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1303
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Flemings conquers Middelburg
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1471
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Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha
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1493
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Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain & Portugal
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1494
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Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
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1540
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Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
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1572
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Veere sides with Geuzen
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1626
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Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
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1626
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Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
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1634
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Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies
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1652
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Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
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1715
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French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)
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1728
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Georg F Hndels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London
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1747
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Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel
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1776
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Rhode Island declares independence from England
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1780
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American Academy of Arts & Science founded
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1780
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Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby
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1783
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Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
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1805
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Henry C Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx
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1814
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Bourbon reign restored in France
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1818
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Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
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1834
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Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean
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1839
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The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio
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1843
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Great-Britain annexes Natal
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1846
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US state Michigan ends death penalty
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1847
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NY State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration
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1851
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1st major SF fire
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1858
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War of Reform (Mxico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
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1861
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At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast
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1862
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-5] Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia
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1862
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Yorktown, VA - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains
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1863
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Battle of Chancellorsville-action at Salem Church
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1863
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End of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws
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1864
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-16] actions at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
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1864
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Gen Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock
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1864
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Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E Lee
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1865
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Battle of Citronville, AL; Richard Taylor surrenders
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1865
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Battle of Mobile, AL
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1866
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Woodward's Gardens opens to public
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1871
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1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a
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1878
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Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
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1883
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John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss)
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1886
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Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen
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1888
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Italy & Spain sign military covenant
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1893
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Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging
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1896
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1st edition of London Daily Mail (« penny)
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1896
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Grease fire ignites « ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado
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1897
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23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12«
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1897
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Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
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1898
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24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09
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1899
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25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12
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1910
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Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent
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1910
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Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy
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1910
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Tel Aviv founded
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1912
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Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
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1915
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Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb & Germany
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1916
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At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
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1917
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Arabs sack Tel Aviv
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1918
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Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4
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1919
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1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
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1919
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FVC soccer team forms
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1919
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Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3
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1922
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KNX-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Bloody street battles between nazi's, socialist & police in Vienna
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1923
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NY state revokes Prohibition law
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1924
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8th Olympic games open at Paris, France
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1924
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German Republic election fascists & communists win
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1925
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League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage
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1926
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General strike hits Britain
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1927
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1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)
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1927
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences forms
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1927
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Nicaragua agrees to a US supervised presidential election in 1928
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1929
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Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
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1931
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Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
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1932
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Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
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1933
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador)
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1935
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61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05
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1936
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)
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1938
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Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire
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1940
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21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands
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1940
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66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05
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1942
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Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air)
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1942
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Food 1st rationed in US
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1942
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German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
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1942
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life)
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1943
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NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier
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1945
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German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender
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1946
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5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in SF bay
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1946
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72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6
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1946
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Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped
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1948
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The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death
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1949
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Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
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1952
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open
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1953
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Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea)
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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1956
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Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam
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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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83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2
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1957
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Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show
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1957
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Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam
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1958
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Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia
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1959
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1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win
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1959
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)
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1960
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1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
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1961
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13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
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1961
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1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given.
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1961
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CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, DC
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1961
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Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon
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1961
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South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
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1962
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
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1963
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89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8
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1963
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Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game
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1964
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"Another World" & "As the World Turns" premieres on TV
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1964
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70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva
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1964
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KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1964
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism)
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1965
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Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
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1966
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Soviet govt signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR
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1967
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Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7
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1968
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1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
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1968
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94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins
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1968
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Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02«
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1969
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Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in NYC
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1969
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
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1969
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
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1970
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National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
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1970
