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Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
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919
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Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
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1082
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Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr
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1215
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English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
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1328
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Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
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1459
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Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
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1525
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Battle at Bblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wrttembergse farmers
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1534
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Wrttemberg becomes Lutherian
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1551
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San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
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1588
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Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
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1604
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Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
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1640
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Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
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1641
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Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
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1689
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England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
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1695
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English king Willem III departs to Netherlands
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1701
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Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
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1733
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Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
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1776
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Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
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1777
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1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
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1780
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British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina
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1780
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Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War)
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1789
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Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
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1792
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Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
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1832
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
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1835
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Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
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1849
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Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
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1862
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Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
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1863
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Battle of Raymond, Miss
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1864
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Battle of Drewry's Bluff, VA (Ft Darling)
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1864
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Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
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1864
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Battle of Todd's Tavern, VA (Sheridan's Raid)
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1864
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Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River
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1864
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US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general
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1865
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Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
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1870
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Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
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1871
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Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
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1874
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US Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized
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1875
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1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
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1877
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Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
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1881
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France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony
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1881
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Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate
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1885
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Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada
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1888
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Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale
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1890
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Louisiana legalized prize fighting
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1891
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Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
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1894
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Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
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1897
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1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
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1897
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Battle at Thessali: Turkish army beats Greece
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1898
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Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
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1900
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Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed
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1900
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Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
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1901
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Pres McKinley visits SF
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1908
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George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London
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1908
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Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
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1909
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34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8
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1910
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2nd NAACP conference (NYC)
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1910
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Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0
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1913
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Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2)
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1915
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Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250
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1915
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Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"
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1917
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42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
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1917
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43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
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1919
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Yanks & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15
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1921
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National Hospital Day 1st observed
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1923
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49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6
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1924
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50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2
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1924
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7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind
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1925
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Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
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1925
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Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
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1926
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Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
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1926
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British general strike ends
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1926
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Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
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1926
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Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared
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1926
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Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole
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1928
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Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
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1928
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Opium laws enforced
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1929
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary)
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1930
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
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1932
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Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
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1932
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Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
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1933
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers
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1934
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"Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1
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1934
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60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
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1936
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Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London
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1937
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George VI crowned King of England
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1937
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St Louis Cards beat Phila Phillies, 15-3
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1938
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Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
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1940
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French mariners occupy St Maarten
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1940
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German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug
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1940
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Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
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1941
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Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
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1942
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1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
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1942
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David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine
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1942
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Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River
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1942
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Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943
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1943
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Axis forces in North Africa surrender
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1943
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British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US
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1943
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German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
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1944
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900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brx
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1944
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Krim purged of nazi troops
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1944
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Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
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1948
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Queen Wilhelmina resigns
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1949
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1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
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1949
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West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
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1950
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Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris
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1951
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1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll
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1952
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Charlton Playground named in Bronx
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1953
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KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)
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1956
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Bkln Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Giants, 3-0
