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Scholars' reckon Jesus crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem
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451
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Attila's Hun's plunder Metz
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1118
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Pope Gelasius II excommunicated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
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1348
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Prague U, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
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1456
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Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik
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1498
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Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
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1509
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France declares war on Venice
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1521
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Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books
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1521
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Magelhaes' fleet reaches Cebu
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1584
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Ieper surrenders to duke Van Parma
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1625
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Albrecht von Wallenstein appointed German supreme commander
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1645
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Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil
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1652
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Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa
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1655
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Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII
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1712
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Slave revolt (NYC)
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1724
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Johann S Bach's "John Passion" premieres in Leipzig
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1788
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1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta
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1798
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Mississippi Territory organized
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1805
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Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself)
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1818
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Gen Andrew Jackson conquers St Marks Fla from Seminole indians
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1827
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English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches
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1831
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Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil
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1860
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Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe
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1862
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Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls
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1863
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Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter
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1865
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Battle of Farmville VA
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1888
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" (BG)
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1891
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Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day
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1901
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SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber
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1902
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Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms
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1906
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Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police & banking business
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1917
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De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid
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1917
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James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London
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1919
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1st parcel of land is purchased for Cleveland Metroparks
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1922
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Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair
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1923
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1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in NYC) by Dr K Winfield Ney
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1923
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Workers Party of America (NYC) becomes official communist party
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1926
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Forest fire burns 900 acres & kills 2 (San Luis Obispo Calif)
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1926
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Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose
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1927
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Using phone lines TV is sent from Wash DC to NYC
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1928
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44-yr old NY Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, & beats Montreal Maroons 2-1
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1931
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Seals Stadium opens in SF
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1933
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1st 2 NAZI anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal & public service
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1933
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Prohibition ends, Utah becomes 38th state to ratify 21st Amendment
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1933
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University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
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1934
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In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience
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1939
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Italy invades Albania
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1940
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1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T Washington)
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1940
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7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280
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1941
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British generals O'Connor & Neame captured in North Africa
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1942
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Heavy German assault on Malta
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1943
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Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini met for an Axis conference in Salzburg
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1943
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British/US troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
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1943
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Lt colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid
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1943
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NFL adopts free substitution rule
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1944
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General Montgomery speaks to generals about invastion plan
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1945
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1st & last assault of German Rammkommando on US bombers
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1945
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US B-17's bombs range at Lneburg
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1945
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US planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato & four destroyers were sunk
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1946
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10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282
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1946
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Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR
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1948
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World Health Organization forms by UN
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1949
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"South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances
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1951
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15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280
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1951
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American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament
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1951
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1953
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1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
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1953
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Dag Hammarskjld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary
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1954
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German govt refuses to recognize DDR
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1954
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Pres Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China
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1954
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WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, GA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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10th NBA Championship: Ph Warriors beat Ft Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 1
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1956
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Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco
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1957
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21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283
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1957
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Last of NY's electric trolleys completes its final run
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1958
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Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
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1959
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Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
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1959
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Radar 1st bounced off Sun, Stanford Calif
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1962
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Umrigar slams 172* v WI at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
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1962
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Yugoslav ex-president Milovan Djilas returns to jail
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1963
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27th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
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1963
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Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
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1963
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Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic
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1965
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Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ v Pakistan
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1966
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US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops!)
