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1083
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Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral
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1098
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After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
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1357
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Peace of Aat
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1509
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Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon
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1539
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Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
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1540
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Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
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1621
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Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY)
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1621
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WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded
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1665
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Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft
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1748
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Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service
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1752
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Moscow houses & churchs destroyed by fire
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1770
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Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in Calif
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1781
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Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack
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1789
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Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada)
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1818
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Maratha Wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends
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1833
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4th national black convention meets (Phila)
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1847
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Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
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1851
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1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers
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1856
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Cullen Whipple patents screw machine
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1860
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Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes
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1861
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1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV
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1864
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Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
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1871
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Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
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1875
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Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
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1876
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Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada
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1884
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John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party natl convention chair
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1886
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24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda
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1888
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"Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)
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1899
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W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
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1906
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Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession
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1911
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"Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1
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1913
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Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws
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1916
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National Defense Act establishes ROTC
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1918
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Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional
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1919
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Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
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1921
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A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
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1924
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Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service
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1925
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Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits
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1925
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Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin)
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1925
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White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit
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1929
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1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center (electric light)
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1929
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Border dispute between Peru & Chile resolved
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1929
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Chile, Peru & Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area
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1930
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Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
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1932
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John McGraw, who came to NY in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants
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1932
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Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13
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1932
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Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament
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1933
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A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th & win 17-11
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1933
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Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain"
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1934
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Dr Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted
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1935
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French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours
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1937
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Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France
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1937
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Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium (580' drive)
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1938
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German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery
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1939
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71st Belmont: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:29.6
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1939
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Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe
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1940
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Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk
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1941
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Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol
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1941
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Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn
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1941
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German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports
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1942
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Battle of Midway Island begins
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1943
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United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration forms
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1944
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76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2
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1944
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Generals Giraud & de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution
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1944
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Nazis pull out of Rome
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1946
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1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)
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1946
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Intl Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals
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1946
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US Supreme court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional
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1947
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British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan
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1948
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"Sleepy Hallow" opens at St James Theater NYC for 12 performances
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1948
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200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory
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1948
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Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore
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1949
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1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
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1949
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Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
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1949
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GN Clark becomes 1st female US treasurer
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1950
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French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
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1952
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Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president
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1953
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Alexander Cartwright founded baseball & not Abner Doubleday
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1953
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Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving
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1953
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KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
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1955
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KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Stan Musial hits his 300th HR
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1956
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3rd class travel on British Railways ends
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1956
