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402
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Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten
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610
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Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth
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774
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Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
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1106
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Fire in Venice
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1327
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Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura
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1362
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Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France
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1516
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A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este
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1634
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Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaao"
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1652
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Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in S Africa, established
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1652
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John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown
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1663
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King Charles II signs Carolina Charter
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1664
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France & Saksen sign alliance
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1672
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France declares war on Netherlands
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1712
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Slave revolt in NY
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1722
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Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
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1724
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Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs
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1727
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Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
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1757
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English king George II fires minister William Pitt Sr
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1789
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1st US Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, NYC
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1815
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English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed
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1830
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Joseph Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
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1841
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Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri
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1848
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Jews of Prussia granted equality
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1849
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Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophte," premieres in Paris
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1859
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US recognizes Liberal government in Mxico's War of Reform
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1862
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Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee
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1865
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Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
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1865
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Skirmish at High Bridge VA (Appomattox); 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off
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1866
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G.A.R. forms
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1868
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Brigham Young marries his 27th & final wife
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1869
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1st plastic, Celluloid, patented
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1883
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" (BG)
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1886
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City of Vancouver BC incorporated
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1886
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Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga
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1889
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George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time
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1890
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French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan
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1893
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Andy Bowen & Jack Burke box 7 hrs 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds)
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1893
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Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City dedicated
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1896
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1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
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1900
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James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1903
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General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws)
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1906
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1st animated cartoon copyrighted
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1909
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1st credit union forms in US
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1909
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North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
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1912
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Electric starter 1st appeared in cars
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1916
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German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare
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1917
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US declares war on Germany, enters World War I
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1920
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French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
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1924
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4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
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1924
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Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
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1924
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Vlkische Block (nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern
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1925
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1st film shown on an airplane (British Air)
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1926
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Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1
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1930
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1st transcontinental glider tow completed
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1930
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Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
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1931
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1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio
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1931
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1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
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1934
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418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
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1935
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H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses & sinks 371 more
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1936
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3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
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1936
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ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
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1936
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Tornado, kills 203 & injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
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1938
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Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett
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1939
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Great Britain & Poland sign military pact
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1939
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US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific)
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1941
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8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
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1941
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Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die)
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1941
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British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
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1941
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German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes)
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1941
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Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces
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1943
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British & US army link up in Africa during WW II
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1943
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British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
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1943
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Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
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1944
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Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis
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1945
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Coevorden freed from nazis
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1945
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Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa
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1945
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Massive kamikaze-attack on US battle fleet near Okinawa
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1945
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US marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa
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1947
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11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
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1947
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1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win
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1950
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John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Sect of State Acheson
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1952
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16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
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1954
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Mont Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det
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1954
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TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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1955
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"3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 85 performances
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1955
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1955
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Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam
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1956
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Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison
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1957
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NYC ends trolley car service
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1957
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USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
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1958
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Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters
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1959
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31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward & David Niven win
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1964
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Egypt & Belgium restore diplomatic relations
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1965
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Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous comm satellite
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1966
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Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka & India
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1967
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Premier Pompidou forms new French government
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1968
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94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution
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1968
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Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis
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1968
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Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va)
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1968
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HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas
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1972
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Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
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1973
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Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium
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1973
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Indies troops invade Sikkim
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1973
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Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter & Saturn
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1973
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Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his #
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1973
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US launches Pioneer 11 to Jupiter & Saturn
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1973
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Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
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1974
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200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
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1974
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Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16
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1974
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Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
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1975
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"Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore NYC after 75 perfs
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1975
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"Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 45 perfs
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1975
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Bundy victim Denise Oliverson disappears from Grand Junction, Colo
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1975
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Fastest hat trick by a Wash Cap 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson)
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1976
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1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
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1977
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Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
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1977
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Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0
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1978
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Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn & 193 to win Ranji Trophy
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1979
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Rod Stewart & Alana Collins wed
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1980
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9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
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1980
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Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
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1980
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Post It Notes, introduced
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1981
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Yugoslav govt sends troops to Kosovo
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1982
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Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
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1982
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Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minn 52,279
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1983
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Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
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1984
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11th Space Shuttle Mission (41-C)-Challenger 5 is launched
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1984
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1st time 11 people in space
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1985
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Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
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1985
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Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
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1985
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Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab
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1985
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1986
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15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
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1986
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Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
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1987
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22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
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1987
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Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
