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1525
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Swiss & German mercenaries desert Franois I's army
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1547
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King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII
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1613
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Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch gov-gen of East-Indies
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1653
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Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
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1673
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1st recorded wine auction held (London)
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1710
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Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Neth
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1725
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10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for 100/scalp bounty
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1732
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Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
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1737
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French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
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1745
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
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1746
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Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
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1768
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1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
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1792
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US postal service created; postage 6-12«, depending on distance
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1809
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Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state
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1811
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Austria declares bankruptcy
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1816
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Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
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1823
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English Capt James Weddell reaches 74ø 15' S, 1520 km from S pole
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1831
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Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
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1832
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Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
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1835
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Concepci¢n, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
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1839
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Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
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1846
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British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
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1856
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John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die
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1861
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Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms
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1861
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Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm
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1864
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Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
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1865
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M I T forms 1st US collegiate architectural school
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1869
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Tenn Gov W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
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1872
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Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
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1872
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Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags
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1872
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Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (NYC)
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1872
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Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine
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1873
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U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
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1877
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1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
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1877
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International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
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1887
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1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)
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1887
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Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance
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1890
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Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire
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1895
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Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
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1899
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Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
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1901
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1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
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1902
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Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF
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1903
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Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge
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1912
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Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
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1915
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
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1917
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Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
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1917
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Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
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1919
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French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
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1921
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Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
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1922
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Marc Connelly & George Kaufman's "To the Ladies," premieres in NYC
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1922
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Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
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1922
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WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Christy Mathewson becomes pres of Boston Braves
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1927
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Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
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1929
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American Samoa organizes as territory of US
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1929
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Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
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1930
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Capelle soccer team forms
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1931
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Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
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1932
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Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
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1933
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Curom, Curaaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
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1933
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House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
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1933
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Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in NYC
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1934
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Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC
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1935
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Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
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1937
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1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
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1938
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UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
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1940
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Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
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1941
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1st transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
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1941
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Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
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1941
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Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
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1942
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Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers
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1943
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Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
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1943
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New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (Mxico)
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1943
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Phil Wrigley & B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League
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1944
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Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
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1944
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US takes Eniwetok Island
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1947
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Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42ý blocks in LA
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1947
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Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
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1948
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Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
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1949
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1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)
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1950
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Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
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1950
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WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
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1952
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"African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC
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1952
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1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
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1953
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August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million
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1953
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US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
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1954
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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1954
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General Zahedi wins election in Persia
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1955
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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1956
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WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1957
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Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 v England, 13 wkts for match
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1958
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Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
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1958
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LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
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1962
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John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
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1963
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End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson
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1963
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Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
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1965
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Beatles record "That Means a Lot"
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1965
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Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
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1965
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Turkish government of Uergpl forms
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1966
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Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR
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1968
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John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
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1968
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State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
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1971
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Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
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1971
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General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
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1971
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Maj General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself president of Uganda
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1971
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Natl Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
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1972
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1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
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1972
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Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
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1972
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Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
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1973
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10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
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1974
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Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
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1974
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Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
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1975
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Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
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1975
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Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conserv Party
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1975
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1976
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Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1977
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"My Fair Lady" closes at St James Theater NYC after 384 performances
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1977
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1978
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4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett & Bob Hope
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1978
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Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
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1978
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Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
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1978
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1979
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"Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1980
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Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
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1981
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Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
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1981
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James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)
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1982
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NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
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1983
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Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
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1983
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Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
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1985
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After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
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1986
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LA Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration
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1986
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Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
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1987
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Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
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1987
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David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
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1988
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500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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1988
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Andr Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
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1988
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Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
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1988
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Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
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1988
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Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
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1988
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Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
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1988
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Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
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1988
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Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
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1989
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Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players
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1991
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"Taking Steps" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 78 performances
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1991
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33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey
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1992
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"Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 37 performances
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1992
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Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands
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1992
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Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show
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1993
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Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
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1993
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Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
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1993
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NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
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1994
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3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
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1994
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Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
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1994
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Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
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1997
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"Stanley" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
