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951
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Paris is founded
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1497
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Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
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1551
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Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond & Buren
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1654
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1st Jewish colonist arrive in US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan)
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1663
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King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
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1672
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Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general
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1693
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NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
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1709
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Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
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1758
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English & Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, NY
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1776
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Col John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Dec of Independence (Phila)
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1777
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Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
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1778
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George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
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1792
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France declares war on Prussia
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1796
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US State Dept issues 1st American passport
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1797
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1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
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1800
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Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
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1805
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American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
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1816
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Frost in Waltham, MA
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1833
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Russia & Turkey sign defense treaty
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1835
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Liberty Bell cracks (again)
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1836
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
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1838
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Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
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1849
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St Paul's Place in the Bronx named
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1853
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Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
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1861
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CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
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1861
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Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked & dispersed
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1862
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Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
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1870
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Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
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1870
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Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
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1876
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White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
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1889
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John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
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1889
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Wall Street Journal begins publishing
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1891
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61øF, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore & Phila
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1891
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Future president Harding marries Florence K DeWolfe in Marion Ohio
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1892
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American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Mass
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1895
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Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South-Africa
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1896
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William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention
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1897
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Harbor Hospital formally opens
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1898
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Phillies Red Donahue no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0
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1898
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US battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
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1900
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1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
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1902
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John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore & Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles
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1905
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Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
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1907
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Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof
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1909
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1st pro baseball game (minor league) played under lights
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1911
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Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
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1912
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G E V Crutchley (Oxford) 99 retired measles v Cambridge
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1912
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Giants Rube Marquard loses after winning 21 straight
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1918
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Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's H
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1919
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Pres Wilson returns to NYC from Versailles Peace Conference
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1922
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35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60)
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1923
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Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit Alaska (Metlakahtla)
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1923
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Walter Mittelholzer flies Junkers F-13 to Spitsbergen/Oostland
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1928
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Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader
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1932
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Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
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1932
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Herbert Sutcliffe scores his 100th 100, Yorkshire v Gloucs
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1933
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46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63)
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1933
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Public Works Administration becomes effective
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1935
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3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
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1938
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Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
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1939
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59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
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1941
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9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
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1941
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All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star
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1943
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4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
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1943
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British air raid sinks U-232
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1943
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NSB-leader A Mussert meets with Heinrich Himmler
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1943
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US invasion fleet passes Bizerta Tunisia
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1944
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British troops march into Caen
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1944
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Japanese kamakize attacks on US lines at Saipan
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1946
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"Tidbits of 1946" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 8 performances
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1946
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Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
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1947
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14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
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1947
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Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
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1948
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500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow
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1949
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Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
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1950
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33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
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1950
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57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
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1950
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Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
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1950
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Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
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1951
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Yankee Joe DiMaggio & mgr Casey Stengel feud
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1952
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19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
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1953
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US stops aid to Persia
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1954
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KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
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1954
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Military junta selects colonel Armas president of Guatemala
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1956
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Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Syracuse Golf Open
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1956
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1957
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Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
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1957
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CDC incorporates
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1957
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Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders
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1958
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25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
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1960
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Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
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1961
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Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
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1961
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Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
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1962
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
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1963
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Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland
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1963
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US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
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1965
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Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
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1966
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US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
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1967
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74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
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1967
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Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
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1968
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Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
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1969
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Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
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1969
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US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
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1970
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SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
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1971
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1972
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English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
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1972
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US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
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1973
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Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
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1973
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NY Mets are 12« games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
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1974
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1974
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Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
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1975
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Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
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1975
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Pres Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres
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1975
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Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
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1976
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Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
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1977
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Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
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1978
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92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjrn Brg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
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1978
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Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy
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1978
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Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
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1979
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Congo adopts constitution
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1979
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Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
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1979
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1979
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Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
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1980
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51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
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1980
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All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
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1981
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France performs nuclear test
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1981
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PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
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1981
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Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
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1982
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"7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs
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1982
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Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
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1982
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Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
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1983
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Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
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1984
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98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
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1984
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Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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1985
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99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
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1985
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Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
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1986
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Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
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1986
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NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
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1986
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Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
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1987
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Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
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1988
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Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
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1988
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Miami Arena opens
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1988
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Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
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1988
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Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
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1989
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Carlos Sa£l Menum becomes pres of Argentina
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1989
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1990
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12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
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1990
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Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
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1990
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Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
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1990
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Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
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1990
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Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
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1990
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Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
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1990
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Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
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1991
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Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being
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1991
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Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins
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1992
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Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
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1992
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Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
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1994
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Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
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1994
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Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
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1994
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Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
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1994
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St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1« years
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1994
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Whitney Houston suffers a miscarriage
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1995
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102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
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1995
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1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
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1997
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68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
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1997
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NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join
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BIRTHS
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1528
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Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
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1545
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Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
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1574
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Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
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1604
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Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
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1621
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Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
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1637
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Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
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1638
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Matteo Coferati, composer
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1757
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Richard Wainwright, composer
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1809
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Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
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1819
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Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
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1819
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Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
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1821
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William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1824
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Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1826
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Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1826
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Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1829
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Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
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1836
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Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
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1838
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Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles)
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1839
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John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)
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1844
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Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
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1851
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Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
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1857
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Rudolf Dellinger, composer
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1867
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Kthe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
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1869