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1987
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Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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1988
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Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
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1988
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NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
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1989
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Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak
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1991
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Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
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1991
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Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy
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1991
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NY-NJ Knights 1st home game (Giant Stad) lose to Frankfurt 27-17
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1991
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Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
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1992
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1st game at Camden Field, Balt-Orioles beat Indians 2-0
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1992
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54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51
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1992
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Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin & TV-AM radio licenses
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1992
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Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0
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1992
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0
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1992
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Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo
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1992
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US Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography
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1992
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Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps
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1993
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1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow)
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1993
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Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to LA Dodgers)
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1994
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1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out
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1994
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Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home
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1994
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Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe v Wade) resigns
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1994
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Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis & himself
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1994
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Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
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1995
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"Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances
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1996
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Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game
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1997
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"3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC
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1997
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9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins
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1997
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Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
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1997
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Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
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1997
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Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
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1997
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Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
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BIRTHS
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1483
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Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina)
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1631
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Vincenzo De Grandis, composer
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1660
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Johann Kuhnau, composer
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1671
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Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
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1672
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Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer
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1708
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George Reuter, composer
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1741
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Sbastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright (Maximes)
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1752
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Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer
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1757
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Alessandro Rolla, composer
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1773
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James Mill, Scotland, philosopher/historian (Hist of British India)
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1778
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Joseph Funk, composer
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1806
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Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, poet
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1810
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Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
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1812
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Aaron Bernstein, writer
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1812
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Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer
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1815
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Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer
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1818
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Francis Henry Brown, composer
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1819
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Johann A H Scheler, Belgian librarian
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1823
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Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
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1826
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Gustave Moreau, French painter
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1828
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Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
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1830
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James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop
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1833
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Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
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1835
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Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer
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1844
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Joseph Ludwig, composer
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1860
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Ren Lalique, French jewel designer
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1866
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Butch Cassidy, [Robert Parker], US desperado (Wild Bunch Passage)
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1866
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Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
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1869
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Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
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1871
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Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
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1874
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Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Hungary, famous magician/escape artist
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1878
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Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer
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1878
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Erich Mhsam, writer
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1883
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Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress
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1884
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Walter Huston, Tor, actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre)
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1885
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Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer
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1888
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Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
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1889
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Barry Macollum, Northern Ireland
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1889
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Gabriela Mistral, writer
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1890
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Andr L Danjon, French astronomer
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1890
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Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, Holland, aircraft pioneer (Spider)
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1892
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Donald Wills Douglas, US, aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
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1892
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Lowell Thomas, Woodington Ohio, newscaster (High Adventure)
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1892
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Mateusz Glinski, composer
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1896
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Juan Tomas Perez, composer
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1898
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Bobby Gilbert, PA
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1900
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Andres Sas, composer
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1900
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Leo Robin, US writer (Thanks For the Memory)
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1901
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Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer/music reviewer
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1902
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Gertrude Short, Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus)
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1903
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Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
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1903
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Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher (.320 avg)
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1904
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Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
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1906
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John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984 (Mount Zion)
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1908
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Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
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1910
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Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
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1911
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Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate, composer
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1912
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Endre Szekely, composer
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1912
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Wilhelmus H L "Willem" Tollenaar, actor/director (Don Carlos)
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1914
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George Reeves, Ashland Ky, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind)
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1917
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Julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)
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1917
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Shakey, [Walter Horton], Miss, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin')
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1918
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Joan Bernard, Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
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1918
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Karen Verne, Berlin Germany, actress (Madame X)
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1920
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Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher
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1921
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Andrew Welsh Imbrie, composer
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1921
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Franta Belsky, British sculptor
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1921
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Lord Moore of Wolvercote
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1922
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Barry Levinson, director (Rain Man)
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1925
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Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950)
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1925
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John Knox, British supreme court justice
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1925
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Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
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1926
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Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman/MP
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1927
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David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
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1927
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Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orch leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
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1928
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James Dewey Watson, chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)
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1928
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Joi Lansing, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Bob Cummings Show)
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1929
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"Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster
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1929
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Andr Previn, Berlin Germany, conductor (London Symphony)/pianist
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1929
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Arthur S Taylor Jr, US drummer/band leader (Taylor's Wailers)
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1929
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Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer
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1929
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Li Yuan-chia, artist
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1929
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Willis Hall, British writer
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1931
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Ivan Dixon, NYC, actor (Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes)
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1931
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Joan Carlyle, British soprano
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1933
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Dudley Sutton, British actor (Leather Boys, Brimstone & Treacle)
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1934
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Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1934
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Reijo Jyrkiainen, composer
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1935
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Duke of Montrose
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1935
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John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
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1936
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Manfred Schoof, composer
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1937
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Billy Dee Williams, Harlem NYC, actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back)
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1937
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Merle Haggard, Bakersfield Calif, country singer (Death Valley Days)
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1937
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Tom Veivers, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in the 60's)
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1938
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Paul Daniels, British magician
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1938
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Roy Thinnes, Chicago Ill, actor (Invaders, Falcon Crest, Gen Hospital)
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1940
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Anne Campbell, MP
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1940
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Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
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1941
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Hans W Geissendorfer, Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
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1942
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Phil Austin, comedian (Firesign Theater)
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1943
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Harry Conroy, trade unionist
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1943
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Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist
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1943
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Roger Cook, investigative journalist/broadcaster
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1943
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Susan Tolsky, Houston, actress (Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides)
