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953
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Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
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1420
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Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike
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1453
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Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople
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1477
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Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondi at proxy
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1509
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Henry the VIII becomes King of England
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1521
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Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
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1526
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Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi
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1572
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France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant
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1600
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1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun (OS)
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1649
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Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
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1654
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England & Sweden sign trade agreement
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1689
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William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
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1739
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Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
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1785
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Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges
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1789
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John Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
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1794
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NYC formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect NYC from British
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1818
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Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna
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1828
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Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
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1836
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Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mxico
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1855
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1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
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1857
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Alexander Douglas patents the bustle
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1862
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Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Co
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1862
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Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston
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1863
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Declaration of Bah 'u'll h; Bah '¡ Feast of Ridv n (Jall 13, 20)
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1865
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Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
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1878
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NY installs 1st firehouse pole
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1878
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili
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1878
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Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia
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1884
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Potters Field reopened as Madison Park
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1892
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Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St Louis Mo
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1894
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George Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man," premieres in London
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1898
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Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat
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1898
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Spanish-American War begins
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1904
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Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
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1908
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Frederick A Cook claims to reach North Pole (He didn't)
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1910
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Cleve Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0
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1913
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German passenger ship Imperator runs aground
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1913
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Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper
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1914
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US marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months
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1920
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John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
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1921
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Ottawa Senators beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup [or 4/4]
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1925
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Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR
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1925
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No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
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1925
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Nol Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London
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1930
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Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
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1930
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Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow
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1934
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Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game
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1935
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King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
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1940
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1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
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1940
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Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
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1941
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Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany
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1944
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NFL Chic Cardinals & Pitts Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
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1945
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Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory
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1945
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He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die
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1945
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Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London
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1945
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Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin
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1945
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US 7th Army occupies Neurenberg
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1946
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SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany
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1948
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1st Polaroid camera was sold in US
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1948
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2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Phila Warriors, 4 games to 2
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1951
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5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
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1951
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Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1
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1952
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BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
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1954
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Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
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1954
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USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
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1955
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Bkln Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
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1955
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J Lawrence & R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in NYC
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1955
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Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
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1956
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Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
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1957
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1957
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum
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1959
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1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
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1959
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Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark
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1960
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Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
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1961
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Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
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1961
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French army revolts in Algeria
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1961
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USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m
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1962
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Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington
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1963
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Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
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1963
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open
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1964
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Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5
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1965
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New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd & final season
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1966
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Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica
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1967
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Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
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1967
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EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands
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1967
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Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US
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1967
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Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
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1967
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Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
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1968
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22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz & Guilderstern & Hallelujah Baby! win
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1968
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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1969
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73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
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1970
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Reds clout 7 HRs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team & 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set re
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1971
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Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
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1972
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John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
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1972
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Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
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1974
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28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win
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1974
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3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
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1975
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4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24
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1975
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79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55
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1975
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Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
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1975
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Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24)
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1976
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Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing
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1976
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1977
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"Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 2377 performances
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1977
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Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
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1977
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Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances
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1977
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C Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in NYC
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1977
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Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
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1979
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"Carmelina" closes at St James Theater NYC after 17 performances
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1980
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84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11
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1980
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9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run
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1980
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Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich
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1981
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US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
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1982
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Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game
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1982
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Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
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1982
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Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress
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1983
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Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
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1983
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1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
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1984
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"Nightline" reverts back from 1 hour to « hour
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1984
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After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
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1984
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Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
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1984
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Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph
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1984
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Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St Louis Cards, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game
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1985
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Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels
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1985
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Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
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1985
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Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06
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1985
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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1986
