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1296
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Earl Floris V signs accord with French king
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1317
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Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France
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1349
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700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
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1428
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Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid
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1464
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1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands
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1493
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1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
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1522
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Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
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1558
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Geneva becomes independent from Berne canton, Switzerland
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1570
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Tsar Ivan the terrible kills 1000-2000 residents of Novgorod
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1718
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France declares war on Spain
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1760
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Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat
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1788
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Connecticut becomes 5th state
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1792
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Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Jassy
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1793
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1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Phila
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1793
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Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery
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1793
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Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America
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1799
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Income Tax introduced in UK
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1811
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1st Women's Golf Tournament held
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1812
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Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon
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1834
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HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port San Julian, Patagonia
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1839
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Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
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1839
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Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)
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1847
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1st SF newspaper published (California Star)
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1848
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1st commercial bank in SF established
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1848
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People's uprising in Palermo Sicily
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1854
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Astor Library opens in NYC
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1855
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Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies
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1857
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7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon Calif
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1861
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1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC
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1861
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Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede
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1863
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-Jan 11th] Battle of Arkansas Post, AK (Ft Hindman)
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1866
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Fisk University establishes
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1879
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Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Ft Robinson
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1879
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Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas
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1880
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6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days
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1894
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"Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" released in movie theaters
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1894
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Georges Feydeau's "Un
la Patte," premieres in Paris
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1901
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NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 & 156) by innings & 605
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1903
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2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 & moved it to NY
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1903
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Baseball's National & American Leagues make peace
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1903
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Frank Farrell & Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 & move it to NYC (Yankees)
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1903
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Wind Cave National Park, SD established
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1905
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Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops (1/22 NS)
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1908
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Frans Schollaert succeeds De Trooz as premier of Belgium
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1908
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Muir Woods National Monument, Calif established
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1909
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Ernest Shackleton reaches 88ø23' south
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1912
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US marines invade Honduras
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1915
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Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated, SF
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1922
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KQV-AM in Pittsburgh PA begins radio transmissions
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1922
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Rotterdam metal strike ends
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1923
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Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
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1925
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German Postal Minister A Hfle resigns due to corruption
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1927
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Dmitri Shostakovitch' Octet opus 11, premieres in Moscow
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1927
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Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died
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1928
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Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions," premieres in NYC
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1929
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BG DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru," premieres in NYC
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1929
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KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA begins radio transmissions
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1930
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Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
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1933
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Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction
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1936
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Nol Coward's "Astonished Heart," premieres in London
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1936
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Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army
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1937
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Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians
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1937
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Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in NYC
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1940
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2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
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1940
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J Thurber & E Nugent's "Male Animal," premieres in NYC
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1941
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6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania
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1941
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Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
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1942
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Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1942
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US Joint Chiefs of Staff created
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1943
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Japanese govt in Java limits sale & use of motorcars
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1945
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US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines
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1946
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"Would-Be Gentleman" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 77 performances
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1947
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"Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 148 performances
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1947
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Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF
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1948
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Walter Piston's 3rd Symphony in E, premieres in Boston
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1951
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Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres
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1951
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Washington Capitals NBA club folds
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1952
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Belgian Pholien govt resigns
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1952
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Karel Sys wins European heavyweight boxing title
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1952
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Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
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1953
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Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
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1953
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Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
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1954
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-87øF (-66øC), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record)
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1954
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Bert Olmstead, Mont Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
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1954
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan & Leonie Adams
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1956
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Abigail Van Buren's "Dear Abby" column 1st appears in newspapers
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1956
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Samir el-Rifai forms govt in Jordan
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1957
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British premier Anthony Eden resigns
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1957
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Checheno-Ingush ASSR reformed in RSFSR
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1957
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Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"
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1957
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Kalmyk Autonomous Region reformed in RSFSR
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1957
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Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region reestablished in RSFSR
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1958
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In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54
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1959
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"Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
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1959
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Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die
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1959
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Pat O'Connor beats Dick Hutton in St Louis, to become NWA champ
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1960
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Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
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1961
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Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St Paul territory
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1962
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Mister M (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ
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1962
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NFL prohibits grabbing of face masks
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1962
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1963
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Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"
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1964
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Anti-US rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone
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1965
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"Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
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1966
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Polish govt denies exit visa to Cardinal Wyszynski revisionism
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1967
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Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond
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1967
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NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
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1968
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1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana
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1968
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Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon
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1969
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1st trial flight of Concorde
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1969
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Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight (Bristol England)
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1970
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Constitution of Singapore enacted
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1971
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"Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 perf