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KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open
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1957
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Howard Cosell's 1st TV show
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1958
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Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
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1959
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1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo
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1959
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1st US Air Force Academy graduation
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1959
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Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon
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1959
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Real Madrid wins 4th Europe Cup 1
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1959
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Singapore adopts constitution
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1961
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"Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances
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1961
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93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
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1961
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JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna
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1962
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Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130
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1962
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Betsy Rawls & Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1962
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Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal Neth
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1962
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WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1964
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Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis & pharyngitis
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1964
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Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
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1965
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Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White)
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1966
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European DX Council forms in Copenhagen (shortwave listeners)
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1966
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Gemini 9 launched; 7th US 2-man flight (Stafford & Cernan)
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1967
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99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
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1967
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Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1
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1968
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Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins
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1968
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Poor Peoples March on Washington
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1968
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Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
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1969
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Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)
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1970
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1st artificial gene synthesized
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1970
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Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml ref
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1971
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Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
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1971
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Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
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1972
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"Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9
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1972
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1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25
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1972
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Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female US rabbi
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1972
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Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
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1973
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"Smith" closes at Eden Theater NYC after 17 performances
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1973
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At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes
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1973
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Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Sealy-Faberge Golf Classic
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1973
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Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed
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1974
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Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
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1976
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Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold
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1976
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Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
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1976
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US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta
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1977
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Balt Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
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1977
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Belgium govt of Tindemans forms
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1977
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US & Cuba talk about diplomatic relations
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1978
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Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year
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1979
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"Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
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1979
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33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man & Sweeny Todd win
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1979
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Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya
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1979
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Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled
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1979
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
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1979
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World's worst oil spillage occurred in the Gulf of Mexico
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1980
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"It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 8 perfs
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1980
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Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35
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1980
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ESPN begins televising college world series games
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1980
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Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination
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1980
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NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1
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1981
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Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt
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1982
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55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis
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1982
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Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians
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1984
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"Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 13 performances
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1984
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30th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
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1984
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38th Tony Awards: Real Thing & La Cage Aux Folles win
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1985
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Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1
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1985
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Massive anti-ETA demonstration in Basques
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1986
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Battles in Beirut; 53 killed
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1987
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"Little Shop of Horrors," released in France
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1987
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"Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France
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1987
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Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
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1988
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"Big," premieres in US
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1988
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Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony
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1989
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Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
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1989
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Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone
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1989
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Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
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1989
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Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
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1989
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Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
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1990
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3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
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1990
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44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath & City of Angels win
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1990
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Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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1991
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Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history
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1991
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NY Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft
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1991
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Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title
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1992
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Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
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1992
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World's largest environmental summit opens (Rio De Janeiro Brazil)
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1993
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66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