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15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55
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1986
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90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51
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1986
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Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)
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1986
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Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
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1987
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Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games
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1987
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Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history
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1987
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Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
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1987
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Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
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1987
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Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed
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1988
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1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
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1988
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Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
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1989
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George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
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1989
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Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom
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1990
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"Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks
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1990
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National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards
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1990
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Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history
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1991
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52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
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1991
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Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of
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1991
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Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
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1991
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Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
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1992
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"High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
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1992
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Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill
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1993
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"Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 30 perfs
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1993
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Brazil votes against a monarchy
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1993
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Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
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1994
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"Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1994
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Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times)
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1994
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Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
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1995
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Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92
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1995
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FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Okla City bombing
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1996
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"Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
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1996
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57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin
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1996
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Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship
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1996
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Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8)
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1996
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Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup
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1996
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Wayne James scores 99 & 99 & ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
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1997
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101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
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1997
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26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
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1997
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Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
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BIRTHS
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1488
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Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot
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1546
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Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
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1619
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John A van Riebeeck, colonial director/founder (Cape Colony)
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1672
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Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
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1713
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Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
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1729
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Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96)
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1730
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Antonin Kammel, composer
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1749
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Johann Michael Malzat, composer
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1774
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Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)
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1775
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Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
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1779
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William Knyvett, composer
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1782
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Friedrich W A Frbel, German educator (founded kindergarten)
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1795
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Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint
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1803
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Levin Minn Powell, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1885
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1806
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Peter van Schendel, Dutch painter
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1809
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secy State (Confederacy)
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1814
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Beni Egressy, composer
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1816
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Charlotte Bront, Tornton England, novelist (Jane Eyre)
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1816
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall, Confederate Army, died in 1874
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1824
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Anselmo Clave, composer
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1828
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Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian (Voyage in Italy)
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1834
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William Rufus Terrill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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1837
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Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)
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1838
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John Muir, US, naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras)
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1838
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Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
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1840
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Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
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1849
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Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization
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1853
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Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
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1854
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Eusapia Palladino, Napolitanse with parergische phenomenons
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1854
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Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
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1864
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Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
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1867
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Benjamin A Jesurun, Antillian literary
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1871
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Leo Blech, composer
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1871
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Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
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1872
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GW Bitzer, [Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer], Roxbury MA
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1878
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Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist
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1881
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Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
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1886
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Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits)
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1887
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Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer
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1892
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?, 1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park
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1892
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Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
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1896
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Attila Hrbiger, Austrian actor (Die Grosse Liebe, Die Julika)
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1896
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H de Montherlant, writer
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1896
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Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author (La Reine Morte)
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1898
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Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
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1899
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Clement D'Hooghe, composer
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1899
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Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
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1901
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Julian Bautista, composer
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1902
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Bernard J H "Ben" Stroman, recensent/writer (Jomtof & Blue Beard)
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1903
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Hans Hedtoft, premier Denmark (1947..55)
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1904
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Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67)
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1904
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Jean Hlion, artist/author (They Shall Not Have Me)
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1905
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Edmund G "Pat" Brown, (Gov-D-Calif)
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1906
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Tom Burns, editor
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1907
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Antoni Szalowski, composer
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1907
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Beatrice Kay, NYC, singer/actress, Sister Sue-Calvin & Col)
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1908
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Louis Hostin, France, Light Heavyweight, Olympic-gold-1932, 36)
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1909
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Rollo May, US, psychologist, Love & Will)
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1911
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Leonard Warren, NYC, baritone, Met 1939-60) died on stage
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1912
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Feike P Asma, Dutch organist
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1912
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Marcel Camus, French director, Orfeu negro)
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1912
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Nell [Petronella GS] Koppen, actress, Kniertje-Op Hoop van Zegen)
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1913
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Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones)
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1913
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Kai-Uwe von Hassel, German politician
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1913
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Norman Parkinson, England, fashion photographer, Harper's Bazaar)
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1915
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Andor Kovach, composer
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1915
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Anthony Quinn, Mxico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
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1915
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Frick, [W Groebli], Swiss clown, Frick & Frack)
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1916
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Sidney Clute, Brooklyn NY, actor, Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey)
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1917
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Emanuel Vardi, Jerusalem Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82)
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1919
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Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper)
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1919
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John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
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1920
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Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
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1920
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Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
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1921
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Jack Fletcher, Forest Hills NY, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show)
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1922
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Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s)
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1923
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Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, (Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel)
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1924
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Daniel Melnick, NYC, producer, Get Smart)
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1924
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Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
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1926
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Elizabeth, Alexandra Mary Windsor II, Queen of England, 1952- )
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1927
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Robert Brustein, NYC, dean, Yale School of Drama)
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1930
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Don Tyson, founder, Tyson Foods)
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1930
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Margaret Rose, London England, Princess of York [or Aug 21]
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1930
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Silvana Mangano, Rome Italy, actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas)
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1932
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Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
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1932
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Elaine May, Phila Pa, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf)
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1933
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Easley Blackwood, Indianapolis In, composer, Un Voyage Cythere)
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1934
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Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
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1935
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Charles Grodin, Pitt, actor, Woman in Red, Lonely Guy, Heartbreak Kid)