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1972
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Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
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1972
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
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1972
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Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
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1973
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Luna 21 launched, to Moon
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1975
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600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
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1975
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Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes
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1976
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Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot
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1976
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CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
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1976
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Ringo releases "Oh My My" in UK
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1977
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"Porgy & Bess" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 122 performances
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1977
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Superbowl XI: Oakland Raiders beat Minn Vikings, 32-14 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Fred Biletnikoff, Oakland, WR
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1978
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Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established
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1979
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to WS Merwin
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1979
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High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
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1979
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K-Mart pulls Steve Martin's "Let's Get Small" for being in "bad taste"
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1979
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Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) PA law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable
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1980
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63 beheaded in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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1981
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Francisco Balsamao elected pres of Portugal
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1982
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5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
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1982
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Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
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1983
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British PM Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
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1984
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"TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
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1984
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Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession
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1984
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EAA moves operations to Oshkosh
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1984
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John Lennon releases "Nobody Told Me"
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1985
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Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
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1986
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NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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1987
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Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
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1987
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New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
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1987
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Sir Rudolph Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
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1988
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August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
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1988
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English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli
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1988
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
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1989
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"Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
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1989
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Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1990
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64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
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1990
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Boston Celtics worst ¬ ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78
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1990
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Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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1990
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Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses
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1991
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Baker & Aziz meet in Geneva; talks fail to defuse gulf crisis
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1991
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Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame
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1991
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Dean Smith of NC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games
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1993
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Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33)
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1994
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14th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
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1994
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Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)
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1994
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Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points)
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1995
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Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight
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1995
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Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport
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1997
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Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
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1998
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Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
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1998
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Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov spacewalk record 3 hrs 8 mins
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1998
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Boston Red Sox Mo Vaughn pleads not guilty to drunken driving
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1998
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Decapitated head of Danish Little Mermaid is returned
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1998
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Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever
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BIRTHS
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1554
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Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], pope (1621-23)
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1574
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Christoph Buel, composer
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1620
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Johann Weichmann, composer
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1695
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John E Loovens, lawyer
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1699
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Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
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1728
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Thomas Warton, poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy)
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1748
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Stefan Paluselli, composer
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1790
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Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (Lycksalighetens)
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1803
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Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) died in 1888
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1815
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William Jackson, composer
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1816
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John Palmer Usher, Secy Int (Union) died in 1889
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1820
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Pavel Krizkovsky, composer
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1822
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John Porter Hatch, volunteers Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1901
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1829
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Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (Tarimbekken)
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1829
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Thomas William Robertson, England, playwright (Caste)
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1832
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Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname
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1839
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John Knowles Paine, Portland Maine, composer
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1843
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Christiaan A Ulder, Curaao, composer (waltzes/tumbas)
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1851
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Giuseppi Gallignani, composer
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1851
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Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuiet/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy)
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1856
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Anton Askerc, Slavic priest/poet (Primoz Trubar)
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1856
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Lizette Woodworth Reese, US poet (Branch of May, Tears)
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1856
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Stevan Mokranjac, composer
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1857
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Henry B Fuller, American writer (Under the Skylights)
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1859
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Carrie Chapman Catt, women's rights leader
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1859
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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder (League of Women Voters)
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1859
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Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries)
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1866
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Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher
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1867
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Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth)
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1870
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Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder (Golden Gate Bridge)
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1871
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Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player
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1873
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Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Rdi Ukraine, Hebrew poet/translator
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1876
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Hans Bethge, writer
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1879
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John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist
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1881
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Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer (Il Diavolo)
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1881
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Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic (Revaluations)
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1890
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Karel Capek, Czech, writer (R U R); coined the word "robot"
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1890
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Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Panther Tiger & Co)
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1891
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August Gailit, Estonia, writer (Ekke Moor)
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1894
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Henryk Stazewski, Polish abstract painter/graphic artist
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1897
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Luis Gianneo, composer
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1898
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Gracie Fields, [Stansfield], England, music hall/vaudeville performer
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1898
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Vilma Banky, Budapest Hungary, silent screen actress (Eagle, Rebel)
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1900
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Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer
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1901
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Chic Young, cartoonist (Blondie)
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1902
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Jose Maria Escriv de Balaguer y Alb s, Spanish priest (Opus Dei)
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1902
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Rudolph Bing, opera manager (NY Metropolitan Opera)
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1904
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George Balanchine, dancer/choreographer/ballet producer [NS=Jan 22]
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1908
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Simone de Beauvoir, France, author (Mandarins, 2nd Sex)
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1909
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Herva Nelli, soprano
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1910
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Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader
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1911
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Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health
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1911
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Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, British newspaper editor
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1912
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Ralph Tubbs, architect
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1913
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Lavad "Dr Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano
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1913
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Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist
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1913
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Richard Milhous Nixon, (R) 37th pres (1968-74) (I am not a crook!)
