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1380
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King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12
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1524
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Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia
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1550
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Pope Julius III proclaims new seat on Council of Trente
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1666
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Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
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1675
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Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
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1677
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Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart
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1698
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Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
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1732
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1st US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Phila
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1755
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Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State
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1775
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-15] Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces
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1792
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Capt George Vancouver is 1st Englishman to enter SF Bay
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1832
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1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12« rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
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1833
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Charles Darwin departs by horse to Montevideo
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1834
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William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 yrs 4 months
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1851
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"Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
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1863
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Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
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1863
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Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
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1881
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Charles J Guiteau went on trial for Pres Garfield's assassination
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1881
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Lon Gambetta forms French govt
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1888
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St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
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1888
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USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
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1889
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New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Philea
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1889
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NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
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1893
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Gerhart Hauptmanns "Hanneles Himmelfahrt," premieres in Berlin
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1894
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
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1896
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Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
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1905
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David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in NYC
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1906
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Roosevelt becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country (Panama)
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1908
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Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
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1908
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Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat," premieres in Vienna
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1910
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1st airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
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1914
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Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
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1915
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Thomas Masaryk demands independence for Czechoslovakia
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1918
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Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
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1919
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Red Army captures Omsk, Siberia
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1920
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American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
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1922
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BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
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1922
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German Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirth term ends
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1927
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Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die
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1931
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Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England
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1935
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FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
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1935
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Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship
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1936
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Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
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1938
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Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die
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1939
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Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
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1940
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During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
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1941
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Gov-Gen Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees
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1942
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-Nov 15th) Japanese/US sea battle at Savo-Island in Guadalcanal)
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1942
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Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
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1943
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Chic Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Giants (56-7)
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1943
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J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
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1945
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H Lindsay & R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in NYC
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1945
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Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming govt
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1946
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Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11
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1952
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Greek general Papagos wins elections
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1953
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WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Egyptian pres Naguib fired/state of emergency declared
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1956
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Hungarian revolt put down
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1957
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Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
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1957
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Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
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1959
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"Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
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1959
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Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
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1960
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2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
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1960
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Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
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1960
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OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
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1960
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Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
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1960
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Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
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1964
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"Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 perfs
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1964
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"Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 perfs
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1964
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"Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
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1964
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Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
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1965
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"Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
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1965
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George Abbott Theater (Adelphi, 54 St) at 152 W 54th NYC, demolished
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1965
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KCST TV channel 39 in San Diego, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1965
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Alamo Golf Open
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1965
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US govt sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
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1966
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Cleveland Williams in 3 for heavyweight title
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1968
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"National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" features draft card burning
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1968
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1st European lung transplant
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1968
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Yale University announces it is going co-educational
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1969
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2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
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1969
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Apollo 12 (Conrad/Gordon/Bean) launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
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1970
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DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
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1970
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Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
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1972
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Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
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1973
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"Good Evening" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 438 performances
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1973
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Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips
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1973
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Canada begins production of Olympic coins
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1973
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Jim Palmer is named AL Cy Young winner
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1973
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Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP Award unanimously
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1975
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Spain, Morocco & Mauretania sign accord about Spanish Sahara
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1976
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"Don't Step on My Olive Branch" closes at Playhouse NYC after 16 perfs
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1976
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Cleveland Browns' Jerry Sherk sets club record with 4 sacks
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1976
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War criminal Pieter Menten captured 1 day after fleeing
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1977
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Egypt Pres Sadat repeats willingness to visit Israel to Cronkite
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1979
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California's Don Baylor, wins AL MVP
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1980
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Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