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1956
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East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves
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1957
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open
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1958
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"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40
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1958
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1959
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"Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances
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1959
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Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
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1960
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Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
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1961
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Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
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1962
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Grevelingendam closes
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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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Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show
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1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open
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1963
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Race riot in Birmingham Alabama
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1964
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Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
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1965
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Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
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1966
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St Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns
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1967
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H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student
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1967
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Provo disbands in Neth Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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1968
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"March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
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1968
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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1968
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WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1969
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Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
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1970
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Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
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1970
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Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
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1970
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KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
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1970
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1971
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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall
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1972
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Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
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1972
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Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
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1973
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6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Ky Colonels, 4 games to 3
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1973
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Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92
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1974
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28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3
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1974
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
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1975
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US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces
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1976
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Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1
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1977
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1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
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1977
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Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation
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1978
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Commerce Dept says hurricane names will no longer be only female
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1979
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Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end
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1980
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1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris)
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1981
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"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 perfs
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1981
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Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn
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1982
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FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II
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1982
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In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
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1982
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
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1982
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US Football League forms
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1983
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Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
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1983
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Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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1984
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Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D
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1984
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France performs nuclear test
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1984
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Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole
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1984
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S Afr prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
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1984
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White Horse by Laid Back hits #26
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1984
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World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
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1985
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Amy Eilberg is ordained in NY as 1st woman Conservative rabbi
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1985
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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1986
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Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph
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1986
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Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, Calif
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1986
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President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator
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1988
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"Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1989
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"Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
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1989
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Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
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1989
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Retired Brit pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
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1990
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3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
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1990
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Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
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1990
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Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
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1991
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A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
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1991
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Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic
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1992
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1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest
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1993
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Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
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1993
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Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
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1993
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Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
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1993
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Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II
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1994
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WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan
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1995
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Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)
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1995
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Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves
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1995
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Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4
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1996
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"Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1996
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"Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 perfs
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1996
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42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
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1996
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Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8
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1997
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14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
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1997
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Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
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1997
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Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
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1997
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Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
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1997
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Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
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BIRTHS
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1662
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Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
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1670
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August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)
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1679
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Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
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1700
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Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
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1729
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Michal F B Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general (7 Year Wars)
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1739
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Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
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1739
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Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
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1751
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Gaetano Manna, composer
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1754
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Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
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1776
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Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
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1790
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[Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
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1797
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Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
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1803
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Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
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1804
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Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)
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1806
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Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
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1806
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J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
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1812
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Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
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1812
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Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1813
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Johann Czerski, German chaplin
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1820
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Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
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1828
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D G Rossetti, writer
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1828
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Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
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1829
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Paul Karrer, composer
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1842
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Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
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1845
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Gabriel Urbain Faur, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
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1861
