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1079
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Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
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1205
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Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King
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1323
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Treaty of Paris
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1447
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Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V
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1460
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Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
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1521
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Magellan discovers Guam
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1579
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Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
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1590
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Earl Mauritius conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda"
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1628
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Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict
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1646
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Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
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1664
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King Louis XIV & Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
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1665
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Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
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1714
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Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
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1728
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Spain & England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo
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1775
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1st Negro Mason in US initiated, Boston
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1799
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Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine
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1808
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1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard
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1810
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Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US
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1816
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Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
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1831
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Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
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1831
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Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
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1831
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Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan
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1834
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Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor
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1836
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3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
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1836
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HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia
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1838
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Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lgt," premieres in Vienna
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1851
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Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London
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1853
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Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice
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1855
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Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
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1857
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Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens
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1861
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Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army
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1862
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Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern)
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1865
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Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida
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1865
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President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball
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1882
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Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
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1886
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1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA
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1886
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1st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYC
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1895
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England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
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1895
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J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) Eng v Aust
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1896
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1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
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1899
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"Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann
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1902
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Census Bureau forms
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1906
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Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
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1906
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Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
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1906
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Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers
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1909
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Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna
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1915
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Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos
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1918
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US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
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1919
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NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie
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1921
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Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
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1922
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Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year NY Yankee contract
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1922
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GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in NYC
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1923
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Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms
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1924
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British Labour govt cuts military budget
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1925
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Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmdy & Sankt Vith
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1926
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China asks for a seat in the Security council
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1929
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Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
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1930
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Bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food
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1933
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FDR declares a nationwide bank holiday
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1933
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Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in NYC
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1933
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Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk)
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1934
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Sidney Howard & Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in NYC
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1935
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Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in LA
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1936
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Belgium ends Locarno-pact
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1940
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1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC
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1943
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Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack
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1943
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Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers
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1944
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USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin
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1945
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117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm
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1945
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Assassination attempt on Hhere, SS Police fhrer Rauter
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1945
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Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio
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1945
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Erich Honnecker & Erich Hanke flee nazis
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1945
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Federico Garc¡a Lorca's "La Casa," premieres in Buenos Aires
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1946
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France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
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1947
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XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA
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1950
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Silly Putty invented
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1951
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Belgium extends conscription to 24 months
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1953
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Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR
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1955
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Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot"
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1955
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Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
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1957
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Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK
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1959
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11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
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1959
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Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
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1960
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President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
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1961
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1st London minicabs introduced
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1961
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Dutch guilder revalued 4.74%
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1961
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Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12« year govt jubilee
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1962
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St Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1962
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US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
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1964
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Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece
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1964
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Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
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1964
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Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher)
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1964
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Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4)
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1965
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"How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St NYC after 1415 perfs
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1965
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1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford
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1965
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Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
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1966
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Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks)
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1967
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2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
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1967
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Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
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1967
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Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted
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1967
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Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US
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1967
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WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
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1971
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Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain
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1972
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Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
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1972
