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863
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Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith
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1294
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Pope Coelestinus V ends term
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1545
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Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opens
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1545
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Pope Paul III opens council of Trente
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1570
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Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin
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1572
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Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under admiral Lumey
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1577
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Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
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1621
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Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree
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1642
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New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
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1668
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Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris
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1734
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England & Russia sign trade agreement
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1742
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Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes
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1759
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1st music store in America opens (Phila)
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1769
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Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter
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1774
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1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH
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1816
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Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston
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1823
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Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London
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1833
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagoni
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1843
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"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
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1861
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Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV
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1862
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Battle of Fredericksburg, VA (Marye's Heights)
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1864
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Battle of Ft McAllister, GA
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1879
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1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware)
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1889
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Belgium rules on women/child labor law
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1895
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1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony
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1900
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Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten
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1901
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Test debut of S F Barnes v Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings
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1903
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Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ)
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1903
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Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
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1906
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German chancellor Bernhard von Blow disbands the Parliament
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1907
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George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG
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1907
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German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam
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1913
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Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre
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1916
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Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hrs in Tyrol
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1916
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Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin
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1916
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French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle
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1918
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US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany
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1918
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Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France)
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1919
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Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London
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1920
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F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)
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1920
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League of nations establishes Intl Court of Justice in The Hague
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1920
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Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slavia
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1922
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Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps
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1924
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KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
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1928
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Clip-on tie designed
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1928
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George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (NYC)
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1930
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George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
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1930
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Theodore Steeg forms French govt
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1934
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Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St NYC
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1936
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Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Wash DC
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1936
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Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
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1938
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Los Angeles freezes at 28øF
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1939
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Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee
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1941
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German occupiers forbid National Front & Netherland Union
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1941
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Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die
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1941
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U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
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1942
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Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader
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1942
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Washington Redskins defeat Chic Bears 14-6, to win NFL title
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1943
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150 US Marauders bomb Schiphol
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1944
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Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
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1944
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Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in NYC
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1946
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Lon Blum elected French premier
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1947
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"Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs
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1947
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Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
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1949
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AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
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1949
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Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem
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1950
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"Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs
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1950
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James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
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1951
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Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
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1953
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KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield & $35,000 Robinson retires
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1959
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Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus
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1960
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Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
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1960
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Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane
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1961
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Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
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1961
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Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann
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1961
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Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller
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1962
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Relay 1 communication satellite launched
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1963
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Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles
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1964
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In El Paso, Tx, LBJ & Mxican Pres Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mxico border
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1964
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Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf
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1965
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Algerian president Boumdienne visits Moscow
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1966
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1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam
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1966
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1st US bombing of Hanoi
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1966
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Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 & 78
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1966
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1967
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United Soccer Assn & Natl Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
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1967
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Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
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1968
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Playland at Beach reopens
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1968
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Pres Da Costa e Silva disbands parliament/grabs power
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1969
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Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant"
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1969
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Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager
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1970
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Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA
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1970
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Neil Simon's "Gingerbread Lady," premieres in NYC
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1971
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John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
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1973
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MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya
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1973
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World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)
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1974
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Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
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1974
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Malta becomes a republic
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1975
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1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Richard Pryor hosts)
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1975
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Australian Conservatives & Liberals win parliamentary election
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1975
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
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1975
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Roy Fredericks hits 169 v Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls
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1975
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1976
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Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
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1976
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Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to SF 13h14m)
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1977
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14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
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1978
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Susan B Anthony dollar, 1st US coin to honor a woman, issued
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1979
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"Oklahoma!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances
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1979
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Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland
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1980
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"Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 16 perfs
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1981
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70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
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1981
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Polish govt declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
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1982
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71st Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62)
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1982
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Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
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1983
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9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
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1983
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British Airways incorporates
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1983
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Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
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1983
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KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
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1983
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Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor
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1984
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Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
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1985
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David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
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1985
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Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh & Bruce Reid (v India)
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1987
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Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
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1987
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Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28
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1987
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1988
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3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC
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1988
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Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
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1989
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Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
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1990
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"Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1990
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Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
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1990
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Pres De Klerk of S Afr meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
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1991
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Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation
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1991
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NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud
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1991
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Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
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1992
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"Show Off" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1992
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Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
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1992
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FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000
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1993
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Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
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1993
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Dow Jones hits record 3764.43
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1993
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Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
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1993
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Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), lands
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1994
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American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15
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1995
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Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center
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1995
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US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations
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1996
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Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
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1997
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63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)
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BIRTHS
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1521
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Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)
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1533
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Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
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1553
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Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
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1724
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Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
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1732
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Jean-Claude Trial, composer
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1740
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Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer
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1770
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John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
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1797
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Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)
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1810
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Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)
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1816
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Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
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1816
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E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
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1818
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Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)
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1819
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Edwin George Monk, composer
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1835
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Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)
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1838
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Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer
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1843
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George Stephanescu, composer
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1850
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G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )
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1850
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Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer
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1853
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Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curaao, musician/composer/screenwriter
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1858
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Jakab Gyula Major, composer
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1860
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Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director (l'Odon)
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1863
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Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
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1865
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Gustav Luders, composer
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1871
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Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian
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1871
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Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)
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1874
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Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)
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1877
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Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer
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1886
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Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)
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1889
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Clarence Loomis, composer
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1890
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Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)
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1892
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Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)
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1893
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Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day)
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1897
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Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)
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1898
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Daniel Lazarus, composer
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1899
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Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)
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1899
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Yusef Greiss, composer
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1900
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Jonel Perlea, composer
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1900
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Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls)
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1901
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Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]
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1901
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John Wijga, painter/illustrator
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1902
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Paul Kurzbach, composer
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1902
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Talcott Parsons, US sociologist
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1903
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Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)
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1903
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Jewgeni Petrow, writer
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1903
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John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter
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1906
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Ingemar Liljefors, composer
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1906
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Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
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1908
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Victor Babin, composer
