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1070
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Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
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1133
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Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor
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1391
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Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds & sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery
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1487
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Lord Lovell & John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire
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1632
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Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo
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1647
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British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner
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1664
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Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans
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1666
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Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet
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1741
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Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg
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1745
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Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezi: Prussia beats Austria
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1745
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Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians & Saxons
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1756
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Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania
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1783
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Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon (unmanned)
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1784
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Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly (in a balloon)
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1789
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US constitution goes into effect
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1792
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Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain
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1794
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Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
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1800
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White House completed & President & Mrs John Adams move in
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1805
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Tripoli forced to conclude peace with US after war over tribute
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1812
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Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
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1825
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Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC
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1831
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National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium
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1832
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3rd national black convention meets (Phila)
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1845
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Mexican-US war starts
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1850
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Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
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1850
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Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England
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1862
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Confederates evacuate Ft Pillow, Tenn
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1868
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Van Bosse/Fock govt begins
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1870
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4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59«
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1873
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1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname
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1875
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Pacific Stock Exchange opens
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1878
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Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
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1884
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18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42
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1892
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Oil City & Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die
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1892
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Sierra Club forms in SF
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1896
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Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
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1907
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Automatic washer & dryer introduced
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1912
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Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses
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1912
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Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law
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1913
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Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse
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1916
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Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack
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1917
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1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
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1917
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American men begin registering for the draft
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1917
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Order of British Empire inaugurated
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1919
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Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
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1919
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US marines invade Costa Rica
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1920
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Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary
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1927
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1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9«-2« at Worcester CC Mass
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1927
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Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style
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1929
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George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
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1932
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64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
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1932
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Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France
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1937
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Lon Blum becomes premier of People's front govt of France
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1938
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10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7«-4«
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1938
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70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6
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1940
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1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
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1940
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1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
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1940
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British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops
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1940
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German forces enter Paris
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1940
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The synthetic rubber tire unveiled
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1940
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Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"
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1941
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Nazi's forbid Jews access to beach & swimming pools
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1941
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Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z
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1942
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Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II
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1942
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Capitol Record Co opens for business
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1942
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USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
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1943
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Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson & Col Juan Per¢n
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1943
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Race riots in LA
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1943
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St Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter
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1944
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1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day
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1944
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1st submarine captured & boarded on high seas-U 505
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1944
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5th Army enters & liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies
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1944
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French general De Gaulle arrives in London
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1945
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6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa
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1945
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US, Russia, England & France agree to split occupied Germany
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1946
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Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
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1947
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"Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
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1947
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House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act
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1949
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"Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
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1950
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CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
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1950
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Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
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1951
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Mississippi Valley State University founded
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1951
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Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4
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1953
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Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner & Joe Garagiola to Chic
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1954
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Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
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1954
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France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
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1955
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Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC
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1956
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Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public
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1957
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1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation
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1957
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May & Cowdrey make 411 stand v WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
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1958
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French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
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1958
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SF Giants Hank Sauer & B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
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1961
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Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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1962
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Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
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1963
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1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
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1963
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British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler
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1964
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Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
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1964
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LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
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1964
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Maldives adopts constitution
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1964
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Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
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1965
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Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
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1966
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"Batman & His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70
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1966
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-10] Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras
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1966
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98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6
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1967
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19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts & Lucy Ball
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1967
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Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)
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1967
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
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1967
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KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1967
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Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series
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1968
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Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings
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1969
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22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana & survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 2
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1969
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Beatles release Ballad Of John & Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US
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1969
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Nicky Hopkins quits rock & rolls, Jeff Beck Group
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1970
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43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant
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1970
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SD Padres draft Mike Ivie #1
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1970
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Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
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1970
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WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1970
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Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days
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1971
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J Luns appointed secretary-general of NATO
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1971
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Oakland A's beat Wash Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
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1971
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Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
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1972
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Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
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1972
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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1972
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Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
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1973
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43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64)
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1974
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10 Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field & cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5
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1974
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Never-to-be-repeated 10 Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs
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1974
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NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
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1975
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Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in NC
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1977
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Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale
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1977
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Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2
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1978
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"Working" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 25 performances
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1978
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32nd Tony Awards: Da & Ain't Misbehavin' win
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1978
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6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
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1978
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Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections
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1979
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South-African pres Vorster resigns due to scandal
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1979
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Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons
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1981
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54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus
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1982
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"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA
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1982
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Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon
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1983
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53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
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1984
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18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
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1984
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Arnold Palmer fails to make US Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
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1984
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Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA"
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1984
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DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
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1984
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NY Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1
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1985
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STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad
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1985
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Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
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1986
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Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in US court
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1987
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Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins
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1988
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"Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 262 performances
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1988
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42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly & Phantom of the Opera win
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1988
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58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60)
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1988
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Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone
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1988
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Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat NY 7-6)
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1988
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Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
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1989
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2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000
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1989
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43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles & Jerome Robbin's Broadway win
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1989
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Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
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1989
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Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
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1989
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Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in USSR, kills 100s
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1989
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Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
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1989
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
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1989
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Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
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1990
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24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless
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1990
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Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
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1990
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Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
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1990
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LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
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1990
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NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
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1991
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1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania
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1991
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Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church
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1991
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Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders
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1991
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Robert Strauss becomes US ambassador to Soviet Union
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1992
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San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium
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1992
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USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp
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1994
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Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
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1995
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"Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden NYC at 347 perf
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1995
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49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! & Sunset Boulevard win
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1995
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8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000
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1995
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Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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BIRTHS
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1694
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Franois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV
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1697
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Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
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1700
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Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor
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1738
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George III, English King during American Revolution (1760-1820)
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1751
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John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
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1770
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James Hewitt, composer
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1801
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James Pennethorne, architect
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1803
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Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
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1815
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Paul Jones Semmes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
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1816
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Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union)
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1828
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Alexander William Campbell, Brig general (Confederate Army)
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1833
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Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier
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1838
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Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)
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1846
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Josef Sittard, music writer
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1863
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Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician
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1864
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Nassau William Senior, British economist
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1867
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Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)
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1869
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Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
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1876
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Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)
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1877
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Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)
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1878
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Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)
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1879
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Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (ist der Mensch?)