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Ivan Caryll, (US?) composer (Pink Lady)
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1863
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Charles Bordes, composer
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1867
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Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
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1868
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Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
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1874
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Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician (Reaction of Pirquet)
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1876
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Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria
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1880
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Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights
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1880
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W Hupkes, engineer/director (Dutch Rail 1938)
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1886
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Albert Saverys, Flemish painter
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1886
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Hermann Grabner, composer
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1886
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Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov)
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1887
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Nandor Zsolt, composer
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1889
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Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
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1894
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Cleo Ridgely, NY, silent screen actress (I Remember Mama)
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1895
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22]
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1900
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Helene Weigel, Austria/German actress (Metropolis, Mutter Courage)
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1901
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Hyam Greenbaum, composer
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1902
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Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor
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1903
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Lennox R F Berkeley, British composer (Castaway)
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1903
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Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Peyton Place)
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1906
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William M Ewing, US geologist/geophysicist
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1907
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Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
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1907
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Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
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1910
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Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
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1910
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Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
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1912
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Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
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1914
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Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer
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1914
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Dan Daniel, (Rep-D-VA, 1969- )
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1914
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Howard K Smith, LA, TV newsman (ABC, Moderated Kennedy-Nixon debate)
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1916
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Ellis Bonoff Kohs, composer
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1917
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Andr A Rieu, Dutch conductor
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1918
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Oscar Beregi Jr, Hungary, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City)
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1921
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Edvard Mikcaeli Mirzoyan, composer
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1921
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Giovanni Benelli, archbishop (Florence)/Papal candidate
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1921
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Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter
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1921
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Joseph Beuys, Germany, avant-garde painter/politician
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1922
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Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter
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1923
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Ewart G Abner, record company executive
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1923
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Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
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1923
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Lord Laing, English biscuit manufacturer/pilot/multi-millionaire
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1925
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John Simon, theater critic (NY Times)
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1925
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Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets)
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1925
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Tony Hancock, Birmingham England, actor (Rebel, Wrong Box)
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1926
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Earl Hutto, Panama City Fla, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
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1926
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Mervyn M Dymally, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
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1928
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Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- )
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1929
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Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again)
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1930
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Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
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1931
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Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One
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1936
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Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News)
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1937
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Beryl Burton, UK, won record (7) women's cycling titles
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1937
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George Carlin, Bronx, comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash)
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1937
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Gerry E Studds, (Rep-D-MA, 1973- )
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1938
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Andrei Amalrik, Russian writer/dissident
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1938
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Millie Perkins, Passaic NJ, actress (Jane-Knots Landings)
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1938
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Susan Hampshire, London England, actress (Vanity Fair, Living Free)
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1939
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Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon)
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1941
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Anthony Newman, LA Calif, harpsichordist/organist (Bhajeb)
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1941
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Little Jayotis Washington, US R&B singer (Persuasions)
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1941
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Ruud de Wolff, singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
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1942
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Barry B[rookes] Longyear, US, sci-fi author (City of Baraboo)
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1942
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Dumitru Dediu, Romania, cosmonaut (Soyuz 40 backup)
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1942
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Ian Dury, Upminster Essex, rocker (Blockheads)/actor (Judge Dredd)
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1942
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Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic
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1943
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Billy Swan, Cape Giradeau La, rocker (I Can Help)
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1943
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David Walker, rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring)
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1943
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Linda Dano, LA Calif, actress (Felicia Gallant-Another World)
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1944
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Eva Demski, writer
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1944
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James Purify, US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
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1945
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Jayotis Washington, rocker
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1945
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Linda Carlson, Knoxville Tn, actress (Bev-Newhart, Katie-Kaz)
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1945
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Willie Parnell, US singer (Archie Bell & the Drells)
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1946
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Ian McLagen, rocker (Faces)
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1946
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Leonard Baichan, cricketer (WI opener, 103 v Pakistan on debut 1975)
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1948
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Lindsay Ann Crouse, NYC, actress (Slapshot, Iceman, Places in Heart)
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1948
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Steve Winwood, England, rock bassist (A Higher Love)
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1950
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Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
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1950
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Bruce Boxleitner, Elgin Ill, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King, Babylon 5)
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1950
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Gabriel Byrne, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hello Again, Cool World)
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1950
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Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
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1950
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Renate Stecher-Meissner, German DR, sprinter (Oly-gold-72)
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1950
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Shozo Fujii, judoka
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1951
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Gunnar Larrson, Sweden, 200m/400m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1951
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Kid Creole, [August Darnell], rocker/actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear)
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1955
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Kix Brooks, Shreveport La, singer (Brooks & Dunn-Brand New Man)
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1957
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Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker, 2nd baseman (Detroit Tigers)
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1958
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Beth Maitland, actress (Traci-Young & Restless)
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1958
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Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend
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1958
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Kim Greist, Stamford CT, actress (CHUD, Brazil, Payoff, Manhunter)
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1959
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Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980)
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1960
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Lisa Martin, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988)
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1960
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Lisa Ondieki, Australian marathoner (Olympics-7th-84, 88, 96)
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1961
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Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen)
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1962
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Amy Benz, Rochester NY, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile Classic-3rd)
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1962
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Emilio Estevez, NYC, actor (Breakfast Club, Young Guns, Mighty Ducks)
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1962
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Mark Bradshaw, Happy Camp Calif, diver (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Vanessa Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Rhonda Blair-Melrose Place)
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1964
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Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, LA Calif, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
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1965
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Stacy Wilson, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
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1965
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Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
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1966
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Rafael Bournigal, Azua Dom Rep, infielder (Oakland A's)
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1966
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Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)
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1966
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Steven Conran, Lithgow NSW, Australasia golfer
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1967
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Cara Coughenour, Sioux City IA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1967
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Lawrence Rucchin, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
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1967
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Robert Blackmon, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks)