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Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes
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1973
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In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 HRs & knocks in 7 RBIs)
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1974
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"Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 341 performances
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1974
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An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
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1974
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Ian & Greg Chappell score cricket
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1976
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Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)
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1976
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Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina & Zaitsev (URS)
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1976
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Men's Fig Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB)
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1976
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill
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1978
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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Ga
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1980
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Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time
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1980
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French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)
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1980
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Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th NYC
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1981
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1981
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Soyuz 39 returns to Earth
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1981
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Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of "CBS Evening News"
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1981
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann
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1982
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NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
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1982
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Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
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1983
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"On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 505 performances
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1983
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Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
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1983
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Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
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1983
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New Bedford, Mass woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table
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1983
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US Football League begins its 1st season
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1985
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Enos Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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1985
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Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight
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1985
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Mxican authorities find body of US drug agent Enrique C Salaazar
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1985
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Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King & I"
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1986
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Ken Ludwig's "Lend me a Tenor," premieres in London
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1986
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USSR's Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km
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1987
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6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
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1987
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Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
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1988
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18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000
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1988
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3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
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1988
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Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am
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1988
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Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
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1988
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Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament
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1989
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Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
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1990
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SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17
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1991
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Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, Pres Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is ov
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1992
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Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine
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1994
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Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
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1994
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United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy
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1995
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9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield
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1995
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American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
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1995
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix AZ on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM
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1995
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US 4.5 equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record)
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1996
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10th American Comedy Award
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1996
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2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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1996
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Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya
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1998
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1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace
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1998
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Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Conn state lottery
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BIRTHS
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1405
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Johan II, King of Castille
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1459
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Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
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1475
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Michelangelo, painter (David)
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1483
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Francesco Guicciardini, Ital attorney/president of Romagna
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1492
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Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer
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1495
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Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)
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1615
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Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y)
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1616
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Malachias Siebenhaar, composer
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1619
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Cyrano de Bergerac, famous nose, playwright (Voyage to the Moon)
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1698
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John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
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1710
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Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer
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1740
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Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
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1761
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Earl d'Androssi, French general/member of parliament
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1763
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Jean Xavier Lefevre, composer
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1765
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Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist/vicar
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1779
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Philipp Roth, composer
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1785
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Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer
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1787
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Joseph von Fraunhofer, Germany, physicist (studied Sun's spectrum)
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1791
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Anna Claypoole Peale, painted miniatures
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1793
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Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer
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1806
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
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1812
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Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
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1820
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Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1831
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Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
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1831
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
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1835
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Charles Ewing, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
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1835
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Ludwik Grossman, composer
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1843
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Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer
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1844
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Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov, composer (Flight of the Bumble Bee) (NS 3/18)
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1852
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Joseph Bayer, composer
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1870
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Oscar Straus, Vienna Austria, composer (Ein Walzertraum)
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1882
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Guy Kibbee, El Paso TX, actor (Big Shot)
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1885
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Ring Lardner, US, writer (You Know Me Al)
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1887
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Henri Gagnon, composer
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1890
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Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)
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1891
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Victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)
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1893
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Kathleen Smoothy, housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street)
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1893
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[Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues
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1897
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Knudge Riisager, Port Kunda Estonia, Danish composer (Quaarrtsiluni)
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1898
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Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)
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1898
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Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)
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1898
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Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago)
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1898
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Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Matthus Passion)
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1900
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John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian (University of London)
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1900
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Ludwig Donath, Vienna Austria, actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco)
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1900
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Robert "Lefty" Grove, baseball pitcher (300 game winner)
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1901
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Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
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1903
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Elizabeth Pinkston Becker, US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1904
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Hugh Williams, actor/writer (Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday)
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1904
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Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor (Klatergoud, Surprise Raid)
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1906
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Bob Wills, TX, actor (Lone Prairie, Tornado in the Saddle)
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1906
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Lou Costello, Paterson NJ, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello)
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1909
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Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter