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1997
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SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
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1998
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Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal
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1998
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UN Sec-Gen Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
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1998
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US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)
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BIRTHS
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1494
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Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
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1507
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Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
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1523
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Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
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1632
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Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
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1633
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Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
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1656
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Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
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1734
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Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
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1745
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Johann Peter Salomon, composer
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1751
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J H Voá, writer
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1752
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Charles Broche, composer
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1763
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Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
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1770
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Ferdinando Carulli, composer
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1784
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Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher
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1791
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Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
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1796
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Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
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1802
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Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
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1803
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Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
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1805
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Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
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1808
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Daumier, Marseilles France, artist
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1809
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Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
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1809
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Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
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1816
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Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
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1820
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Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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1827
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Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
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1835
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Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
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1838
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James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1844
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Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
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1844
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Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter
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1852
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Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)
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1854
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Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)
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1861
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Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curaao, folklorist
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1870
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Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
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1874
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Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
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1876
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Fyodor Akimenko, composer
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1881
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Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)
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1883
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Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
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1886
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Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
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1887
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David McKinley Williams, composer
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1887
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Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)
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1888
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Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)
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1888
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Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
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1889
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Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
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1893
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Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)
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1895
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Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)
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1896
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Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist
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1897
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Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
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1898
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Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari)
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1899
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)
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1899
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Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)
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1900
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Antonio Veretti, composer
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1900
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Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
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1900
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Jean Negulesco
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1901
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Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
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1901
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Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
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1901
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Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
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1901
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Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory) [or Dec 20]
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1901
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Ren Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease)
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1902
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Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
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1903
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Ella Maillart, explorer
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1903
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Karel Janacek, composer
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1903
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Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
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1904
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Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
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1904
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Armin Loos, composer
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1904
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Bramwell Fletcher, Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
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1905
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Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
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1907
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Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)
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1907
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Nadine Conner, Calif, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
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1907
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Owain Jenkins, company director
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1908
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Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)
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1908
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Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix
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1910
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Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
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1910
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Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82)
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1911
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Margot Grahame
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1911
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Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
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1913
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Jozef Kresanek, composer
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1913
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Mary Durack, poet
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1913
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Nadine Conner, US, opera singer (Carmen, La Bohme)
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1913
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Rex Tucker, TV writer/director
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1914
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John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
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1914
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Marion Kettlewell, British director (WRNS)
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1914
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Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
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1915
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Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)
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1916
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Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
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1916
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Julius Juzeliunas, composer
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1916
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Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
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1917
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Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
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1920
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Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
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1920
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Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
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1921
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Amanda Blake, [Beverly], Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
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1921
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Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
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1921
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Nurv Shiner, singer
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1921
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Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
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1923
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Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
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1924
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Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great (poor little rich girl)
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1924
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Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
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1925
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Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
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1925
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Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa)
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1925
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Robert Altman, Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
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1926
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Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral
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1926
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Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v S Africa 1953)
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1926
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Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp)
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1926
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Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
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1927
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Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor" (for Sen Joseph McCarthy)
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1928
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Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
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1928
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Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
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1929
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Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
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1930
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Bill Walker, British MP
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1930
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Patricia Smith, New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show)
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1933
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Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist
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1934
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Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
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1934
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Lady Wharton
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1936
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Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
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1936
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Marj Dusay, [Mahoney], Russell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
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1936
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Roy Beggs, British MP
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1937
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David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
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1937
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Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
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1937
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Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
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1937
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Roger Penske, auto racer
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1938
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Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach (Barcelona Dragons)
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1938
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Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
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1939
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Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
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1939
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Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
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1940
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Barbara Laine Ellis, singer
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1940
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Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
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1940
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Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
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1940
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RA Weiss, director (Institute of Cancer Research)
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1940
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V Payne, British headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
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1941
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Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
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1942
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Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
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1942
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Claude Miller, director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child)
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1942
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David O'Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
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1942
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Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- )
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1942
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Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
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1942
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Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
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1943
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Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
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1943
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Antonio Inoki, [Kanji Rikidozan], wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
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1943
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Lord McNally
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1943
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Mike Leigh, dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets & Lies)
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1944
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Lew Soloff, Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1944
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Roger Knapman, British MP
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1944
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Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
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1945
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Alan Hull, singer/composer
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1945
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Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter (Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas)
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1946
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Brenda Blethyn, actress (Secrets & Lies)
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1946
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J[erome] Geils, NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
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1946
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Mieke H A Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1946
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Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
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1947
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Andr van Duin, [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
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1947
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Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
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1948
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A C Fabian, astronomer
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1948
