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858
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Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1421
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Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
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1492
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Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
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1521
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Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church
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1524
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Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
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1534
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Sir Thomas More confined in London Tower
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1555
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Siena surrenders for Spanish troops
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1596
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Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
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1629
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1st commercial fishery established
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1704
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1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell
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1711
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Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria
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1747
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French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands
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1758
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Francis Williams, 1st US black college graduate, publishes poems
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1793
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Battle of Warsaw
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1808
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Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
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1817
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1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)
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1824
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Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54ø 40' N
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1839
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Guatemala forms republic
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1853
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Thorbecke govt resigns
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1853
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US Marine Hospital at Presidio (SF) forms
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1861
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Indianola TX-"Star of West" taken by Confederacy
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1861
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Virginia is 8th state to secede
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1863
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R Grierson's: La Grange, TN to Baton Rouge, LA
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1864
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Battle of Plymouth, NC
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1864
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Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia
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1864
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Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges
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1865
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Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination
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1869
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1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15
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1875
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"Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain
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1892
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1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
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1895
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Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
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1900
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7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
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1905
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US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional
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1907
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Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive
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1912
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1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep")
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1920
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American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
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1923
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Longest NL opening game, Phillies & Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
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1924
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Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM
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1925
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NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
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1925
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Paul Painlev follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier
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1927
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Japan's Wakarsoeki govt falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier
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1930
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Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
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1932
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Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery
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1933
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Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
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1934
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New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5
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1935
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Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs)
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1937
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Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer J Fudd & Petunia Pig, debut
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1939
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Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1939
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SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in NYC
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1939
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Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact
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1941
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British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis
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1941
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Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)
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1942
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12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg
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1942
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Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp
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1943
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Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul
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1943
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SS-lt-general Jrgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw
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1945
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8th Air Force bombs Dresden
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1945
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German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth
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1945
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Mussolini flees from Sal to Milan
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1945
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US troops lands in Mindanao
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1946
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Syria declares independence from French administration
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1947
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Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
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1951
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NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
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1953
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Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium
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1955
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Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1956
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Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
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1956
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Kominform disbands
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1956
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Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
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1956
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USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves
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1956
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Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament
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1958
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Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens
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1960
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American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
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1960
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Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn
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1961
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1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro
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1961
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33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win
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1964
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"Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
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1964
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"High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
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1964
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1st game at Shea Stadium, NY Mets lose to Pitts Pirates, 4-3
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1964
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Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
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1964
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Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
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1966
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100th intl soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
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1966
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
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1967
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Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
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1967
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Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
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1968
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"Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 72 perfs
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1968
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A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Balt Orioles
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1969
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Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
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1969
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Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed
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1969
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Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
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1969
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Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy
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1969
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The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert
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1970
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Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
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1970
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Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
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1971
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Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
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1971
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People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
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1972
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1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of NY in 3:10:26
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1972
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76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39
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1972
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Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats
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1972
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Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
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1973
