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143
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Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
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685
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Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians
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996
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Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor
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1040
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King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
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1216
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French crown prince Louis enters England
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1420
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Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English
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1471
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King Edwards IV enters London
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1502
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Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
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1526
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-Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology
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1553
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English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
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1602
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Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
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1674
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General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
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1683
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West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
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1793
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Curaao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
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1804
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Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
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1809
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Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
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1819
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1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
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1825
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Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
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1832
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1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
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1840
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NZ became a British colony
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1846
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1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
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1856
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Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
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1861
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NC is 10th state to secede from Union
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1861
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Richmond, Va is designated Confederate Capital
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1863
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Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
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1864
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GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
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1866
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1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days
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1871
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-July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die
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1878
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4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37¬
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1879
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Battle of Iquiquw
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1881
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American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
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1881
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US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
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1886
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14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45
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1891
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Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
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1892
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan
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1897
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Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
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1898
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US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized
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1904
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Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris
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1906
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Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
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1907
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32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
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1908
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1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
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1908
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Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th
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1914
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39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
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1914
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Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
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1916
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Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)
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1917
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Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
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1918
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House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
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1921
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Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
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1922
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"On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
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1922
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Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
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1922
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
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1922
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Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million
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1924
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Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
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1925
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Canadians allow to sell beer
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1925
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George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
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1925
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Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole
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1926
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White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
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1927
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Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
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1929
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Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC
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1929
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Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris
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1930
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Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader
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1930
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NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
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1931
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Belgian govt of Jaspar falls
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1932
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1st Curtis Cup: US, 5«-3«
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1932
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1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
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1933
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Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
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1934
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Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens
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1938
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Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours
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1940
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Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France
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1940
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AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
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1940
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Reynaud forms French govt
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1941
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1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)
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1941
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German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta
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1941
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Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp
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1942
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Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia
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1943
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Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators
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1944
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Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"
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1945
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Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
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1945
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German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured
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1945
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Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed
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1948
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NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
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1950
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Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
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1952
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Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1
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1952
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Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
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1953
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French govt of Mayer resigns
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1954
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Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
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1955
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"House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances
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1955
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1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
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1955
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WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
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1956
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US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
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1956
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WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1957
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French govt of Mollet resigns
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1958
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Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
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1959
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"Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
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1959
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
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1960
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86th Preakness: Bobby Ussery aboard Bally Ache wins in 1:57.6
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1961
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Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
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1962
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3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games
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1964
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1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
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1964
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Fire in Wgimond Belgium resort, kills 19
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1964
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US begin intelligence flights above Laos
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1966
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"Downtown" by Mrs Miller hits #82
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1966
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"Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 41 performances
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1966
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92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4
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1966
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Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
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1966
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Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97
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1966
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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1967
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"Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 perfs
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1967
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1968
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Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game
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1968
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Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing & is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
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1968
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Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
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1968
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USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
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1968
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WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1969
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After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
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1969
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Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
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1969
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Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel
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1970
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National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1971
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Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens
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1971
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National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga Tenn
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1972
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"Heathen!" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance
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1972
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"Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 39 perfs
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1972
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Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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1975
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Borussia Mnchengladbach wins 4th UEFA Cup at Enschede
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1975
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Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
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1975
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Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
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1977
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"Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 perfs
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1977
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103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
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1977
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Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in NYC
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1977
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Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19
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1977
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SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
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1978
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118 Unification church couples wed in England
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1978
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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1978
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Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
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1979
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Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of SF mayor Moscone
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1979
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Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
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1979
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National Volksraad installed in Namibia
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1979
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 1
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1980
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"Empire Strikes Back" premieres
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1980
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Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt
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1980
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Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service acad