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1980
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Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
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1980
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1981
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2nd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
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1981
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Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired & working again
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1981
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Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18
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1981
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Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
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1982
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Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed
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1983
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1st cruise missile placed (Greenham Common England)
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1984
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Astronauts aboard "Discovery" pluck a 2nd satellite from orbit
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1984
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NASA launches NATO-3D
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1985
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Brewers release 39-year-old pitcher Rollie Fingers
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1985
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Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
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1985
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Volcano Nevado del Ruiz Colombia erupts, 1000s killed
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1986
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Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday & Fred Wilpon
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1986
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FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Phila
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1986
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SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
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1987
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"La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 perfs
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1987
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Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
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1989
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Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
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1990
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Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
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1990
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1990
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1990
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Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of party
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1990
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Philippines hit by typhoon, 110 die
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1991
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Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV
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1991
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Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal & is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
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1992
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Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls & breaks 3 fingers
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1993
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"Kentucky Cycle" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 34 performances
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1993
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"Twilight of the Golds" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 29 perfs
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1993
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23rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
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1993
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24th NYC Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04
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1993
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Don Shula becomes winningest coach in NFL history
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1993
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Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st US state
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1994
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1st trains for public run in Channel Tunnel under English Channel
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1994
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Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), lands
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1996
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"Chicago," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC
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1996
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Texas Ranger Juan Gonzalez wins AL MVP
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1997
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Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
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1997
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Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale
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BIRTHS
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1511
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Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
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1650
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Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England (1689-1702)
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1663
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Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
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1679
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Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
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1719
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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer
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1765
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Robert Fulton, built 1st coml steamboat (or 0819)
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1774
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Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer
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1776
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Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis
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1778
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer
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1779
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlger, Denmark, poet (Natl Poet 1849)
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1796
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Carlo Conti, composer
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1797
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Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist (Principles of Geology)
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1800
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Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer
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1802
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August F Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen)
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1805
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Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer
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1814
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Michael Kelly Lawler, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), dies in 1882
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1816
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John Curwen, composer
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1822
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William Harrow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872
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1823
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Robert J Fruin, historian (80 year war)
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1825
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August Reissmann, composer
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1827
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Isaac Wistar, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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1828
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James Birdseye MacPherson, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1864
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1829
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Giulio Roberti, composer
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1833
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Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
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1838
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August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)
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1840
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Claude Monet, France, impressionist (Water Lilies)
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1842
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Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (d 1959)
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1845
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Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
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1845
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Johann Ernst Perabo, composer
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1861
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Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)
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1863
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Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakelite)
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1875
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Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater
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1877
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Ren de Clerq, Flemish poet/author (Emergency Horn)
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1879
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Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
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1880
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Eugene O'Brien, Boulder OH, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
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1883
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Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek premier (1945, 50, 51-52)
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1887
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Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
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1887
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Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
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1889
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Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64)
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1892
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James Meredith, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912)
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1893
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Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (Madonna dei filosofi)
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1893
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Evert S J Kruythoff, Ned Antillean author (conservation flora)
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1893
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Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
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1894
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Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist
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1894
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Seena Owen, Spokane WA, silent screen actress (Queen Kelly)
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1896
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Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)
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1897
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John Steuart Curry, US painter/lithographer (Baptism in Kansas)
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1900
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Aaron Copeland, Brooklyn, composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring)
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1900
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Clara Fasano, sculptor
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1901
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Morton Downey, Wallingford Ct, singer (Star of the Family)
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1904
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Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer
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1904
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Dick Powell, Mt View Ark, actor (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater)
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1904
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Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
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1904
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Marya Mannes, NYC, author (The Reporter)
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1905
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L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reformed of Netherlands)
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1905
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Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian author
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1906
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Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box)
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1907
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Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pipi Longstocking)