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1935
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Robin Dixon, England, 2 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1936
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Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
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1936
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Bob Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1937
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Charles Lee Herron, Ky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
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1939
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Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer)
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1939
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John McCabe, composer
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1940
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Souleymane Cisse, director (Waati, Yeelen, Finye, Baara)
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1942
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Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
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1946
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S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee)
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1947
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Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
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1947
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Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
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1947
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John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
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1948
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Claire Denis, Paris France, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat)
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1948
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Gary A Condit, (Rep-D-California)
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1948
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Lord Egremont, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
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1948
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Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy)
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1949
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Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On)
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1951
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Aleksandr Ivanovich Laveykin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-2)
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1951
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Nicoel Barclay, rocker
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1951
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Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
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1951
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Tony Danza, Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
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1953
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Edward Ray Fiori, Lynwood CA, PGA golfer (1979 Southern Open)
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1954
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Dale Eggeling, Statesboro GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile Classic)
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1956
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Rick DeMont, US, 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
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1957
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Jesse Orosco, Santa Barbara CA, pitcher (NY Mets, Orioles, Dodgers)
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1958
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Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 2/12]
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1958
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Kyle Stevens, LPGA golfer
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1959
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Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
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1960
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Julius Korir, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1984)
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1962
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Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin, Russia, major/cosmonaut
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1963
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John Cameron Mitchell, El Paso TX, actor (Misplaced, Band of the Hand)
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1963
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Ken Caminiti, Hanford CA, infielder (San Diego Padres)
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1964
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Louise Mullard, Kurri Kurri NSW, golfer (1990 T3 Coca Cola Classic)
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1965
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Ed Belfour, Carman, NHL goalie (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1965
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Gary Grant, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
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1965
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Karen Foster, Lufkin Tx, playmate (Oct, 1989)
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1966
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Judy Diduck, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
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1968
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Peter van Foxes, soccer player (Ajax)
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1969
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Conrad Clarks, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
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1969
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Dwight Hollier, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
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1970
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Israel Stanley, NFL/WLAF defensive end (NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
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1970
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Stewart Malgunas, Prince George, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
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1971
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Jennifer Reed, Miss USA-Michigan (1997)
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1971
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Samantha Druce, youngest woman to swim English Channel
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1971
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Tom Cavallo, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, SF 49ers)
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1971
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Tony Mcgee, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
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1972
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David Williams, Bedford PA, outfielder (SF Giants)
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1972
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Lori Flick, Boston Massachusetts, Miss America-Massachusetts (1997)
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1972
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Tia Jackson, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
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1974
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Brice Hunter, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1975
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Angela Michelle Hughes, Anderson SC, Miss America-SC (1997)
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1975
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Danyon Joseph Loader, Dunedin NZ, 200m/400m swimmer (Olymp-2 gold-96)
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1977
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Karen Ann Peterson, Miss Aruba Universe (1997)
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1978
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Aimee Delatte, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1996)
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1978
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Avi Phillips, Ontario, actor (Maniac Mansion)
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1978
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Melissa Coish, Miss New Hampshire Teen USA (1996)
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1984
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Ashley Peldon, Staten Is NY, actress (Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived)
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DEATHS
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1073
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Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
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1109
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Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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1142
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Pierre Ablard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Hlose), dies at 62
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1509
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Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52
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1552
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Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50
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1574
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Cosimo d' Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
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1652
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Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
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1696
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Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
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1699
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Jean Racine, French playwright (Phdre), dies at 59
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1730
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Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
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1736
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Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
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1780
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Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
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1871
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Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
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1878
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Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
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1898
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Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
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1899
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Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
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1900
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Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
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1910
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Mark Twain, [Samuel Clemens], auther (Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
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1918
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"Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25
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1924
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Eleanora Duse, Ital actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
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1930
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Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
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1930
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Robert S Bridges, poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
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1938
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Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
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1939
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Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
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1945
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John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
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1946
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John M Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62
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1946
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Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
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1948
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Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
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1952
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Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
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1952
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[Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62
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1961
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James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
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1962
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Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
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1965
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Edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
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1967
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Andr L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
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1968
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Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
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1968
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Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
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1971
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Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
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1971
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Franois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
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1973
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Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
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1975
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Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
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1977
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Gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
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1978
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Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
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1981
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Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
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1982
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Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
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1985
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Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
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1985
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Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
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1987
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Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
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1989
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James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64
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1990
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Ert, art deco stylist, dies at 97
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1990
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Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
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1991
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Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
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1991
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Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
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1992
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Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39
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1992
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Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74
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1993
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Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
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1994
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Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
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1995
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Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
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1995
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Stafford Heginbotham, toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
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1996
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A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies
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1996
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Dzhojar Dudaev, president of Republic of Chechenia (1991), dies
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1996
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Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader, dies at 52
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1996
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Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
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1996
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Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
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1996
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Rodney Meredith Thomas, architect/painter, dies at 93
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1996
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Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
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1997
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Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
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1997
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Diosdado Macapagal, Philippine president (1961-65), dies
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