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1994
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5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java (150+ killed)
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1994
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Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27)
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1994
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WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air
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1995
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Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont
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BIRTHS
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1610
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Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
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1657
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Manuel de Egues, composer
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1660
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Johannes Schenck, composer
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1685
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Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat
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1726
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James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
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1738
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Johann Christoph Oley, composer
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1746
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James Hook, composer
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1750
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Frederic Thieme, composer
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1761
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Henry Scrapnel, English inventor (shrapnel shell)
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1770
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Manuel Belgrano, Argentina
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1771
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Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author
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1773
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Caspar G C Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist
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1773
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Michael Gottard Fischer, composer
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1780
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William Hone, England, author/bookseller (Every-Day Book)
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1782
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Charles Waterton, eccentric naturalist/pioneer
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1801
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Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer
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1804
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Richard Cobden, West Sussex, founder (Anti-Corn-Law League)
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1808
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Jefferson F Davis, Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5)
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1812
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Pieter Mijer, Dutch gov-gen of Neth Indies (1866-72)
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1815
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Martin Edward Green, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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1819
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Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop Neth, Dut/Fr painter (Winter Scenes)
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1819
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Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer
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1824
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Charles Kinnaird Graham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1828
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Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer
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1828
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Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer
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1829
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Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer
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1831
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Otho French Strahl, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1832
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Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer
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1839
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Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Der Herr im Hause)
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1840
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Eugeen van Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Morning Twilight)
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1841
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Eduardo Caudella, composer
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1843
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Frederik VIII CWK, King of Denmark (1906-12)
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1844
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Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet
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1844
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Emile Paladilhe, composer
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1844
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Garret Augustus Hobart, (R) 24th US VP (1897-99)
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1864
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Ransom Eli Olds, auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer
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1865
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George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain (1910-36)
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1867
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Bela Anton Szabados, composer
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1868
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Lvar Henning Mankell, composer
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1869
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Maria Radulphus, inspector on Curaao (Radulphus College)
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1870
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Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919)
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1873
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Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician (Nobel-1936)
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1877
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Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter (Palm)
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1879
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Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer
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1887
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Emil Axman, composer
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1893
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Assen Karastoyanov, composer
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1895
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Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance)
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1898
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Rosa Chacel, spanish novelist
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1899
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Georg von Bekesy, Budapest Hungary, physician (Nobel-1961)
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1900
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Gerard den Brabander, [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New)
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1901
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Maurice Evans, Dorchester England, actor (Maurice-Bewitched)
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1902
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Edward Wayne, physician (Queen of Scotland)
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1904
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Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research
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1904
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Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], NYC, tenor (NY Met Opera)
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1906
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Josephine Baker, dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergre)
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1906
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Louis Simmonds, bookseller
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1906
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Norman Gallichan, cricketer (all-rounder in 1 Test NZ v England 1937)
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1906
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Robert Brown Black, British diplomat/gov (Hong Kong)
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1906
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Walter Robins, cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder)
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1907
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Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer
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1908
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Adele Dixon, actress (Calling the Tune)
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1908
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Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of the Pecos, Phantom Creeps, Outer Gate)
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1910
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Wilfred Thesiger, explorer/writer
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1911
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Ellen Corby, Racine Wisc, actress (Grandma Walton-Waltons)
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1911
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Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor (Think Fast, Two for the Money)
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1911
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Olaf Okern, Norway, Nordic skier (Olympic-medal-1948)
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1911
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Paulette Goddard, [Marion Levy], Switz, actress (Great Dictator)
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1912
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Richard D'Aeth, president (Hughes Hall Cambridge)
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1912
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William Douglas-Home, playwright (Now .. Barabbas)
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1914
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Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist
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1914
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Ronald George Woodman, pilot
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1915
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Iris Meredith, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Son of Davy Crockett)
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1915
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Leo Gorcey, NYC, actor (Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar)
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1918
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Patrick Cargill, actor (Help, Hammerhead)
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1920
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Lord Brandon of Oakbrook, Lord of appeal (Ordinary)
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1922
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Alain Resnais, France, director (Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour)
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1922
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Ivan Patachich, composer
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1922
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M Alain Resnais, Vannes France, director (Melo, I Want to Go Home)
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1923
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Michael Jaffe, director (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge England)
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1924