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William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
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1870
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Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
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1871
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Clement Harris, composer
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1871
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Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
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1882
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Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
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1882
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Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
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1885
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Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
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1885
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Emil Bloch, German philosopher
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1889
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Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
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1890
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W Hasenvlever, writer
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1891
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Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
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1891
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Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
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1892
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Richard Aldington, writer
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1893
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Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
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1894
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Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
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1895
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Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
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1898
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Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
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1898
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Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
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1899
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David Eli Lilienthal, US govt organizer (Wisconsin)
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1900
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George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
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1901
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Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
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1904
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Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
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1906
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Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect
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1907
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George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
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1907
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Kishio Hirao, composer
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1908
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Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)
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1908
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Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
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1909
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Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
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1910
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Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
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1911
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Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)
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1911
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Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
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1912
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Jacques Stehman, composer
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1913
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Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
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1914
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Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love)
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1915
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Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
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1917
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Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
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1917
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Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
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1917
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Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett)
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1918
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Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
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1919
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Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
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1920
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Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
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1923
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Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
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1926
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator
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1926
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John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
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1927
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Carlo Franci, composer
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1928
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Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
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1928
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Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
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1929
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Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
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1930
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Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
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1931
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Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
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1931
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Louis Ballard, composer
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1931
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Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
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1933
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Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
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1935
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John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
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1935
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Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
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1935
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Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
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1936
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Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
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1937
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Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
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1938
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Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
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1940
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Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
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1942
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Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
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1942
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Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
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1942
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Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
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1943
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Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
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1944
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Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
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1944
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Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
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1946
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Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
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1948
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Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
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1948
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Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga)
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1951
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Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
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1951
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Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
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1951
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Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
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1951
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Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
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1952
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Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
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1953
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Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
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1956
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Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1956
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Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
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1957
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Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
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1958
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Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It)
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1958
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Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
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1958
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Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
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1960
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Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
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1960
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Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
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1960
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Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
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1961
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Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
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1962
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Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1962
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Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
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1963
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Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
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1963
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Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
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1963
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Pablo Magallon, jockey
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1964
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Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
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1964
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Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
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1965
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Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
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1967
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Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
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1968
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C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1968
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Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
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1968
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Michael Weatherly, NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
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1968
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Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
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1969
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Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1969
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Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
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1969
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Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
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1969
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Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
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1969
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Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
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1970
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Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
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1970
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Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
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1971
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Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1971
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John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
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1971
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Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
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1972
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Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
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1972
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Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
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1972
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Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
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1972
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Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
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1972
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Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles)
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1973
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Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
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1974
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Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
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1976
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Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
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1976
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Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
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1992
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Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
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DEATHS
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810
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Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
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975
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Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
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1115
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Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
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1153
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Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
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1249
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Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
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1253
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Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
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1496
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Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
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1531
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Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
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1538
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Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
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1623
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Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
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1656
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Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
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1679
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Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
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1681
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Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
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1695
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Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
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1822
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Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
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1859
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F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
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1863
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Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
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1870
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John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
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1876
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Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
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1882
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Phiz [Hablt Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
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1885
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Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
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1885
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Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
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1894
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Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
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1909
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Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
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1919
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Johan A Dr Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56
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1932
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Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
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1939
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[Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
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1941
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Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
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1942
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Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
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1942
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Louis FMF Franchet d'Esprey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
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1943
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Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
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1943
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Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
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1946
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Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
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1948
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Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
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1949
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Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
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1949
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Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
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1950
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Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
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1956
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Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
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1956
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Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
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1957
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Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
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1957
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Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
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1957
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William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
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1959
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Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
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1961
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Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
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1969
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Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64
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1973
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Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies
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1979
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John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
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1979
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Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
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1981
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Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
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1982
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Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
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1984
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Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
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1984
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Franz Fhmann, writer, dies at 62
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1985
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Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
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1985
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Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
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1985
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Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
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1990
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Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
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1990
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Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
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1991
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James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
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1991
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Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
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1994
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Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
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1994
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Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
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1994
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Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
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1994
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Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
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1994
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Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75
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1995
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Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
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1996
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Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
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1996
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Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
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1996
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James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
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1996
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Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
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1997
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Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92
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