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1881
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Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)
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1882
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Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
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1891
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Erno Rapee, composer
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1893
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Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
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1893
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Daan Boens, Flemish poet (Man who sold his Wife)
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1894
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Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)
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1895
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Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)
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1899
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Leo Spies, composer
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1902
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Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1904
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Karl Valentin, writer
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1906
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Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame)
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1907
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Marjan Kozina, composer
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1908
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Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
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1908
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Lambertus L van Rooijen, Dutch actor
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1908
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Rosalind Russell, Waterbury CT, actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling)
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1908
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Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
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1909
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Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
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1909
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William Batten, CEO (NY Stock Exchange 1976-84)
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1910
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Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)
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1910
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Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar
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1911
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Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor
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1911
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Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukrainian author (Vokopach Stalingrada)
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1912
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Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures)
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1913
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Bruno Bettinelli, composer
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1914
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Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
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1915
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Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)
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1915
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Walter Hadlee, cricketer (father of Richard & Dayle, NZ batsman 40's)
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1916
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Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)
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1917
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Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)
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1917
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Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles)
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1917
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Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1974- )
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1917
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Robert Anderson, author (Tea & Sympathy)
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1917
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Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
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1918
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LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee)
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1920
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Marion Motley, NFL running back (all-time leading AAFC rusher)
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1921
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Nina Vyroubova, Russ/French ballerina (Pavlova-prize 1957)
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1922
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Irwin Bazelon, Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola)
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1922
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John McNamara, baseball player
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1922
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John West, vice chancellor (Bradford University)
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1923
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John Lea, British vice-admiral
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1924
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Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
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1926
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Nan Leslie, LA Calif, actress (Kings Row, Californians)
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1926
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Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
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1927
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Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (Smacks & Thistle)
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1927
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Priscilla Morrill, Medford Mass, actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore)
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1928
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Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
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1928
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Ruth Westheimer, Germany, sex therapist (WYNY-FM)
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1930
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Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
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1930
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Pentti Raitio, composer
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1931
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Cesar Bolanos, composer
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1932
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John Barrymore Jr, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Pantomine Quiz)
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1933
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John Sparrow, CEO (British Horseracing Betting Levy Board)
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1935
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Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor (Rififi in Amsterdam)
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1936
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Bruce Dern, Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
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1936
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David Lyon, CEO (Bowater)
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1937
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Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
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1937
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Mortimer B Zuckerman, CEO (US News & World Report, NY Daily News)
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1938
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Art Mahaffey, baseball player
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1939
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Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
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1940
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Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer
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1940
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Gerrit H Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1943
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Sandra Haynie, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1974 US Women's Open)
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1944
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Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist (Family)
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1944
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Michelle Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
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1944
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Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
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1945
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Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
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1945
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Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach
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1945
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Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
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1945
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Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
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1945
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Margaret Impert, Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots)
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1946
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Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist (ABC-TV)
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1948
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Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
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1948
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Rosemary Joyce, model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow)
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1948
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Sandra Post, LPGA golfer
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1950
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Brian Rose, cricketer (England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81)
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1950
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Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
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1950
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Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
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1951
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David Yip, actor (Ping Pong)
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1951
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Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary (CDA)
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1952
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Carlene Watkins, Hartford CT, actress (Tough Enough)
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1952
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Catherine Watkins, Hartford Ct, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary)
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1952
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Parker Stevenson, Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace)
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1956
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John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
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1956
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Terry Kennedy, baseball player
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1957
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Tony Pena, Monte Cristi Dom Rep, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
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1958
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Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom)
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1958
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Tony Pigott, cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984)
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1959
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Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman (Lord Rayleigh Farms)
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1959
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Paul Taylor, rocker (Winger-17)
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1959
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Rod Connop, CFL corner (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1961
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Cathy Marino, LPGA golfer
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1961
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El Debarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge-All this Love)
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1963
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Carey Nelson, Canada, marathoner (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Jim Lachey, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
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1963
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Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer (hot)
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1963
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Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
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1964
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Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
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1964
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Steve Searcy, baseball player
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1965
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Andrea Jaeger, Chicago, tennis player (retired as a teenager)
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1965
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Beau Allred, baseball player
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1965
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Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star
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1965
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Kurt Stillwell, Glendale CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
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1965
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Tim Perry, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
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1966
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Nick Kypreos, Toronto, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1967
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Rick Wilkins, Jacksonville FL, catcher (Houston Astros)
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1967
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Scott Servais, La Crosse Wisc, catcher (Chic Cubs)
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1967
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Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