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David Richard Holloway, literary Editor
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1924
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Michael Gow, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
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1925
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Gerhard Zwerenz, writer
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1925
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Thomas Winning, Roman Catholic archbishop (Glasgow)
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1925
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Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz], Bronx, NY, actor (Some Like It Hot)
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1926
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Allen Ginsberg, Newark NJ, beat poet (Howl)
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1926
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Carlos Veerhoff, composer
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1926
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Colleen Dewhurst, Montreal Canada, actress (Maggie-Blue & Grey)
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1926
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Hamilton Fish Jr, (Rep-R-NY, 1969- )
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1926
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Janez Maticic, composer
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1926
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Roscoe G Bartlett, (Rep-R-Maryland)
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1927
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Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax)
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1928
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Donald Judd, US, sculptor (minimal art)
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1928
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John Reid, cricketer (prolific NZ batsman 1949-65)
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1928
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Sheila Faith, MP/MEP
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1929
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Chuck Barris, Phila, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show) [or 6/2]
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1929
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Howard Yanks, founder (Philadelphia folk festival)
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1930
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Marion [Eleanor] Zimmer Bradley [Breen], sci-fi author (Storm Queen)
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1930
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Michael Melle, cricketer (South African pace bowler of early 1950's)
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1931
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Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise)
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1932
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Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night)
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1934
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Jim Gentile, baseball player
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1935
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Edward McGrady, MP
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1935
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Raoul Franklin, chancellor (City University London)
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1936
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Colin Meads, rugby player
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1936
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David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist
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1936
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Harry Pitt, vice chancellor (Reading University)
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1936
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Larry McMurtry, US scriptwriter (Lonesome Dove, Pulitzer 1986)
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1936
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Philip J Attenborough, CEO/publisher (Hodder & Stoughton)
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1937
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Solomon P Ortiz, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
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1939
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David Frederick Stock, composer
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1939
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Phil Gallie, MP
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1940
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Richard Edwards, cricketer (WI pace bowler 1968-69 Aust/NZ tour)
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1942
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Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel)
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1942
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Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, rock vocalist (Freddie's Dead, Superfly)
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1942
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Duane Josephson, baseball player
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1943
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Billy Cunningham, NBA/ABA (Phila 76ers, Carolina Cougers)
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1943
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Eddie McGrady, MP
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1943
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Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)
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1944
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Edith McGuire, US 200m sprinter (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1944
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Michael Clarke, NYC, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
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1945
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Hale S Irwin, Joplin MO, PGA golfer (1974 US Open)
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1946
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Anita Pollack, MEP (Labour)
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1946
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Earl of Cromer, managing director (Inchcape (China) Ltd)
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1946
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Eddie Holman, rocker
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1946
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Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
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1946
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John Paul Jones, [John Baldwin], rock bassist (Led Zeppelin)
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1946
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Tristan Rogers, Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital)
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1947
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Penelope Wilton, actress (Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests)
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1947
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Timothy David, diplomat
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1949
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David Evenett, MP (Conservative)
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1949
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Stephen Ruppenthal, composer
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1950
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Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1950
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Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days)
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1951
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Christopher Cross, Texas, singer (Sailing)
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1951
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David Ogilvie, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1977-78)
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1951
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Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn't Let Me Wait)
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1952
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Billy Powell, keyboards (Lynyrd Skynyrd-That Smell, Freebird)
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1954
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Cindy Ferro, LPGA golfer
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1954
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Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch)
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1956
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Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts)
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1956
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Suren Nalbandyan, USSR, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1958
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Ann Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1985 R/U NSW Open)
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1958
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Ibrahim Hussein, marathoner, (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92)
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1958
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Scott Valentine, actor (Nick-Family Ties, My Demon Lover)
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1959
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Sam Mills, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
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1959
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Tom Arnold, former husband of Rosanne Barr/actor (True Lies, Stupids)
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1960
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Barry Lyons, baseball player
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1960
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Carl Rackemann, cricketer (Queensland & Australian quickie)
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1960
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Jack Daugherty, baseball player
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1960
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Steve Lyons, baseball player
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1961
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Kevin Arnott, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman, 101* v NZ 1992)
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1961
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Peter Glen Vidmar, LA Calif, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold/silver-1984)
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1962
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Connie Price-Smith, St Charles MO, discus thrower (Oly-5th-96)
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1963
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Deb Richard, Abbeville LA, LPGA golfer (1991 Women's Kemper Open)
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1963
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Sabrina Goles, Yugoslavia, tennis star
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1963
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Yuri Yuriyevich Krikun, Russia, cosmonaut
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1964
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Nelson Liriano, Puerto Plata Dom Rep, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
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1965
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Suzan Kaminga, Austin TX, bodybuilder
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1966
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Wasim Akram, cricketer (brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler)
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1967
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Tam s Darnyi, Hungary, backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-88, 92)
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1967
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William "Bill" Carlucci, Minneapolis Minn, rower (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1968
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Jon Baker, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1969
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Ray Roberts, tackle (Detroit Lions)
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1970
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Andrea Congreaves, WNBA forward/center (Charlotte Sting)
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1970