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Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt
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1970
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)
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1972
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Vietcong forms revolutionary govt in Quang Tri South Vietnam
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1973
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1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine
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1973
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BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella
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1973
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Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20
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1973
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Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope
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1973
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Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings
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1973
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Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK
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1974
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100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04
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1975
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Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in NYC
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1975
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Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
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1975
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Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time
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1975
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Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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1976
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"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 7 perfs
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1976
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Kiss performs their 1st concert
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1978
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Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany
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1979
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Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st
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1979
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Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister of England
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1979
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NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
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1980
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Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning
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1980
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament
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1980
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White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in
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1981
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Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles
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1981
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Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
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1981
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Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st wi
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1982
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British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
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1982
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Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0
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1982
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Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleac
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1983
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1984
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Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
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1985
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111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2
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1986
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President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan
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1988
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1989
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Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat
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1989
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US launches Magellan to Venus
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1989
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US space shuttle STS-30 launched
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1990
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Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger
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1990
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Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
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1990
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Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns
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1990
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Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah
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1991
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117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03
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1991
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ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent
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1991
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Actress Sharon Gless & producer Barney Rosenzeig wed
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1991
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Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)
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1991
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Morris K Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), resigns due to Parkinson disease
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1991
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NY Mets M Sasser & Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
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1991
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Pres Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat
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1993
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"Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 perfs
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1994
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Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II
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1994
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Courtney Love cleared of drug charges
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1996
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122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01
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1996
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ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel
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1996
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Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1
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1997
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Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic
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1997
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Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open
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1997
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Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship
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1997
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Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship
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BIRTHS
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1006
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Abd-Allah Ansari, Persian mystic/poet (Monadjat)
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1611
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Carlo Rainaldi, composer
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1622
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Juan de Valds Leal, Spanish painter/sculptor
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1631
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Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/queen of England
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1635
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Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
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1655
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Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
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1738
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Josef Kohaut, composer
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1744
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Marianne von Martinez, composer
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1763
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Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer
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1769
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Charles Hague, composer
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1776
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Johann Friedrich Herbart, Germany, philosopher/psychologist
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1777
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Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer
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1796
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Horace Mann, US, educator/author/editor (pioneered public schools)
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1796
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Joseph Pannell Taylor, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1864
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1820
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Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack
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1820
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Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of Pres John Tyler (1841-45)
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1825
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Thomas Henry Huxley, scientist/humanist/Darwinist
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1826
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Frederick Church, US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)
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1835
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Edmund Hart Turpin, composer
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1846
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Emile Gall, French glass/marble/ceramic artist (Gall Glaze)
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1860
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Emil Nikolaus Von Reznicek, Vienna Austria, composer (Donna Diana)
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1867
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Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer
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1871
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Mynona, writer
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1875
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Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)
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1875
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Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (1st of great South African googlists)
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1877
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Arthur Lang, US, boxer/businessman (Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115)
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1881
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Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism)
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1882
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Wilhelm Lehmann, writer
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1889
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Francis J Spellman, US Cardinal
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1891
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Frederick Jacobi, composer
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1891
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Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread)
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1893
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Edgar Dearing, Ceres CA, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Free & Easy)
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1893
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Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], Atlanta GA, actor
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1902
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Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor (Neth Antilles)/author
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1902
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Cvjetko Rihtman, composer
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1902
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Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter
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1903
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Luther Adler, NYC, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist)
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1905
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M ty s Seiber, Budapest Hungary, composer (Scherzando)
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1906
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Esmond Knight, East Sheen England, actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder)
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1909
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Howard Da Silva, [Silverblatt], Cleve Oh, actor (Ben Franklin-1776)
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1909
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Jeroom Verten [Jozef F Vermetten], Flemish playwright
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1910
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Mady Alfredo, [Maria M the Brieder], actress (Alicia)
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1912
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Lou Brown, Bkln, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show)
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1914
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Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
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1914
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Emmanuel Robls, Algerian-Fren journalist/playwright (Lesson Hauteurs)
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1915
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Curt Conway, Boston MA, actor (Raw Deal)
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1915
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Pedro Saenz, composer
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1916
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Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer
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1917
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Edward Toner Cone, composer
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1918
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Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking
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1919
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Dimiter Petkov, composer
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1919
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Mary Ann McCall, singer
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1921
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John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor (Komische Oper, West-Berlin)
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1921
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Patsy Garrett, Atlantic City NJ, actress (Nanny & the Professor)
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1922
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John Paul Hammerschmidt, (Rep-R-AR, 1967- )
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1924
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Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey
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1924
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Tat'yana Petrovna Nikolayeva, composer
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1925
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Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet (Capricorn)
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1926
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G Reinshagen, writer
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1926
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Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15)
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1928
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Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
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1928
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Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president (1981- )
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1928
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Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
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1929