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1909
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Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83)
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1911
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Charles Frank, physicist
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1911
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Roland Jacobi Leich, composer
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1912
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Madge Adam, astronomer
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1913
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David Bowman, trade unionist
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1913
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Ella Logan, Glasgow Scotland, actress (52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies)
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1913
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Stewart Granger, actor (Saraband for Dead Lovers)
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1914
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Kirill P Kondrashin, Moscow Russia, conductor (Hollywood Bowl 1981)
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1916
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Rochelle Hudson, Okla City OK, actress (That's My Boy)
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1917
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J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP)
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1917
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Roy Scott, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1947, 18, 1-74)
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1920
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Lewis Gilbert, London England, director/actor (You Only Live Twice)
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1920
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Roger Price, Charleston WV, actor/writer (Who's There, Droodles)
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1921
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Frankie Howerd, actor (That Was The Week That Was, Runaway Bus)
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1921
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Julius Rudel, Vienna Austria, conductor (NYC Opera 1957)
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1921
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Oliver Wright, British Ambassador (To US)
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1921
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Ross Hunter, Cleve OH, producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk)
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1922
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Frankie Howerd, British actor/comedian (A Funny Thing Happened)
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1923
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Ed McMahon, Detroit Mich, TV host (Johnny Carson Show, Star Search)
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1923
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Erhard Karkoschka, composer
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1923
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Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president (Wolfson at Oxford)
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1924
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Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
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1924
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William H Webster, US, judge/head FBI/CIA
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1926
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Alan Greenspan, economist/presidential advisor (FRB)
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1926
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Andrzej Wajda, Suwalki Poland, director (Ashes & Diamonds, Lotna)
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1926
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Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1948)
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1926
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Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
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1926
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Jon Nordal, composer
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1926
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Miroslav Klega, composer
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1927
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John Fairchild, Newark NJ, CEO (Fairchild publishing)
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1927
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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr, Shawnee Okla, USAF/astronaut (Mer 9, Gem 5)
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1927
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Norman Treigle, New Orleans Louisiana, bass-baritone
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1927
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William J Bell, Chicago Ill, soap opera creator (Young & Restless)
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1928
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Gabriel Garc¡a M rquez, Col, novelist (Europa Y America, Nobel 1982)
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1928
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Ronald Stevenson, composer
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1929
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David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
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1929
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Gnter Kunert, German poet/writer (Kaiser von Hondu)
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1929
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Hal Miller, British MP
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1929
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Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
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1929
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Thomas S Foley, (Rep-D-WA, 1965-94)/majority whip/speaker of house
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1931
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Carmen Delavallade, US dancer/singer/actress (Aida)
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1931
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David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
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1931
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John Smith, LA Calif, actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men)
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1931
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Willie Mays, Hall of Fame baseball centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets)
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1933
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Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer
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1933
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Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede (1977-94)
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1933
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Kim Elgie, cricketer (S African bat v NZ 1961-62, Scotland RU intl)
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1933
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William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
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1934
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John Noakes, British TV presenter
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1935
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Ronnie Delaney, Ireland, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
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1936
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A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
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1936
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Jean Boht, actress (Arthur's Hallowed Ground)
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1936
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Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Wash DC, 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
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1937
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Doug Dillard, actor (Clem-Popeye)
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1937
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Ivan Boesky, Detroit, stockbroker inside trading
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1937
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Paul Mefano, composer
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1937
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Valentina V Tereshkova-Nikolayev, 1st woman in space (Vostok 6)
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1938
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Lovelace Watkins, singer
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1939
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Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri)
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1939
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David Spielberg, Weslaco Tx, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice)
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1939
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Jerry Naylor, Stephenville Tx, rock vocalist (Crickets)
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1940
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Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
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1940
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Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman (Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader)
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1941
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Ann Winterton, British MP
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1941
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Ben Murphy, Jonesboro Ark, actor (Name of the Game, Winds of War)
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1941
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Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show)
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1944
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David Gilmore, Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd)
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1944
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Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni)
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1944
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Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
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1945
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Anna Maria Horsford, NYC, actress (Thelma Frye-Amen)
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1945
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Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)
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1945
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Rob Reiner, Bronx NY, actor/director (All in the Family, Stand By Me)
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1946
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David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
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1946
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Martin Kove, Bkln NY, actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey)
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1946
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Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
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1946
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Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1947
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Dick Fosbury, Portland Oregon, high jumper (Olympics-gold-1968)
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1947
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Judy Loe, Urmston Manchester UK, actress (Singles, Meaning of Life)
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1947
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Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
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1948
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James FCS "Jim" Woude, cartoonist
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1949
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Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na)
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1952
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Lyn Perrin, executive administrator (WIC)
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1953
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Jackie Zeman, Englewood NJ, actress (Bobbie-General Hospital)
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1956
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Peter Roebuck, cricketer (Somerset opening batsman & SMH writer)
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1958
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Mike Gatting, English cricketer
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1959
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Tom Arnold, Iowa, [Mr Roseanne Barr Arnold], actor (Tom, True Lies)
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1960
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[Eris] Sleepy Floyd, NBA guard
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1962
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Alison Nicholas, Gibraltar, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic)
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1963
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Suzanne Crough, rocker (Partridge Family)
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1964
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Cher Butler, Garland Tx, playmate (August, 1985)
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1964
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Reniet Vrieze, rock singer/guitarist (Pilgrims-White Men)
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1965
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Tammy Liley, Long Beach Ca, volleyball mid blocker/capt (Oly-b-92, 96)
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1966
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Cliff Meidl, Redondon Beach Calif, sprint kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1966
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Michelle Edwards, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
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1968
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Carla McGhee, Peoria Ill, US basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
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1968
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Connie Britton, Boston MA, actress (Nikki-Spin City)
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1968
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Jon Baker, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1968
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Marty Morgan, Minneapolis MN, 180« lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
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1968
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Moira Kelly, actress (Cutting Edge)
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1968
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Russell Butler, Dandenong Victoria Australia, diver (Oly-28th-88, 96)
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1969
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Andrea Elson, NYC, actress (Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids)
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1969
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Deems May, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
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1970
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Amy Pietz, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Annie-Caroline In the City)