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1967
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Warren Rychel, Tecumseh, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
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1968
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Mark Clark, Bath Ill, pitcher (NY Mets)
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1969
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Kim Fields Freeman, LA Calif, actress (Tootie-Facts of Life)
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1970
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Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Andrew Coltart, Dumfries Scotland, Australasia golfer
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1970
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James Michael Furyk, West Chester PA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
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1970
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Mike Malizia, Utica NY, Nike golfer (1993 Doral-Ryder Open-61st)
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1970
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Mike Weir, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Ontario Amateur-1990, 92)
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1970
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Stevie Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
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1970
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Todd Hallett, Shelburne Nova Scotia, rower (Olympics-7-92, 96)
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1971
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Craig Novitsky, NFL tackle (NO Saints)
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1971
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Jamie Luner, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Cindy-Just the 10 of Us)
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1971
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Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1972
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Annette Albertson, Reno Nevada, Miss America-Nevada (1997)
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1972
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David Oaks, 100m/200m runner
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1972
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Jason Kyle, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
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1972
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Michelle Kahn, Miss Universe-Trinidad & Tobago (1996)
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1972
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Paul Stout, Saugus Calif, actor (Phillip-Scarecrow & Mrs King)
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1973
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MacKenzie Astin, LA Calif, actor (Facts of Life, Garbage Pail Kids)
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1973
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Stefano Margoni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1974
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Anna Ozolins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Tiffany Stoker, Clovis Calif, Miss America (California-4th-1996)
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1975
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Lawrence Phillips, running back (St Louis Rams)
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1976
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Matthew P Newmark, actor (Joseph Carroll-Guns of Paradise)
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1977
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Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star
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1977
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Monique de Bruin, Porland Oregon, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Amy Wheaton, actress (Curse)
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1978
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Thomas Odoyo, cricketer (Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup)
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DEATHS
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912
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Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
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1003
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Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
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1003
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Sylvester II, [Gerbert van Aurillac], 1st Fren Pope (999-1003), dies
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1012
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Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
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1382
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Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
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1634
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George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
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1641
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Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
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1649
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Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
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1737
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Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
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1788
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Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69
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1796
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Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
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1811
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Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
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1814
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Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
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1825
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Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
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1825
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Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75
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1843
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Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
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1845
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August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
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1852
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John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
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1861
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Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
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1864
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Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
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1864
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J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
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1871
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Daniel-Franois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89
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1871
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John F W Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
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1876
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Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
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1884
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Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
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1896
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Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
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1897
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Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53
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1897
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Willem Roelofs, painter/lithographer, dies
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1907
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J K Huysmans, writer, dies at 59
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1908
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Melesio Morales, composer, dies at 69
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1921
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Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish writer (La sirena negra), dies
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1924
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Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
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1925
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Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony)/minister, dies at 71
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1925
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Amy Lowell, writer, dies at 51
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1925
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Artur Napoleao dos Santos, composer, dies at 82
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1930
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Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
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1931
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Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
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1931
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Eugene-Auguste Ysaye, composer, dies at 72
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1932
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Lindbergh baby, found dead
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1935
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Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies
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1943
|
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Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48
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1944
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Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80
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1948
|
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Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55
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1951
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Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80
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1956
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Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
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1956
|
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Louis Calhern, dies at 61
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1956
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Vladimir Ambros, composer, dies at 65
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1957
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Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71
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1960
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Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70
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1962
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Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67
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1963
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Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69
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1965
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Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57
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1967
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Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64
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1970
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Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78
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1970
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Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II), dies at 78
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1971
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J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies
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1973
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Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85
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1980
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Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
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1981
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Benjamin H Sheares, president of Singapore, dies
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1982
|
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Humphrey Searle, writer (20th Century counterpoint), dies at 66
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1984
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Doris May, actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
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1985
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Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies
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1986
|
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Elisabeth Bergner, dies at 85
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1986
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Lee Bonnell, dies
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1987
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Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
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1989
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Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
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1989
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Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89
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1992
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Joe Burke, president (KC Royals), dies at 68, dies
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1992
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Robert Reed, actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDs at 59
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1994
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Alfred Lane Beit, connoisseur, dies at 91
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1994
|
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David Brooks, psychologist, dies at 91
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1994
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Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
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1994
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John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55
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1994
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Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (9 Tests for S Africa, 22 wkts), dies
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1995
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Arthur Lubin, film director, dies at 95
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1995
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Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71
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1995
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Reza Abdoh, theatre Director, dies at 32
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1996
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Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist, dies at 84
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1996
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Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35
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