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Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady)
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1930
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Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
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1931
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Ed Cassidy, drummer (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
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1931
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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Russia, conductor (USSR State Radio)
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1932
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Fausto Razzi, composer
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1934
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Pete Barbutti, Scranton Pa, comedian (Garry Moore Show)
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1936
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El Cordobs, [Manuel Ben¡tez], Spanish toreador
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1937
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Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
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1938
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Tyrone Davis, US R&B singer (Are you serious)
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1938
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William J Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)
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1939
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Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author (My Michael)
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1940
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Dick Curl, Chester Pa, offensive coordinator coach (Barcelona Dragons)
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1941
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George F Will, political analyst (Night Line)
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1942
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Ronnie Bond, drummer (Troggs-Wild Thing)
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1943
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Nickolas Ashford, SC, singer (Ashford & Simpson-Solid as a Rock)
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1943
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Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch)
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1944
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Dave, [Otto Levenbach], Dutch singer (Du cot the Chez Swann)
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1944
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Paul Gleason, Jersey City NJ, actor (Breakfast CLub, Die Hard)
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1944
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Peggy Santiglia McGannon, NJ, rocker (Angels)
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1945
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George Wadenius, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1945
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Monika van Paemel, Belgian writer (Accursed Fathers)
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1946
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Renee Powell, LPGA golfer
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1948
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Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year (1984)
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1949
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Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1949
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Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat)
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1949
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Zal Cleminson, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
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1950
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Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes)
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1950
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Hilly Hicks, LA Calif, actor (Roll Out, Roots)
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1950
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Ren CM van Asten, Dutch actor (Herenstraat 10)
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1951
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Gene Greenwood, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
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1951
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Jackie Jackson, [Sigmund], Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
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1954
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Julie Budd, Bkln, singer (Child of Plenty)
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1956
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Jackie Bertsch, LPGA golfer
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1956
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Michael L Gernhardt, Mansfield OH, astronaut (STS 69, 83, 94, sk 100)
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1956
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Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt W Germany, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1957
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Peter Sleep, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90)
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1957
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Richard E Grant, Swaziland, actor (Posse, Bram Stoker's Dracula)
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1958
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Keith Haring, Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review)
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1959
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Randy Travis, Marshville NC, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones)
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1959
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Robert Raymond Tway, Oklahoma City OK, PGA golfer (1986 Shearson)
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1959
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Rohn Stark, NFL punter (Pitts Steelers)
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1960
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Martyn Moxon, cricketer (England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89)
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1961
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Eugene Daniel, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens)
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1961
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Jay Aston, rocker
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1961
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Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Van Nuys Cal, actress (Erin-Waltons)
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1962
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Tracy Vaccaro, Glendale Calif, playmate (October, 1983)
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1964
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Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star
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1965
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Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
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1966
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Monica Tranel [Michini], Billings Mont, rower (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Derek MacCready, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1967
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John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1967
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Matthew Crane, Kimberton Pa, actor (Matt Cory-Another World)
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1968
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Andre Collins, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
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1968
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Eddie Perez, Cuidad Ojeda Venezuela, catcher (Atlanta Braves)
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1968
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Kevin Todd, Winnipeg, NHL center (LA Kings)
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1970
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Dawn Staley, Phila, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
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1971
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Derrick Clark, NFL/WLAF fullback (Broncos, Rhein Fire)
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1971
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Steve Glenn, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
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1972
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Ethan Watts, Phila, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Gretchen Ulion, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1972
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Marc Lamb, WLAF T (London Monarchs)
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1973
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Edward Hervey, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
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1973
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Matthew Barnaby, Ottawa, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
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1973
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Melissa Boyd, Miss Ohio USA (1996)
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1973
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Michelle Martinez, Dallas Texas, Miss America (Texas-Top 10-1997)
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1975
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Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer
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1976
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Heather Kozar, Akron OH, playmate (Jan, 1998)
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DEATHS
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1594
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Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
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1604
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Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
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1605
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Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82
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1752
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Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71
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1770
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Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
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1832
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Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
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1855
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Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66
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1860
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Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies
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1879
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William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
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1885
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Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
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1891
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Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls
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1893
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George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82
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1928
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Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63
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1929
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Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
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1935
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Lodewijk Scharp, Flemish literature historian, dies at 65
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1938
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Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
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1953
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Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60
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1953
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Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85
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1955
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Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
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1955
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Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
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1961
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Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
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1965
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Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66
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1966
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Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69
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1967
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Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75
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1969
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F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76
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1970
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4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
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1971
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Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88
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1971
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Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
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1971
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Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87
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1973
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Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56
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1974
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Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
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1974
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John Wengraf, actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77
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1975
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Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
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1980
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Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
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1980
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Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
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1981
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Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike
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1983
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Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
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1984
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Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer
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1987
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Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
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1987
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Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59
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1987
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Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
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1990
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Don Appell, dies
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1991
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Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54
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1992
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Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89
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1992
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Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies
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1992
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Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
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1994
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Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59
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1995
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Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68
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1995
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Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91
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1996
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Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87
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1996
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Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85
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1997
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Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75
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1997
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Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
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