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1907
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Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader
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1907
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Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit
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1908
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Harrison E Salisbury, journalist/author (50th Anniv of Soviet Union)
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1909
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Joseph R McCarthy, (Sen-R-Wisc), anti-communist lunatic
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1910
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Eric Lawson Malpass, writer
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1910
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Norman MacCaig, poet
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1910
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Rosemary DeCamp, Prescott Az, actress (Love That Bob, That Girl)
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1912
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Barbara Hutton, heiress (Woolworth)
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1914
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Eric John Crozier, producer/librettist
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1914
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Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi
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1914
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Ken Carson, Coalgate Okla, singer (Garry Moore Show)
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1915
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Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist
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1916
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Sherwood Schwartz, Passaic NJ, TV creator (Brady Bunch, Gilligan Is)
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1919
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Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (I Married a Witch)
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1920
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Johnny Desmond, Detroit Mich, singer (Your Hit Parade)
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1921
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Brian Keith, Bayonne NJ, actor (Bill-Family Affair, Loneliest Runner)
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1922
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Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian secretary-general of UN (1992- )
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1922
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Johan R Kjelln, Swedish sociologist
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1922
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Marina Candael, Flemish dancer/choreography (Rhapsody in Blue)
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1923
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Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One)
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1924
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Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist
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1924
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Billy Jim Layton, composer
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1924
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Kenneth J Gray, (Rep-D-IL, 1955-75, 85- )
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1924
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Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist (Lenin Prize-1952)
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1924
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Phyllis Avery, NYC, actress (Alice-George Gobel Show, Ruth-Mr Novak)
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1927
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Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
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1928
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Kathleen Hughes, Hollywood Calif, actress (It Came From Outer Space)
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1928
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Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54)
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1929
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Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
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1929
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McLean Stevenson, Normal Ill, actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry)
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1930
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Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50's)
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1930
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Edward H White II, San Antonio Texas, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4)
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1930
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Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curaao
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1931
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Claudia Jane Archibald, parapsychologist
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1932
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Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom tien)
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1932
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Ramon Zupko, composer
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1933
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Fred W Haise Jr, Biloxi Miss, astronaut (Apollo 13 STS T-1, T-3, T-5)
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1934
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Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
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1934
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Roman A Gulyayev, cosmonaut
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1935
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Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
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1935
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Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator
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1935
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Gennadi Aleksandrovich Dolgopolov, cosmonaut
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1935
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Hussein ibn Talal I, king of Jordan (1953- )
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1935
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Jakusho Kwong, Santa Rosa Calif, head of Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
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1936
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Cornell Gunther, LA Calif, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
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1939
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Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach)
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1940
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Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
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1941
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Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning (1989- )
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1942
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John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
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1944
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Aditya Biria, industrialist
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1944
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Scherrie Payne, US singer (Supremes-Incredible)
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1947
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P J O'Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
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1947
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Syanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
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1948
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Charles PAG, prince of Wales/duke of Cornwall
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1948
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Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (D66, 1994-)
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1948
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James Young, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (Styx)
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1948
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Robert Ginty, Bkln NY, actor (Paper Chase, White Fire)
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1949
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Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1951
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Barry Brandt, Wash DC, rock drummer (Angel)
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1951
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Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
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1951
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Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
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1952
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Alec John Such, rocker
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1952
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Ray Sharkey, Brooklyn NY, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear)
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1953
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Alexander O'Neal, Minneapolis, rocker (James Hearsky Harris III)
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1954
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Bernard Hinault, French bicylist (Tour de France)
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1954
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Yanni, new age musician (Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance)
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1955
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Jack Sikma, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
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1955
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Willie Hernandez, pitcher (Cy Young Award)
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1956
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Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
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1956
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Kenneth D Bowersox, Portsmouth Va, USN/astro (STS 50, 61, 73, 82)
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1957
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Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer (If Nobody Does)
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1958
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Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1959
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Annie Schilder, Dutch singer (BZN)
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1961
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D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
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1962
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Laura San Giacoma, Danville NJ, actress (Pretty Woman, Vital Signs)
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1962
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Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale Fla, 470 yachter (Olymp-8th-1992, 96)
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1963
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Mike Prior, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1964
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Andrew, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
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1964
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Joseph "Run" Simmons, rapper (RUN DMC)
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1964
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Silken Laumann, Mississauga Ontario, rower (Oly-bronze, silver-92, 96)
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1966
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Carl Coulter, CFL corner (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1966
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Curt Schilling, Anchorage AK, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
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1966
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Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
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1966
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Rod Harris, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1967
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Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
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1967
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Matthew King, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
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1968
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Bob Christian, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons)
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1968
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Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star (1995 Futures-Valladolid)
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1968
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Kent Bottenfield, Portland Oregon, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
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1968
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Lionel Simmons, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
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1969
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Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
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1969
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David Webb, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
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1969
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Mark Henderson, US, 4X100m butterfly (Olympics-gold-96)
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1969
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Sue Stewart, Toronto Ontario, basketball guard (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Dana Stubblefield, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
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1970
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Darrien Gordon, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers, Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1970
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David Wesley, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Boston Celtics)