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1968
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Scott Wolf, Boston Mass, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5)
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1968
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Stacy Leigh Arthur, Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
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1969
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Regi Blinker, soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1969
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Robert Perez, Bolivar Venezuela, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
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1969
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Tine Moberg-Parker, Oslo Norway, Canada Europe class yachter (Oly-96)
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1970
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Gary Lynagh, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
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1971
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Noah Wyle, Hollywood Calif, actor (Dr John Carter-ER)
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1971
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Patrick Scott, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Pitts Steelers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1971
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Roy Janse, Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Tanya Beyer, St Paul Minn, playmate (Feb, 1992)
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1972
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Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights MI, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
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1973
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Antonio Anderson, defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
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1973
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Corey Walker, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1973
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Doug Colman, linebacker (NY Giants)
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1973
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Sir Mawn Wilson, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1974
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Darin Erstad, outfielder (Calif Angels)
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1974
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James Miller, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Johnny Taylor, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
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1974
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Lyndsay Kahler, Orange California, Miss America-California (1997)
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1975
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Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
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1975
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Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer (Trinidad & Tobago leg-spinner)
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1975
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Kurt Dreger, Ironwood Mich, dance skater (& Cronin-1997 Natl-13th)
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1992
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Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
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1993
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... Mowatt, grandson of English princess Alexandra
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DEATHS
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1039
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Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49
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1267
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Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies
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1316
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Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
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1463
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Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65
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1558
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Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43
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1585
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Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer, dies at 58
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1608
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Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44
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1663
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William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies
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1674
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John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66
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1792
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John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies
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1793
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Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34
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1798
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Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Ital adventurer/spy/librarian, dies at 73
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1809
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Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
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1818
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John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44
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1825
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Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies
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1826
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Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39
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1850
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Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74
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1872
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Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
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1872
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Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53
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1875
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Eduard Mrike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies at 70
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1876
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Abdl-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46
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1880
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Eugen Adam, painter, dies
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1905
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Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85
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1907
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Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
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1913
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Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse
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1915
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William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26
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1916
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Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56
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1921
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Heinrich E Albers-Schnberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56
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1922
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William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies
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1925
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Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
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1925
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Pierre Louys, [PF Louis], French writer (Aphrodite), dies
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1926
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Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies
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1926
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Fred Spofforth, cricketer (18 tests 94 wkts 41 Best match 14-90), dies
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1926
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Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
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1931
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Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
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1937
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Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies
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1941
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Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
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1942
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Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
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1943
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Jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39
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1945
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Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies at 66
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1950
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Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
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1951
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Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76
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1954
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Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
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1956
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Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73
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1958
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M Lichnowsky, writer, dies at 79
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1959
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Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58
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1960
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Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64
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1962
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William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84
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1965
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Bernard Verhoeven, poet/educator (Pleidooi near een non), dies
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1968
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Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70
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1970
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Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
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1970
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Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
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1970
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Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
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1970
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Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58
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1971
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Gyrgy Luk cs, Hungarian philosopher, dies at 86
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1972
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Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79
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1973
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Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville
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1973
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Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55
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1975
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Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
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1979
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Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
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1989
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Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89
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1989
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Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
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1989
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Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71
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1990
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Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer
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1992
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Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
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1993
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June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
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1994
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Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48
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1994
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Earle Warren, alto Sax Player, dies at 79
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1994
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Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80
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1994
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Massimo Troisi, Italian actor/director (Ricomincio da tre), dies at 41
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1994
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Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener, dies at 84
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1994
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Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33
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1994
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Thomas Stuart Willan, historian, dies at 84
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1994
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Toto Bissainthe, voodoo poet, dies at 59
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1995
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Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist, dies at 80
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1995
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Herta Ryder, literary agent, dies at 77
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1995
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Paul WIlliams, climber, dies at 49
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1995
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William J Law, sailor, dies at 84
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1996
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Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
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1997
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Kurt Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92
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1997
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Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 50
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