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2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
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1973
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77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03
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1974
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Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA
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1974
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Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
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1975
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Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)
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1975
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Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
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1975
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Phnom Penh fell to Communist insurgents, ending Cambodia's 5-year war
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1976
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NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
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1977
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"I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances
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1977
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Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
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1977
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
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1978
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63,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
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1978
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7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Ga in 2:44:52
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1978
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82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13
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1978
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden"
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1979
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Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London
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1981
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Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers
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1981
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Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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1982
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Canada adopts its constitution
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1982
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1983
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1st National Coin Week begins
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1983
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Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
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1983
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In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
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1983
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India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
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1983
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Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead W
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1983
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Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic
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1983
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Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
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1984
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Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage
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1984
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Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead
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1986
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IBM produces 1st megabit-chip
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1986
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Netherlands & Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651)
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1986
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove"
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1987
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Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
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1987
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Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
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1987
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1988
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Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
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1988
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
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1989
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18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33
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1989
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93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06
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1989
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Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
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1989
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Polish labor union granted legal status
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1989
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Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
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1990
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Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die
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1991
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Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
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1991
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Railroad workers go on strike in US
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1993
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Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
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1993
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STS-56 (Discovery) lands
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1994
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"Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 30 perfs
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1994
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"Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 72 perfs
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1994
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55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins
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1994
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Aruba govt of Oduber falls
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1994
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Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
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1994
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Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
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1995
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24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11
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1995
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99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
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1997
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John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
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1997
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NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
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BIRTHS
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1539
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Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist (Comedia)
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1573
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Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Catholic League)
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1586
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John Ford, English dramatist ('Tis Pity She's a Whore)
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1587
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Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer
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1622
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Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans)
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1644
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Abraham Jansz Storck, painter, baptized
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1666
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Franois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer
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1676
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Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51)
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1683
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Johann David Heinichen, composer
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1699
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Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave)
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1715
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Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer
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1719
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Christian Gottfried Krause, composer
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1738
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Philip Hayes, composer
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1741
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Johann Gottlieb Naumann, composer
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1741
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Samuel Chase, judge (signed Decl of Ind)
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1774
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Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer
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1788
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Joseph Gilbert Totten, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1864
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1797
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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer/conductor
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1809
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Philip St George Cocke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
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1811
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Ann Sheppard Mounsey, composer
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1813
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Henry Washington Benham, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1884
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1820
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Gottfried Conradi, composer
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1827
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French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk, Antwerp)
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1837
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John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)
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1845
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Isabel Barrows, US, editor/penologist (Conference on Negro Question)
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1863
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Johannes P Boskaljon, Curaao composer/conductor
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1868
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Charles R Gallas, Dutch lexicographer (French dictionary)
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1869
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Johannes M Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher
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1870
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Ray Stannard Baker, US, journalist (Puliter Prize 1940)
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1876
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Ian Hay, Scotland, novelist/playwright (PIp, Carrying On)
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1881
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Anton Wildgans, writer
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1882
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Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas)
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1883
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Hermann Darewsky, composer
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1885
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Cecil Burleigh, composer
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1885
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Isak Dinesen, Danish writer (Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales)
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1885
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Karen Blixen-Finecke, [Dinesen], Danish writer (Out of Africa)
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1885
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Tania Blixen, writer
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1886
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Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer)
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1890
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Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists)
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1892
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Jean PJC Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist
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1894
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Nikita S Khrushchev, 1st secretary USSR (1953-64)
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1895
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Bert Wheeler, actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers)
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1896
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Senor Wences, ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet)
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1897
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Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River)
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1897