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1981
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Franois Mitterrand becomes president of France
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1981
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Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
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1981
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Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
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1982
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British troops lands on Falkland Islands
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1983
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"Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63
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1983
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109th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
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1983
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Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission
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1983
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David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1
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1986
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Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
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1986
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1987
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Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
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1987
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Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
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1988
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"Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
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1988
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"Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
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1988
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114th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2
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1988
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Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
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1988
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1989
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35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
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1990
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Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
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1991
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Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
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1992
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1992
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NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6%
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1993
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Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe
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1993
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Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
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1993
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Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
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1993
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Venezuela president Carlos Andrs Prez fired
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1994
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"Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 16 perfs
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1994
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120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4
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1994
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Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26)
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1994
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Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)
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1994
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Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning
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1994
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South Yemen secedes from Yemen
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1994
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Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe
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1995
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Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
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1996
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Blackout in many areas of Queens NY
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1996
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Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
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1996
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Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
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1997
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Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
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BIRTHS
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1471
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Albrecht Drer, Nrnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker
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1527
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Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
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1633
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Joseph de La Barre, composer
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1671
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Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer
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1680
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Frederich Karl Erbach, composer
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1688
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Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
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1720
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Antonio Corbisiero, composer
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1722
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Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
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1775
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Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
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1780
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Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
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1796
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Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
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1808
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Grard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer (Sylvia)
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1821
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John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director
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1822
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Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
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1822
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Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865
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1825
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George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1826
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Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
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1834
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Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)
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1835
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Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1841
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Joseph Parry, composer
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1843
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Louis Renault, French lawyer
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1851
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Lon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
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1855
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Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
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1858
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Jos Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
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1860
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Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)
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1865
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C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
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1867
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John James Ferris, cricketer (mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's)
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1867
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Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer
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1872
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Henry Warren, Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock)
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1873
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Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature historian
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1873
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Everard Verachtert, Flemish translator (I speak beschaafd Dutch)
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1878
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Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)
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1878
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Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)
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1880
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Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
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1882
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Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)
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1887
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Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)
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1888
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May Aufderheide, composer
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1890
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Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)
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1892
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John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)
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1893
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Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)
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1893
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Simon Delmonte, actor/director (Boemeladvocaat)
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1898
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Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
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1898
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Charles H ba, Czech violinist/composer
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1898
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Karel Haba, composer
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1899
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Ilse Lagner, writer
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1899
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Ralph Sanford, Springfield Mass, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
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1901
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Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)
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1901
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Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer (Le burlador)
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1903
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Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)
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1903
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Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Planet)
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1903
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Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
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1904
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Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
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1904
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Robert Montgomery, Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
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1905
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Edward Lockspeiser, composer
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1906
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Keith Rigg, cricketer (Australian Test batsman in the thirties)
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1909
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Guy de Rothschild, French banker
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1911
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Andr Renard, Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifi)[or 5/25]
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1916
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Harold Robbins, NYC, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy)
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1916
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Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
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1916
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Joseph Janni, producer
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1916
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Leonard Manasseh, architect
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1917
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Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
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1917
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Heather Swift, local councillor
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1917
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Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes)
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1917
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Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)
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1917
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Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman
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1918
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Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist
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1919
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Lord Maxwell, senator/prof (college of Justice Scotland)
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1919
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Mark Wood, bishop (Ludlow)
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1920
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Anthony Steel, London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
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1921
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Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75)
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1923
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Bettye Danoff, LPGA golfer
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1923
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Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter
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1924
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Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)
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1924
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Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
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1926
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Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer
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1926
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Joseph Horovitz, composer
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1926
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Rick Jason, NYC, actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn)
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1926
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Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)
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1927
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George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner
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1927
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Kay Kendall, Yorkshire England, actress (Genevieve, Les Girls)
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1929
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Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center)
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1929
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Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for S Africa, 108 v England 1955)
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1929
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Robert Welch, designer/silversmith (Robert Welch flatware)
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1930
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David Smith, principal/vice chancellor (Edinburgh University)
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1930
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Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia (Liberal, 1975-83)
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1930
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Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham)
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1931
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Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
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1931
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George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988-93)
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1932
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G Wohmann, writer
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1932
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John Armitage, principal (College of St Hilda & St Bede Durham)
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1932
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Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
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1933
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Barry Norman, Britain, film critic (Film Greats)
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1934
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Phillip King, British sculptor
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1935
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Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
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1936
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Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun
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1936
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Dipak Nandy, founder (Runnymead Trust)
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1938
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David Groh, Bkln NY, actor (Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day)
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1938
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Urs Widmer, writer
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1939
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Heinz Holliger, composer
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1941
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Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, USSR, cosmonaut (TM-4)
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1941
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Ronald Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
