs)
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1938
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Mickie Finn, Hugo Okla, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's)
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1940
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Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer
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1940
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Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer
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1941
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Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier)
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1942
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Eddie Levert, Canton Ohio, vocalist (O'Jays-For the Love of Money)
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1942
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Giacomo Agostini, Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion
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1942
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John Rostill, rocker
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1943
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Joan Van Ark, NYC, actress (Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing)
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1944
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Joan Barbara Grigor, artist
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1944
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Takamiyama, [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion
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1946
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Lord Astor, of Hever
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1946
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Neil MacGregor, director (British National Gallery)
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1946
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Simon Williams, US, actor (Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu)
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1949
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Kale Browne, San Rafael Calif, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
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1949
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Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance)
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1950
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James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything)
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1950
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Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat)
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1951
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John Salthouse, British(?) actor (American Werewolf in London)
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1951
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Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut
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1951
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Roberto Duran, boxer (fists of stone, no m
s)
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1951
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Sonia Braga, Maringa Brazil, actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands)
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1952
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Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1952
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Gino Vanelli, Montreal Quebec, singer (Living Inside Myself)
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1952
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Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer (Nits-In the Dutch Mountains)
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1953
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Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
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1954
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Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats)
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1954
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Jeffrey S Ashby, Dallas Tx, astronaut (sk: STS 85)
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1955
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Laurie Metcalf, Carbonville Illinois, actress (Jackie-Roseanne)
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1955
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Simon Bailey, priest
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1957
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Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
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1957
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Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show)
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1961
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Robbie Kerr, cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985)
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1963
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Mohsin Kamal, cricketer (Pakistani fast bowler 1984- )
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1965
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J J Birden, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
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1965
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Johannes Harisch, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1966
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Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
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1966
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[Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston WV, shot putter (Oly-silv/gold-88, 96)
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1968
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Alton Montgomery, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
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1968
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Matt Turk, NFL punter (Washington Redskins)
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1968
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Nehemiah Perry, cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner)
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1968
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Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor (Will Cortlandt-All My Children)
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1969
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Kevin Young, Alpena MI, infielder (KC Royals)
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1969
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L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1970
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Michael Husted, NFL place kicker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1970
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Phil A Mickelson, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1991 Northern Telecom)
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1971
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Andre President, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1971
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Christopher Gomez, LA Calif, infielder (San Diego Padres)
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1971
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Tupac Shakur, Bkln NY, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet) (killed in 1996)
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1972
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Shawnelle Scott, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1973
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Shannon Myers, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1975
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Asa Carlsson, Vasteras Sweden, tennis star (1995 Futures-Stockholm)
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1975
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Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria (1996)
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1976
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Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1993
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Alice Ann Newman, daughter of Gretchen & Randy
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DEATHS
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956
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Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
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1216
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Innocent III, pope, dies at 54
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1246
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Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
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1361
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John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
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1492
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Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
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1575
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Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
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1620
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Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies
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1644
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Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
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1651
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Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
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1671
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Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
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1722
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John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
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1752
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Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88
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1793
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Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
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1804
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Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75
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1808
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Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
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1812
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Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
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1815
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Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle
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1831
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Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64
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1837
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Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72
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1880
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James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
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1892
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Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
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1901
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Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
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1905
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Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
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1910
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Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
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1930
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
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1932
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Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies
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1936
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Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies
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1940
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Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies
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1940
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Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25
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1941
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Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
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1946
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Ludwig Winder, writer, dies
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1946
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Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61
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1947
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Jean-Franois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
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1958
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Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
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1959
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George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
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1961
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O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
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1962
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Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Sín), dies at 64
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1963
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J C Powys, writer, dies at 90
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1969
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Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78
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1969
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John BMR "John" Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57
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1969
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John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25
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1969
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Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53
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1970
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Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73
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1970
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Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83
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1975
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Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
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1976
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Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed
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1976
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Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies
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1977
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Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
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1979
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Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62
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1979
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Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, writer, dies at 77
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1981
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Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
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1981
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John S Knight, US newspaper magnate, dies at 86
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1982
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John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs
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1987
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Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Kan), dies at 80
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1990
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Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
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1991
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Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies
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1992
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Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
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1993
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John B Connally, gov of Texas/shot with JFK in 1963, dies at 76
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1993
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Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies
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1994
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Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
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1994
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Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings), dies at 82
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1994
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Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic, dies at 82
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1995
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Jack Wagner, actor/voice (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), dies
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1996
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David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician, dies at 69
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1996
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Mel Allen, sportscaster (NY Yankees), dies at 83
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