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1970
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Derrick Hoskins, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
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1970
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Dexter Nottage, NFL defensive end (Wash Redskins, KC Chiefs)
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1971
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Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996)
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1972
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Aaron Taylor, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1972
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Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
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1972
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Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
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1973
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Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer (Curtis Cup 1992)
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1973
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DeRon Jenkins, cornerback (Baltimore Ravens)
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1973
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Lawyer Milloy, strong safety (New England Patriots)
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1974
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David Moscow, actor (Big)
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1976
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Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks MI, actor (Dolly Dearest)
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1977
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Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA (1996)
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1980
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Margot Contois, Marquette Mich, dance skater (& Robert Peal)
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1983
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C E Gadda, writer
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DEATHS
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563
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Justinianus, co-emperor of Byzantium (527-563), dies at 82
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784
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Alberik I, bishop of Utrecht, dies
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976
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T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
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1263
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Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian ruler (1252-63), dies at 43
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1359
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Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies
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1522
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Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61
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1589
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Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geographer, dies at 58
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1625
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Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
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1673
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Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
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1682
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Rcklof Volckertsz of Goens, gov-gen of Ned's-Indies, dies at 63
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1687
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Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II, dies at 37
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1692
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Christoph Bernhard, German composer, dies at 64
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1716
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Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70
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1734
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Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
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1780
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Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
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1794
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Pieter Nieuwland, prodigy/"Dutch Newton", dies at 30
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1804
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Agatha "Aagje" Blanket, literary (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
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1825
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Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
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1831
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Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
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1832
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Charles Carroll, large landowner/signed Decl of Ind, dies at 95
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1832
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Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44
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1841
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Thomas Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies
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1842
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Henry de Cock, reform vicar, dies at 41
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1844
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Flora Tristan, writer, dies at 41
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1860
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Feliks Ostrowski, composer, dies at 58
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1902
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Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
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1906
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Hendrik J Schimmel, author/dramatist, dies
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1908
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Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
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1914
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Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
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1915
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Booker T Washington, educator/organizier, dies at 59 in Tuskegee Ala
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1915
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Theodor Leschetizky, composer, dies at 85
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1917
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William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
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1922
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Carl Michael Ziehrer, composer, dies at 79
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1925
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Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann, composer, dies at 78
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1929
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Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (NY Giants), dies at 58
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1935
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J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies
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1946
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Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies
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1946
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Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (Vita Breve, Atl ntida), dies at 69
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1955
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Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59
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1956
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Juan Negr¡n, Spanish anatomy/socialist premier (1937-39), dies at 67
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1959
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Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84
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1960
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Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
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1962
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Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
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1964
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Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
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1965
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George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for S Africa), dies
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1965
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Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
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1967
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Colonel C K Nayudu, cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies
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1972
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Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
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1974
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Johnny Mack Brown, actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies at 70
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1975
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Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, dies at 88
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1977
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Richard Addinsell, English composer (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
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1979
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Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
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1982
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Joachim Stutschewsky, composer, dies at 91
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1984
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George Matthews, Bkln NY, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73
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1987
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Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88
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1990
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K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
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1990
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Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
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1990
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Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
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1991
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Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
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1992
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Clem Beauchamp, US stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
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1992
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Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies
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1992
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George Adams, US tenor saxophonist/flautist (Changes One), dies
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1992
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Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies
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1992
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Robert Reese, producer, dies of natural causes at 66
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1993
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Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
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1994
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Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
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1994
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Jake Dengel, US actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
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1994
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John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
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1994
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John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
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1994
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Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
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1995
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Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies of pneumonia at 84
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1995
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Jack Walter Braden Finney, writer, dies at 84
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1995
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John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer, dies at 83
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1995
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John Lee Admiral-Barber, , dies at 90
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1996
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Havelock Henry Trevor Hudson, lloyd's underwriter, dies at 77
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1996
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Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
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1996
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Liz Knights, publisher, dies at 41
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1996
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Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst, dies at 96
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1996
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Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
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1997
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Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
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1997
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Stefan Lorant, writer/actor, dies at 96
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