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1914
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Derek Allhusen, England, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1914
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Gypsy Rose Lee, [Rose Hovick], Seattle, burlesque actress (Gypsy)
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1914
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Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop)
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1915
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Anita Louise, NYC, actress (My Friend Flicka)
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1915
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Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous")
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1915
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Les Paul, guitarist inventor (Les Paul)
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1916
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Alain Bernardin, impressario (Crazy Horse Saloon)
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1916
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Vic Mizzy, Bkln NY, orch leader (Don Rickles Show)
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1917
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Herbert Lom, Czech, actor (Pink Panther Strikes Again, Dorian Gray)
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1921
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Seymour Barab, composer
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1922
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Ahmed Skou Tour, president of Guinea (1957-84)
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1922
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Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968)
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1924
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Juli n B Coco, Curaao guitarist/bassist (Utrecht Symphony Orch)
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1925
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Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist
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1925
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Lee Van Cleef, NJ, actor (For a Few Dollars More, Escape from NY)
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1928
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Domenico Modugno, Italy, rocker (Polignano A Mare)
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1928
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Fernand J St Germain, (Rep-D-RI, 1961- )
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1928
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Judith Krantz, NYC, author (Scruples, Princess Daisy, Dazzle)
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1929
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Heiner Muller, dramatist
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1931
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Algi[rda]s [Jonas] Budrys, Prussia, sci-fi author (Man of Earth)
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1931
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Geoffrey Wragg, British(?) reorganizer
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1933
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Robert Garcia, (Rep-D-NY, 1978- )
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1933
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Sonia Garmers, [Justina], Curaao, author (Dear Queen)
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1934
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Bart Starr, NFL quarterback/coach (Green Bay)
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1934
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Julian B Coco, Antilles, guitarist/tutor (Princess Christina)
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1935
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Bob Denver, New Rochelle NY, actor (Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island)
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1935
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Dick Enberg, Mt Clemens Mich, sportscaster (Where's Huddles)
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1935
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Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer
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1936
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Peter Fletcher, music teacher
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1937
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K Schlesinger, writer
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1938
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Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist/actor/asst secretary of Justice
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1940
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Barbara Buczek, composer
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1940
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Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, singer/actor (Howard-Bachelor Father)
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1941
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Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate
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1941
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Susannah York, London, actress (A Man for All Seasons, Tom Jones)
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1942
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K Callan, Dallas Tx, actress (Joe's World, Martha-Lois & Clark)
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1943
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Dick Yount, rocker (Harpers Bizarre)
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1943
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Kenneth Kelley, US singer (Manhattans, One Life to Live)
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1943
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Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer (Drinking on My Bed)
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1944
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Jimmy Page, London, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
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1944
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Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore)
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1945
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Frank J Biondi Jr, president (HBO)
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1945
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Harun Farocki, actor/director (Nicht loeschbares Feur)
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1946
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Leo Gullotta, actor (Sinbad of the 7 Seas)
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1948
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Bill Cowsill, Newport RI, rock guitarist/vocals (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
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1948
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Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
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1950
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David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!)