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1910
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Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)
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1910
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Van Heflin, Walters Okla, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary)
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1911
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Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)
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1912
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Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]
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1913
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Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)
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1913
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Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People)
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1913
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John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian
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1914
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Alan L Bullock, British historian
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1914
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George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
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1914
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Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story)
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1915
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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)
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1915
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Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane)
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1915
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Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look)
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1917
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Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)
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1920
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Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)
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1920
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Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified
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1920
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George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
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1920
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Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92)
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1922
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Halina Czerny-Stef nska, Polish pianist (Chopin)
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1923
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Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
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1924
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Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)
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1925
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Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1925
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Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
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1926
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Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)
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1928
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W Gordon Smith, playwright
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1929
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Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital)
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1929
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Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House)
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1930
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Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour)
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1930
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Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues)
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1934
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Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive
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1935
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Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
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1935
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Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth
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1935
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Thomas Wakefield, writer
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1937
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Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)
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1938
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Alvin Curran, composer
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1938
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Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)
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1938
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Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)
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1939
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Clive Brain, educationalist
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1940
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Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente)
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1940
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Steve Harmon, Bkln NY, actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts)
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1941
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Anouska Hempel, Forbes NZ, actress (Tiffany Jones)
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1941
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John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)
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1943
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Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot)
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1943
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Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
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1947
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Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2)
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1948
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Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues)
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1948
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Kathy Garver, Long Beach Calif, actress (Cissy-Family Affair)
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1948
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Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1948
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Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees)
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1949
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Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
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1949
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Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
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1949
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R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
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1949
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Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)
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1949
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Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
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1950
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Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
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1950
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Heather North, Pasadena Calif, actress (Barefoot Executive)
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1950
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Wendie Malick, actress (Just Shoot Me)
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1951
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Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear)
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1952
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John Francome, English jockey
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1953
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Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup)
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1953
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Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)
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1953
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Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1954
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John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade)
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1954
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Steve Forbert, rocker
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1956
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Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)
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1956
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Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1957
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Steve Buscemi, actor (Fargo)
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1958
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Clark Brandon, NYC, actor (Fast Food)
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1958
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Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
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1958
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Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chicago IL, actress (Ice Castles)
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1959
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John Whitaker, Van Nuys Calif, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr)
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1959
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Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982)
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1960
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Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
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1960
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Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1961
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Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1962
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Karen Witter, CA, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982)
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1965
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Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1967
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Chris O'Loughlin, LA Calif, fencer (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990)
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1967
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Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)
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1967
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Jenn Thompson, NYC, actor (Dee-Harper Valley PTA)
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1967
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Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
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1967
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Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
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1968
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Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem)
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1968
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Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star (1992 Taipei)
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1969
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Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
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1969
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Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998)
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1970
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Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-)
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1970
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Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996)
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1970
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George Van Os Jr, Houston TX, team handball left back (Oly-1996)
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1970
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Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96)
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1971
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Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1971
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Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
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1971
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Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
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1972
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Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
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1972
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GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)
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1973
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Christie Clark, LA, actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life)
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1973
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Shandon Anderson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
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1974
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Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
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1975
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Matt LeCroy, Anderson SC, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1975
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Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)
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1979
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Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997)
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1981
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Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad)
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DEATHS
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838
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Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
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1048
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Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
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1124
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Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
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1126
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Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies
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1204
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Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
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1250
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Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55
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1404
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Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
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1521
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Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
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1557
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Niccol¢ Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
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1565
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Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49
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1574
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Selm II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50
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1603
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Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63
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1622
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Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
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1672
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Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
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1693
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Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
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1693
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Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82
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1729
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Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53
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1738
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Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59
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1769
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C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
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1774
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Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
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1793
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Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
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1812
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Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
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1814
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Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79
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1862
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Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49
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1862
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Maxcy Gregg, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48
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1862
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
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1863
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Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
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1872
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Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut
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1872
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W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut
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1881
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August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43
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1894
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Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
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1898
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George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72
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1909
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Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]
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1911
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Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
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1919
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Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
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1921
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Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
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1924
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Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
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1929
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Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
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1935
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John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
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1940
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Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
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1940
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George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
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1942
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Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78
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1944
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Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
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1944
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Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
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1945
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Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
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1945
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Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
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1951
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Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
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1958
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Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
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1958
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Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
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1958
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Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66
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1958
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Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
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1958
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Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
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1961
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Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101
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1963
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Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
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1966
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Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
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1968
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Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
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1969
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Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
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1971
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Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
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1974
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Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
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1975
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Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88
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1975
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Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
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1976
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Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
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1979
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Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
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1980
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Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
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1981
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Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45
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1981
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Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
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1982
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Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
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1983
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Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
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1983
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Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
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1983
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Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
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1986
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Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77
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1990
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Alice Marble, Calif, tennis star, dies at 77
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1990
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Friedrich Drrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
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1991
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Andr Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
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1992
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Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
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1993
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Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
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1993
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Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88
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1994
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Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies
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1994
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Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83
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1994
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Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
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1995
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Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
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1995
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Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43
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1996
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Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86
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1996
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Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61
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1996
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Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
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1996
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Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89
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1997
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Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94
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1997
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Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70
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1997
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Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83
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