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Carl Everett, baseball player
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1970
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Lanee Butler, Manhasset NY, mistral sailboat yachter (Olymp-11th-1996)
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1970
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Peter Newton, Kailua Hawaii, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Aaron Ledesma, baseball player
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1971
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Carl Everett, Tampa Fla, outfielder (NY Mets)
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1971
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Mark Parrish, Columbia MD, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
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1972
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Bryan Rekar, Oak Lawn IL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1972
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Omar Douglas, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
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1972
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Robert Kennedy, cricketer (New Zealand opening bowler 1996)
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1973
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Charles Emanuel, safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1973
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Sargis Sargsian, Yerevan Armenia, tennis star (1995 NCAA)
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1974
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Alison McCreary, Florence Alabama, Miss America (Alabama-4th-1997)
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1974
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Ashaundai Smith, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1974
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Bryan Still, wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
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1975
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Jamie Nails, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
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DEATHS
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545
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Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70
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1107
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Kilidj Arslan I, Seldjoeken-sultan, dies in battle
|
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1594
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Michel Renichon, priest, executed
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1661
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Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
|
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1679
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Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
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1688
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Maximilian H of Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik, dies at 66
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1732
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Pieter Vuyst, Dutch gov-gen of Ceylon, executed
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1764
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Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69
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1804
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Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer, dies at 35
|
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1809
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John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer, dies at 58
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1844
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Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulme, dies
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1849
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Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73
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1858
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Julius Reubke, composer, dies at 24
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1861
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Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies
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1864
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James P McMahon, US Union colonel (164th NY), dies in battle
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1864
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Peter A Porter, US Union colonel (8th NY), dies in battle
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1872
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Heinrich Esser, composer, dies at 53
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1875
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Georges [Alexandre-Csar-Lopold] Bizet, French composer, dies at 36
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1877
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Frank Pocock, British explorer, drowned in the Congo
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1877
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Sophia Frederika Mathilde, princess of Wrttemberg, dies at 58
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1881
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Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian
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1888
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Cark Reidel, composer, dies at 60
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1890
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Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76
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1898
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Nikolai Afanisev, composer, dies at 77
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1898
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Samuel Plimsoll, English MP ( Folkestone), dies at 74
|
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1899
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Johann Baptist Strauss, Austria, composer (Waltz King), dies at 73
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1904
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Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide
|
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1913
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Josef Richard Rozkosny, composer, dies at 79
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1924
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Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40
|
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1933
|
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William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
|
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1943
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Folkert E Posthuma, Min of Agriculture, dies
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1946
|
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Michail I Kalinin, Pres (Supreme Soviet), dies at 60
|
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1948
|
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Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj karu), dies at 59
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1949
|
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Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79
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1959
|
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Ole Windingstad, composer, dies at 73
|
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1963
|
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John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies at 81
|
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1963
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Paul Maxey, actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at 57
|
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1966
|
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Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65
|
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1967
|
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Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies
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1967
|
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Arthur W Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
|
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1967
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Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 67
|
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1967
|
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Hans Fischbck, Austrian financier, dies
|
|
1970
|
|
Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Fries boer/writer, dies at 70
|
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1970
|
|
H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
|
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1975
|
|
Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 69
|
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1977
|
|
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Roma citt
aperta), dies at 71
|
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1979
|
|
Arno Schmidt, writer, dies at 65
|
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1981
|
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Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
|
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1981
|
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Eric Dalton, cricketer (698 runs for South Africa at 31 72), dies
|
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1983
|
|
Miroslav "Standa" Bares, actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60
|
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1986
|
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Anna Neagle, actress (Courtney Affair)/dancer, dies at 81
|
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1986
|
|
Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer, dies at 89
|
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1986
|
|
Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42
|
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1987
|
|
Andres Segovia, guitarist, dies
|
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1987
|
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Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
|
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1989
|
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Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89
|
|
1990
|
|
Tom Brown, actor (Judge Priest, Hello Sucker, Ex-Champ), dies at 77
|
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1991
|
|
Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
|
|
1991
|
|
Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 92
|
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1991
|
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Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mt Unzen Volcano in Japan
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|
1991
|
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Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son Dodger manager, dies of pneumonia at 33
|
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1992
|
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Patrick Peyton, Rosary Priest, dies of kidney failure at 83
|
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1992
|
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Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
|
|
1992
|
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William E Gaines, publisher (Mad Magazine), dies at 70
|
|
1993
|
|
Bob Fitzsimmons, NY radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53
|
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1994
|
|
Hub Matthijsen, violinist/bandmaster, dies at 52
|
|
1994
|
|
Jack Cowie, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 45 wkts at 21 53), dies
|
|
1994
|
|
Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies
|
|
1994
|
|
Roger Wolcott Sperry, physicist, dies at 89
|
|
1995
|
|
Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher, dies at 69
|
|
1995
|
|
Dilys Powell, film Critic, dies at 93
|
|
1995
|
|
Estelle Brody, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), dies at 94
|
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1995
|
|
Frank Waters, writer, dies at 92
|
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1995
|
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Jean-Patric Manchette, thriller writer, dies at 52
|
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1996
|
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Len Creed, bookmaker, dies at 79
|
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1996
|
|
Peter Glenville, actor/director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
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1996
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Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81
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