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1942
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David Hunt, Wales sec of state
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1942
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Robert C Springer, St Louis, Col USMC/astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)
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1943
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Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
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1944
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Janet Dailey, US, author
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1944
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Manual Pina, fashion designer
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1944
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Marcie Blane, rocker
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1944
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Mary Robinson, pres of Republic of Ireland (Labour, 1990- )
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1944
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Mike Degett, horse trainer
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1945
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Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
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1946
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David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner (Fox Sports)
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1946
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Ronald Bear, actor/director (Havana, Make-up)
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1947
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Bill Champlin, Oakland Ca, rocker
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1947
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Dorothy Germain, LPGA golfer
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1947
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Richard Hatch, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
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1948
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Carol Potter, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
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1948
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Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)
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1949
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Andrew Nell, editor (Sunday Times)
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1949
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Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic)
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1949
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Rosalind Plowright, British soprano (Aida, Senta)
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1950
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Roger Hodgson, London, rocker (Supertramp)
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1951
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Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor (SNL, Stuart Saves His Family)
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1952
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Mr T, [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T)
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1954
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Bill Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
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1954
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Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up (1975)
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1955
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John Glavin, rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet
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1955
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Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79)
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1955
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Stan Lynch, Gainesville Fl, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers)
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1956
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Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans, singer/cabaretire (School Desk)
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1957
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Judge Reinhold, Wilmington DE, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
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1957
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Sue Woodstra, Colton Ca, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
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1958
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Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
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1958
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Monte Lynch, cricketer (Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player)
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1959
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Nick Cassavets, actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool)
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1960
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Mark Kevin Carnevale, Annapolis MD, PGA golfer (1992 Chattanooga)
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1961
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Tim Lever, keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round)
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1963
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Yelena Vodorezova, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976)
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1964
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Annabel Schofield, Llanelli Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
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1964
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Tom Harding, Kalamazoo Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Transamerica)
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1964
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Tommy Albelin, Stockholm Swe, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
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1966
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Manon Kelley, Quebec City Canada, actress (Red Lips 2)
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1967
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Cindy Haley, Tyler TX, LPGA golfer (1987 Texas Amateur-2nd)
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1967
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Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump (Oly-1996)
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1967
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Todd Doohan, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Western Ont Amateur-92)
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1967
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Tracy Simien, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
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1969
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Reid Simpson, Flin Flon, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
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1970
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Dorsey Levens, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1970
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Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep, Oly-98)
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1970
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Scott "Munnster" Munn, Larkspur Calif, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1970
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Veronica Sanchez, Michoan Mexico, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17-1994)
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1971
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Eric Nies, actor (MTV Real World, Grind)
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1971
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Jeff Stavroff, Columbus OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Space Coast-4)
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1972
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Alesha Oreskovich, Tampa FL, playmate (Jun, 1993)
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1972
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Liliko Ogasawara, Englewood NJ, middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Fairuza Balk (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging)
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1978
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Kandy Marshall, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1996)
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1981
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Beth Botsford, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
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1985
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Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7
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DEATHS
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987
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Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
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1254
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Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
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1481
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Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
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1524
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Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
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1542
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Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R
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1639
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Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
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1647
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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
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1650
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James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
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1690
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John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
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1703
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Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
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1725
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Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
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1786
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Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
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1790
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Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
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1810
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Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81
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1812
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Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
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1815
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Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
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1817
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Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64
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1844
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Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
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1860
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Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
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1885
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Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
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1894
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August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
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1895
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Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
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1897
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Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
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1919
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Victor A D Sgalen, [Max Anly], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
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1924
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Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
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1926
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Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
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1926
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Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
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1929
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V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
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1933
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John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
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1935
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Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
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1935
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Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
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1949
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Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
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1952
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John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39
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1954
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Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
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1957
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Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
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1966
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Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
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1968
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Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
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1970
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Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
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1971
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Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
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1973
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Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
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1973
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George Breakstone, actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
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1973
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Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
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1976
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Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
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1978
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Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77
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1980
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Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
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1981
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Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
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1983
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Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
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1984
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Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
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1984
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Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies
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1987
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Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
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1988
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Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
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1990
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Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
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1990
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Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
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1990
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Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
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1991
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Bobby Dale, dies at 92
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1991
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Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
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1991
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Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46
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1992
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Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
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1992
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Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
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1992
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Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
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1992
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Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies
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1993
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John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
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1993
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John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
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1994
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Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
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1994
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Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
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1994
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Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
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1994
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John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81
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1994
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John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71
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1995
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Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46
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1995
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Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
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1995
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Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68
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1996
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Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
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1996
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Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
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1996
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Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83
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1996
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Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91
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1996
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Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79
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1996
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Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60
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