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1944
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Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
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1944
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John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
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1944
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Michelle Phillips, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
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1945
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Bob Marley, reggae musician/singer (Whalers-No Woman)
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1945
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Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist
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1946
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Paul Beresford, MP
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1947
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Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP (VVD)
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1947
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John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
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1947
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Tony Cooner, Essex, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
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1949
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Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
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1949
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Mary Maples Dunn, college president (Smith College)
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1950
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Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
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1951
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Ralph Cooper, Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
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1952
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Judith McConnell, actress (Sophia Capwell-Santa Barbara)
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1952
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Marilu Henner, Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade)
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1952
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Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker (Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo)
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1953
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Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972)
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1954
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Judi Bowker, Shawford England, actress (Clash of the Titans)
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1956
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Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92)
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1956
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Mudassar Nazar, cricketer (son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat)
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1957
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Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
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1959
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Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
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1961
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Mike Schuchart, Omaha NE, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Tour Championship)
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1961
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Rory Bremner, impressionist
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1962
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Stan Cullimore, bassist (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
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1963
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Lorenzo Lynch, NFL safety (Az Cardinals, Oakland Raiders)
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1964
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Bill Brooks, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
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1964
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Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer (Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra)
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1965
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Gerald Diduck, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
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1965
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Rica Reinisch, German DR, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1965
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Virginia Lee, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1966
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Kymberly Paige, Newport Beach Ca, playmate (May, 1987)
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1967
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Derrick Fenner, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
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1968
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Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Andy Harmon, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
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1969
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Ari Meyers, San Juan PR, actress (Emma McArdle-Kate & Allie)
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1969
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Bret Boone, El Cajon CA, infielder (Cin Reds)
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1969
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Brian Williams, NBA center/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
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1970
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Olaf Kolzig, Johannesbourg Saf, NHL goalie (Washington Capitals)
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1970
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Oliver Miller, NBA forward/center (Toronto Raptors)
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1971
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Anthony Redmon, guard (Arizona Cardinals)
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1971
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Tamara Henry, Miss USA-Arkansas (1997)
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1971
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Tom Sorensen, Racine Wisc, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Vivian Y Herding, Albuquerque NM, Miss America-NM (1996)
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1972
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Dickey Simpkins, NBA forward (SF Warriors, Chicago Bulls)
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1972
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Donald Blair, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1972
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Hurvin McCormack, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
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1972
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Jason Hervey, actor (Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years)
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1973
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Donnie Edwards, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
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1973
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Randall Godfrey, linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
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1975
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Dannon Phillip Pampolina, rapper/drummer (Party)
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1976
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Candace H Cameron Bure, actress (DJ Tanner-Full House)
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1976
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Simon Coombes, Melbourne VIC Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
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1979
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Ali Burr, Miss North Carolina Teen USA (1997)
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1979
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Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael
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1980
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Matthew Thomas Carey, actor (Once You Meet a Stranger)
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DEATHS
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885
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Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies
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912
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Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
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1199
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Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
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1252
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Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
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1348
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Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague
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1362
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Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
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1472
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Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
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1489
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Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
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1490
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Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
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1520
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Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
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1528
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Albrecht Drer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56
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1551
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Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
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1590
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Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57
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1593
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Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged
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1593
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John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged
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1605
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John Stow, British historian, dies
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1674
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Charles de Man, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69
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1707
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Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73
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1779
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Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
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1782
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Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90
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1805
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Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56
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1817
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Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78
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1822
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Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62
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1829
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Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
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1838
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Jos B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
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1854
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William Strickland, US architect, dies
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1862
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Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51
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1862
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Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle at 59
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1865
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John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36
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1865
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Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle
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1884
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Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68
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1906
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Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
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1913
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Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
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1919
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Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63
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1926
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Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
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1931
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Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
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1935
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Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies
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1939
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Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
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1940
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Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
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1945
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Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
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1947
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Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
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1949
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Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies
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1951
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Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71
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1961
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Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90
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1962
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J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74
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1966
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Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
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1968
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Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death
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1971
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Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88
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1972
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Heinrich Lbke, West Germany president (1959-69), dies at 77
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1974
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Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
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1975
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Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
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1976
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Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies
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1978
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Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
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1978
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Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
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1979
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M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
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1979
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Milton Ager, US composer, dies at 85
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1981
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Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
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1983
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Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
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1984
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Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies
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1984
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Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41
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1990
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Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73
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1990
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Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
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1991
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Bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test avg 48 22, 1st-class avg 65 18), dies
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1992
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Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72
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1992
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Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
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1993
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Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
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1993
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Hedi Amira Nouira, PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies
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1994
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Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated
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1994
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Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated
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1994
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Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77
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1994
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Juvnal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973), assassinated
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1994
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Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75
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1994
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Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54
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1995
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Vieno J Sukselainen, PM of Finland (1959-61), dies
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1996
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Greer Garson, actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 92
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1997
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Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
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