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Barry Wordsworth, conductor
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1948
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Billy Zoom, musician
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1948
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Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer
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1948
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John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
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1949
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Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England)
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1949
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Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
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1950
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John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
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1950
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Walter Becker, NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
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1951
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Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer
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1951
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Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free)
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1951
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Gordon Brown, British MP
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1951
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Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart)
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1951
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Phil Neal, English soccer player
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1951
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Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
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1952
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Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
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1953
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Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
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1953
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Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
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1954
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Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Buffy Vampire Slayer)
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1954
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Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
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1954
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Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
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1954
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Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17, TM-25)
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1955
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Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser)
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1956
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Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
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1958
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Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
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1958
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James Wilby, Burma, actor (Howards End, Maurice)
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1959
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Bill Gullickson, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
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1959
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Joel Rifkind, NY serial killer
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1959
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Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
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1960
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Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown)
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1960
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Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
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1961
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Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
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1961
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Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
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1961
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Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1984)
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1962
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Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
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1962
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Joel Ellis, rocker
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1962
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Ria Coyne, Scranton Penn, comedienne (Betsy-Batman Forever)
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1963
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Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
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1963
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Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
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1963
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William Baldwin, NY, actor (Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners)
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1964
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Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
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1964
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French Stewart, NM, actor (Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
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1964
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Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia MO, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney)
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1964
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Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) [or Jun 28]
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1965
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Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
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1966
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Britt Hager, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
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1966
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Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
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1966
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Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
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1966
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Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point NC, 100m/200m (Olympics-silver-96)
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1966
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Derek Lilliquist, US baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves)
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1967
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Andrew Shue, actor (Melrose Place)
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1967
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Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minn, Cowboys)
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1967
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Chris Singleton, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1967
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Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Pearl Jam)/husband of Courtney Love
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1967
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Kurt Knudsen, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
|
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1967
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Lili Taylor, actress (Ransom, Short Cuts)
|
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1967
|
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Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986)
|
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1967
|
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Theresa Luke, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-96)
|
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1967
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Tom Waddle, NFL player (Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals)
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1968
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Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
|
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1968
|
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Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
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1969
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Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleve Browns, Detroit Lions)
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1969
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[Touchdown] Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
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1970
|
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Bryan Robinson, defensive end (St Louis Rams)
|
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1970
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Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
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1970
|
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Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
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1970
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Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk RUS, hockey forward (Team Germany)
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1971
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Jari Litmanen, soccer player (Ajax)
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1971
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Shalanda Burt, US murderess
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1972
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Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)
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1972
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Tom Gough, 200« lbs (91 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
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1973
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Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire)
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1974
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Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czech, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL)
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1975
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Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
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1975
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Brian Littrell, singer (Backstreet Boys)
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1975
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Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner
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1977
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Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Stephon Marbury, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
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1977
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Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina (1996)
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1978
|
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Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1979
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Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress (Sarah Reeves-Party of Five)
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DEATHS
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1054
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Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies
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1194
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Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
|
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1431
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Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies
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1569
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Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50
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1595
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Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41
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|
1626
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John Dowland, composer, dies
|
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1628
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Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63
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1656
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James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76
|
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1667
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David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
|
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1707
|
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Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies
|
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1731
|
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Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50
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1737
|
|
Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies
|
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1746
|
|
Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
|
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1773
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Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71
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1786
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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
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1788
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Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
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1790
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Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
|
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1809
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Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
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1810
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Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42
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1810
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|
Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57
|
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1817
|
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Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
|
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1845
|
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Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57
|
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1848
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[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
|
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1851
|
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Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
|
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1855
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Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
|
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1860
|
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Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
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1892
|
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Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
|
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1895
|
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Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
|
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1904
|
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Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, dies at 83
|
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1907
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[Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54
|
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1910
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Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
|
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1911
|
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Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, dies at 56
|
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1911
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Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, dies at 76
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1916
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), dies at 71
|
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1920
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Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
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1936
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John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67
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1937
|
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"Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
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1942
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|
Guido Gasperini, composer, dies at 76
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1946
|
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Hugh Allen, musician, dies
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1951
|
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Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
|
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1958
|
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Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75
|
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1959
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Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
|
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1960
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Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies
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1961
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|
Otto E Huiswoud, [Frank Billings], editor (Negro Worker), dies at 67
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1961
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Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78
|
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1962
|
|
Halliwell Hobbes, dies at 64
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1964
|
|
R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies
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1966
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|
Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 80
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1968
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|
Anthony Asquith, dies
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1969
|
|
Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
|
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1969
|
|
Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66
|
|
1970
|
|
Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
|
|
1972
|
|
Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
|
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1972
|
|
Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love & Hisses), dies at 74
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1973
|
|
Brigitte Reimann, writer, dies at 39
|
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1973
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|
Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80
|
|
1973
|
|
Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector), dies at 60
|
|
1974
|
|
David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at 85
|
|
1975
|
|
Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
|
|
1975
|
|
Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
|
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1975
|
|
Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61
|
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1976
|
|
Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
|
|
1978
|
|
Vitorino Nemsio, Portuguese author (Presena), dies at 76
|
|
1980
|
|
Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
|
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1983
|
|
James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident
|
|
1983
|
|
Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
|
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1984
|
|
Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, dies at 61
|
|
1985
|
|
Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif
|
|
1986
|
|
Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, dies at 88
|
|
1986
|
|
Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
|
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1987
|
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Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
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1992
|
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Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51
|
|
1992
|
|
Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies of emphysema at 63
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1992
|
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Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
|
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1993
|
|
Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies
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1994
|
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Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
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1994
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Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
|
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1995
|
|
John Humphreys Whitfield, italianist, dies at 88
|
|
1995
|
|
Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend
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|
1996
|
|
Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot, dies at 83
|
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1996
|
|
Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, dies at 69
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1996
|
|
Toru Takemitsu, composer, dies at 65
|
|
1996
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Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, dies at 63
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