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Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS]
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1897
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Thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)
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1899
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Vincent Wigglesworth, entomologist
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1901
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George Keyt, artist
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1902
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Anton Beuving, lyricist (Ketelbinkie)
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1903
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Gregor Piatigorsky, Ekaterinoslav Russia, cellist (or 4/20)
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1903
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Nicolas Nabokov, Near Lubcha Minsk Russia, composer (Holy Devil)
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1904
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Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Story of Louis Pasteur)
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1904
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Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman)
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1905
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Arthur Lake, Corbin Ky, actor (Dagwood-Blondie)
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1905
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Louis Jean Heydt, Montclair NJ, actor (Joe-Waterfront)
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1906
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M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily)
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1909
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Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician
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1909
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Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist
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1909
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Patrick Reilly, diplomat
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1911
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Earl of Lauderdale
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1911
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Jean-Pierre Herve Bazin, writer
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1911
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Mikhail Botvinnik, of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63)
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1912
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Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer
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1913
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Paul Langton, Salt Lake City Utah, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place)
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1913
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Richard Travis, Carlsbad NM, actor (Missile to the Moon)
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1916
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Azijn Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist
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1916
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David Stafford-Clark, psychiatrist
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1916
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Donald Gibson, British vice-admiral
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1916
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Ryoei Saito, businessman
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1916
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike, world's 1st woman PM (Sri Lanka, 1960..77)
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1916
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Vinegar Banana, [Oscar Enau], Antillean publicist
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1918
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Anne Shirley, UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas)
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1918
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William Holden, Ill, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB)
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1920
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Bengt N Anderberg, Swedish poet/writer (Kain)
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1920
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Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter
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1921
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Donald Barron, CEO (Midland Bank)
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1923
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Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS)
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1923
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Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursday's Children)
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1923
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Lloyd Biggle Jr, US, sci-fi author (Silence is Deadly)
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1923
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Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer
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1924
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Patrick Sergeant, founder (Euromoney Publications)
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1925
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Anne Harris, CEO (Natl Federation of Women's Institutes)
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1925
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John Yates, bishop (Lambeth England)
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1925
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Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer
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1926
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Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen (Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
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1926
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G M Hughes, professor/zoologist
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1926
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Michael Vernon, CEO (RNLI)
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1927
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Christopher Whelen, composer
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1927
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki, premier of Poland (1989-90)
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1928
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Cynthia Ozick, US, author (Pagan Rabbi & Other Stories)
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1929
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Eileen Stamers-Smith, headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
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1929
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James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
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1929
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Lady (James) Mellon, CEO (Volunteer Development Scotland)
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1930
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Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
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1930
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Genevieve, Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples)
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1931
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Joan Clague, director of nursing services (Marie Curie Foundation)
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1931
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John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
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1931
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John Chalstrey, alderman/Lord Mayor (London)
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1931
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Joyce Molyneux, chef
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1931
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Ruth Etchells, principal (St John's College-Durham)
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1932
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Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer
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1932
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Han J A Hansen [Jansen], Dutch journalist (King Comes!)
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1932
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Ramsay Melhuish, diplomat
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1933
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Penelope Lively, writer
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1933
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Tim Rathbone, MP
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1934
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Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer (invented bubblegum music)
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1936
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Lord Justice Aldous
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1936
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Pete Graves, rocker (Moonglows)
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1937
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Brian Sedgemore, British MP
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1937
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Daffy Duck, animated character
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1937
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Eduard N Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
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1937
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Galina Samsova, ballerina
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1937
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Terry Dicks, British MP
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1938
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David Dilks, vice-chancellor (Hull U)
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1938
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K M P O'Brien, archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh)
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1939
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Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman
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1941
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Adolphus Hailstork, composer
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1941
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Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist (When Will You Say I Love You)
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1941
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Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director (Royal Court Theatre)
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1942
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Mario Brenta, writer/director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains)
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1943
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Roy Estrada, rocker (Morthers Of Invention)
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1944
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John Lill, professor/pianist
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1945
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Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch MP (CDA)
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1946
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Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist (Come Hell or High Water)
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1946
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Henry Kelly, British broadcaster
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1946
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J R Baines, professor (Egyptologist)
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1948
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Jan Hammer, composer (Escape from TV, Miami Vice)
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1948
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Viscount Bridport
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1949
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Heini Hemmi, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1949
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John Oates, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
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1951
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Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)
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1954
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Kim Tyler, Hollywood Calif, actress (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
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1954
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Riccardo Patrese, driver (Grand Prix)
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1955
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Pete Shelley, vocal/guitar (Buzzcocks-Going Steady, Love Bites)
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1955
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Peter Michalke, journalist
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1955
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Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist (Bolland & Bolland)
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1956
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"Sugar" Ray Charles Leonard, Wilming, boxer (Oly-gold-1976) [or 5/17]
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1956
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Faye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
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1956
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Kaye Young, WBL forward (NY Stars, NJ Stars)
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1956
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Pillow, [Therese Joan Bell], Calif, bodybuilder (Gold Classic 1983)
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1957
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Byron Cherry, Atlanta Ga, actor (Coy-Dukes of Hazzard)
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1958
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Sergei Yuriyevich Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut
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1959
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David Hearn, Wash DC, slalom single canoe (Olympics-9th-96)
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1959
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Elizabeth Lindsey, actress (China Beach)
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1959
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Stephen Singleton, Sheffield, rocker (ABC)