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1950
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Rio Reiser, rock singer
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1951
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Crystal Gayle, Ky, country singer (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue)
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1951
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Rosalyn Kind, Bkln, singer (« sister of Barbra Streisand)
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1952
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Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1954
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Lance Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
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1956
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David Smith, cricketer (England lefty batsman in 2 Tests v WI 1986)
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1956
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Kimberly Beck Hilton, Glendale Calif, actress (Kim-Peyton Place)
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1959
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Otis Nixon, US baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers)
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1960
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David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer (1991 Buick Southern Open)
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1960
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Lisa Walters, Prince Rupert BC, LPGA golfer (Itoki Hawaiian-1992, 93)
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1962
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Phil Lewis, London England, rock vocalist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
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1964
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Stan Javier, S P de Macoris Dom Rep, outfielder (Oak A's, SF Giants)
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1965
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Atsuo Kudo, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
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1965
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Carin Garbarra, East Orange NJ, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Darren Bennett, NFL punter (SD Chargers)
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1965
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Georg Franz, Straubing GER, hockey forward (Team Germany, Landshut)
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1965
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Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (SF Warriors)
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1965
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Vincent Brown, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
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1965
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[Tyrone] Muggsy Bogues, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Wash Bullets)
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1966
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Jimmie Jones, defensive end/defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1967
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Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band)
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1967
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Dave Mcllwain, Seaforth, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
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1967
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Jamie Huscroft, Creston, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
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1968
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Jimmy Adams, cricketer (prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992)
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1968
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Katie Anderson, Kingston Jamaica, Canada 100m hurdler (Oly-7th-92, 96)
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1968
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Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer (1991 Thailand Open)
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1969
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Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
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1969
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Johanna Ikonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
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1970
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Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer (Deerfield-25th-1995)
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1971
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Bill Schroeder, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1971
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Elizabeth Punsalan, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Swallow, Oly-15-94)
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1971
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Scott Thornton, London, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1972
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Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
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1972
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Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
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1972
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Kristie Hicks, Bardstown Kentucky, Miss America-Kentucky (1996)
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1973
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Aaron Holbert, US baseball infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
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1973
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Ronald Hamming, soccer player (FC Groningen, Fortuna Sittard)
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1974
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Craig Wishart, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995)
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1974
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Jamain Stephens, NFL offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1975
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Justin Huish, Fountain Valley CA, archer (Olympics-gold-1996)
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1975
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Mariano Friedick, Tarzana Calif, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Amy Safe, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1976
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Radek Bonk, Koprivnice Cze, NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czech)
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1979
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Lavinia Magruder, Miss Vermont Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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1499
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Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
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1514
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Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36
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1677
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Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73
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1679
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Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
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1798
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Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79
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1828
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Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83
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1843
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Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany
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1849
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Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83
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1853
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Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75
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1854
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Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77
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1863
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Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71
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1878
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Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57
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1879
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Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86
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1886
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Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73
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1893
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Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten
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1902
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Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
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1904
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Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
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1908
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Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67
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1908
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Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies
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1911
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Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57
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1923
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Katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34
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1927
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Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71
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1929
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Heiner Mller, writer, dies
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1930
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Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
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1931
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Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies
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1936
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John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40
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1939
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Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
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1941
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Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
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1943
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Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53
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1946
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Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42
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1947
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Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53
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1947
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Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
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1949
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Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75
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1953
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Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
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1957
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Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83
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1958
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Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
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1959
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Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71
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1962
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LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68
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1964
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Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
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1966
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Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68
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1968
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Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide
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1968
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Louis-Franois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
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1969
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Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86
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1972
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Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
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1975
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John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58
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1975
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Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77
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1977
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Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71
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1977
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Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
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1978
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Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
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1979
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Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80
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1979
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Sara Carter, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80
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1981
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Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58
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1982
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Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
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1984
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Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
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1985
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Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
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1987
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Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
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1992
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Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72
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1992
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William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/Brit playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
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1993
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Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
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1993
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Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
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1994
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Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82
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1995
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Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57
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1995
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Souphanouvong, [Red Prince], president of Laos (1975-87), dies at 85
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1996
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Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88
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1996
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Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
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1996
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Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45
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1997
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Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
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1997
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Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90
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1998
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Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
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1998
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Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93
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