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1970
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Robbie Tobeck, NFL guard/center (Atlanta Falcons)
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1970
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Scott Stahoviak, Waukegan IL, infielder (Minn Twins)
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1971
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Darrick Martin, NBA guard (LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1971
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Roger Salkeld, Burbank CA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
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1972
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Jamal Anderson, fullback (Atlanta Falcons)
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1972
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Paul Frlan, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1972
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Shaquille O'Neal, Newark NJ, NBA center (Magic, Lakers, Oly-gold-96)
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1972
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Susan Alexander, Silver Spring Maryland, Miss America-Maryland (1997)
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1973
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Brian Olson, Tallahassee Fla, middleweight (189 lbs) judoka (Oly-96)
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1973
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Greg Ostertag, NBA center (Utah Jazz)
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1973
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Michael Finley, NBA guard/forward (Phoenix Suns/Dallas Mavericks)
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1973
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Terry Adams, Mobile AL, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
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DEATHS
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766
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Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50
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1583
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Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48
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1615
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Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns
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1616
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Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)
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1674
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Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58
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1720
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Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
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1753
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Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56
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1754
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Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57
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1836
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Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
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1846
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Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]
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1851
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Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63
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1854
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Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80
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1867
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Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54
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1888
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Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
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1900
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Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65
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1917
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Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
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1924
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Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85
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1930
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William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies
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1932
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John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
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1933
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Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered
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1936
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Josef Stransky, composer, dies at 63
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1936
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Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63
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1937
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Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
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1939
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[Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86
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1941
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Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
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1941
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John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
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1941
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Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed
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1945
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Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
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1945
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Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64
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1947
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Ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55
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1950
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Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
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1951
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Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
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1954
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Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
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1954
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Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80
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1959
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Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
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1961
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George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56
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1961
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Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
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1962
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Rezso Kokai, composer, dies at 56
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1963
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Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91
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1964
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King Paul I, of Greece (1947-64), dies at 62
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1965
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Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75
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1965
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Ruvim Pergament, composer, dies at 58
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1966
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Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83
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1967
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Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
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1967
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Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
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1967
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Zolt n Kod ly, Hungarian composer (H ry Janos), dies at 84
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1968
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Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63
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1968
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Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83
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1970
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William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
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1971
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Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74
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1973
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Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72
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1973
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Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80
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1973
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Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
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1976
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"Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, lt-hvywgt box champ (1930-34), dies at 71
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1979
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Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83
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1981
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George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies
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1981
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Klaus Grabowski, child molester, shot by parent
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1982
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Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77
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1982
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Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
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1983
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Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
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1984
|
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Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies at 78
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1984
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Ian Cromb, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies
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1984
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Martin Niemller, German submarine capt/anti-nazi minister, dies at 92
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1984
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Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59
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1985
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Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80
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1986
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Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies
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1986
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Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
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1988
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Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63
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1989
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Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77
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1992
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Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
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1992
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Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies
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1992
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Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83
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1993
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Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
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1993
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Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
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1993
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Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64
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1994
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Leighton Noble, singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
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1994
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Max Schubert, winemaker, dies at 89
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1994
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Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
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1994
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Moses Rascoe, blues singer, dies at 77
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1994
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Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71
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1995
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David Beinhoff, mayor, dies at 24
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1995
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Delroy George Wilson, singer, dies at 46
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1995
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Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78
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1995
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Helene Weijel, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44
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1996
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Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician, dies at 88
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1996
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Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88
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1996
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Simon Cadell, actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at 45
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1997
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Anthony Hopkins, clinical Neurologist, dies at 59
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1997
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Jagan Guyanes, PM of Guyana (1953, 57-64), dies
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1997
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Michael Manley, Jamaican PM (PNP, 1972-80, 89-92), dies
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1998
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Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed
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