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1959
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Teri Austin, Toronto Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing)
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1960
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Michael Whitaker, showjumper
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1961
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Boomer Esiason, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Cincinnati Bengals)
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1961
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Norman Cowans, cricketer (England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85)
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1961
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[Norman] Boomer Esiason, NFL QB (Cincinnati Bengals, NY Jets)
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1962
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Nancy Hogshead, Iowa City, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)/model (jockey)
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1964
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Ken Daneyko, Windsor, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
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1964
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Raye Hollit, American Gladiator (Zap)
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1966
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Lela Rochon, actress (Waiting to Exhale)
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1966
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Susie Redman, Salem OH, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore-2nd)
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1967
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Aaron Wallace, NFL defensive end/linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
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1967
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Leslie Bega, LA Calif, actress (Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class)
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1967
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Marquis Grisom, Atlanta GA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves, Cleve Indians)
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1967
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Timothy Gibbs, Burbank Calif, actor (Father Murphy, Santa Barbara)
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1968
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Maurits, Prince of Netherlands
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1968
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Ritchie Woodhall, boxer
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1968
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Roger Twose, cricketer (Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995)
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1969
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Alexander McQueen, fashion designer
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1970
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Tony Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Barcelona Dragons)
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1971
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David Oliver, Sechelt, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1972
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Benjamin Dodwell, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Gordon Laro, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1972
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Keith Lyle, safety (St Louis Rams)
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1972
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Muttiah Muralitharan, cricketer (leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner)
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1972
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Tony Boselli, NFL offensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1973
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Brett Maher, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
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1973
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Gene Makowsky, CFL offensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1973
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Jeff Lewis, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1973
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Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star
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1973
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Ross Aloisi, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
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1973
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Theo Ratliff, NBA forward/center (Detroit Pistons, Phila 76ers)
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1974
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James Hamilton, linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1974
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Marcel Nijenhuis, soccer player (NEC)
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1975
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Trifun Zivanovic, Santa Monica, fig skater (1995 Pac Coast Jr champ)
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1976
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Nadine Thomas, Miss Jamaica Universe (1997)
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1977
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Pascal de Vries, soccer player (FC Twente)
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1978
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Bilal Abdul-samad, rocker (Boys)
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1979
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Tram-Anh Tran, actress (Ghostwriters')
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1980
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Crystal Carlson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1997)
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DEATHS
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485
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Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14]
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818
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Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies
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858
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Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies
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1272
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Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59
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1297
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Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86
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1427
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Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
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1574
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Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies
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1630
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Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies
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1679
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John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
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1711
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Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
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1714
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Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
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1726
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Henritte Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
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1764
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Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
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1790
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Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
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1835
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William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
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1837
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Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
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1838
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J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
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1854
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Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
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1863
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Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
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1873
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Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
|
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1890
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John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
|
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1891
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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
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1899
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Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
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1915
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Johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60
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1936
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Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies
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1944
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J T Hearne, cricketer (took 49 wkts in 12 Tests for England), dies
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1945
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Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
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1945
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Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies
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1945
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Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
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1946
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John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
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1948
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Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75
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1948
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Percy Sherwell, cricketer (S Afr captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies
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1960
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Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
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1962
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Louise Fazenda, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66
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1968
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Margaret Seddon, dies at 95
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1970
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Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
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1971
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Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
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1974
|
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Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52
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1974
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Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
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1974
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Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
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1976
|
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Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85
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1977
|
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Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86
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1983
|
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Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
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1983
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Mark W Clark, US general (WW II), dies at 87
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1983
|
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Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78
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1985
|
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Ilona Bodden, writer, dies
|
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1986
|
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Bessie Head, writer, dies
|
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1987
|
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Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36
|
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1987
|
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Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57
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1988
|
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Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
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1988
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Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88
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1989
|
|
Charles Lampkin, dies
|
|
1990
|
|
Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
|
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1991
|
|
Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97
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|
1992
|
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Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
|
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1993
|
|
Turgut zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
|
|
1994
|
|
Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
|
|
1995
|
|
A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
|
|
1995
|
|
Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88
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1996
|
|
Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82
|
|
1996
|
|
Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
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1996
|
|
Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
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1997
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Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
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