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1967
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Israeli/Syrian border fights
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1967
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Tom Donahue, SF dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
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1969
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Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
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1969
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Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material
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1969
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Ted Williams begins managing Wash Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4
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1970
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"Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds," premieres in NYC
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1970
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42nd Academy Awards - "Midnight Cowboy," John Wayne & Maggie Smith win
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1970
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Milwaukee Brewers (former Seat Pilots) 1st game, lose to Angels 12-0
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1971
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Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
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1971
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Pres Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
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1971
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WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, FL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
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1973
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Cleveland sets day-game & opening-game attendance records of 74,420
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1973
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Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown
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1974
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Herb Gardner's "Thieves," premieres in NYC
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1976
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Chinese Politburo fires vice-premier Deng Xiaoping
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1977
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Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant
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1977
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Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
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1978
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Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in NYC
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1978
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Pres Carter defers production of neutron bomb
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1978
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US Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
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1979
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Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water
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1979
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Houston Astro Ken Forsch no-hits Atlanta Braves, 6-0
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1979
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Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against Flyers
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1980
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Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
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1981
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Belgium Eyskens govt forms
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1981
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Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec
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1982
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Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested
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1982
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Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
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1983
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Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1
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1983
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Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
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1983
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STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave & Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
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1983
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WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
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1984
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Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0
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1985
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14th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Alice Miller
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1985
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1st live telecast of Easter Parade
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1985
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NJ General Hershel Walker runs for USFL record 233 yards
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1986
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Wrestlemania II at 3 locations, Hulk Hogan beats King Kong Bundy
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1987
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Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
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1987
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National Museum of Female Physician opens in Wash DC
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1988
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Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1
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1988
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Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested
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1988
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Russia announced it would withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
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1988
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1989
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NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrul
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1989
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Soviet sub sinks in Norwegian Sea, with about a dozen deaths
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1990
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BPAA US Open by Ron Palombi Jr
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1990
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Farm Aid IV concert
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1990
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Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma
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1990
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John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
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1990
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Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations
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1990
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NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
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1991
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"Big Love" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 41 performances
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1991
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"Shadowlands" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 169 perfs
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1991
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3rd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
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1991
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Chris Johnson wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship
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1991
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory orbits Earth
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1991
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George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00
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1991
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Wrestlemania VII scheduled in LA, actually performed 03/24
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1993
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Dante Bichette hits the 1st Colo Rockie HR (Shea Stadium NY)
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1994
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"Medea" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 82 performances
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1994
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1st night game at Cleveland's Jacobs Field, Indians 6 Seattle 2
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1994
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NY Yankees beat Texas Rangers 18-6
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1994
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Shannen Doherty files for divorce from Ashley Hamilton
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1994
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Singer Percy Sledge pleads guilty to tax evasion
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1994
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Vatican acknowledges Holocaust (Nazis killing Jews) for 1st time
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1995
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Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
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1996
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8th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus
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1996
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Jayasuriya hits fastest ODI fifty off 17 balls v Pak, Singapore
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1996
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Kelly Robbins wins Sacramento 12 Bridges LPGA Golf Classic
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1996
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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win Singer Cup in Singapore
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1997
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Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM
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BIRTHS
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1506
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Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan
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1534
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Jos de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
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1613
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Gerard Dou, Dutch painter (Night School)
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1622
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Louise Hollandine, daughter of King Frederik V & Elizabeth Stuart
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1629
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Juan Jos, of Austria, Spanish general/governor of Netherlands
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1648
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Ferdinand van Kessel, Flemish painter
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1694
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Coelestin Praelisauer, composer
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1699
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Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer
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1727
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Henri Hardouin, composer
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1727
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Michel Adanson, French biologist (Natural History of Sngal)
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1745
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Georg Druschetzky, composer
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1748
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Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer
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1756
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Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31)
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1763
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Domenico Dragonetti, composer
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1768
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Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer
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1770
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William Wordsworth, England, poet laureate (Prelude)
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1772
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F M Charles Fourier, French socialist
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1775
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Francis C Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill
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1780
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William Ellery Channing, US, Unitarian clergyman
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1786
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William Rufus DeVane King, (D) 13th VP (1853)
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1801
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Henry Eagle, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
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1803
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Flora Tristan, writer
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1805
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Francis Wilkinson Pickens, (Gov-SC, Confederacy), died in 1869
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1819
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Hubert Leonard, composer
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1820
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Gyrgy Klapka, Hungarian general/MP (Kom rom-castle)
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1822
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Gershom Mott, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1826
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Johann Hermann Berens, composer
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1841
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Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus
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1841
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Joseph H "Jozef" Neuhuys, painter
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1847
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J P Jacobsen, writer
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1851
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Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer
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1858
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Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician (SDAP)
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1859
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Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale)
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1860
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W K Kellogg, a real corn flake
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1869
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David Grandison Fairchild, US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US
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1870
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Gustav Landauer, German socialist
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1870
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Joseph Ryeland, Belgian composer/Baron
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1872
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William Monroe Trotter, famous African
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1878
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C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)
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1878
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Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist (Virgin & Mother of God)
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1882
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Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33)
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1882
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Kurt von Schleiger, German chancellor (12/2/32-1/28/33)
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1884
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Charles Dodd, English new testament authority
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1884
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Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch politician/resistance fighter
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1889
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Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Desolaci¢n, Tenderness/Nobel 1945)
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1890
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
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1893
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Allan W Dulles, US diplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany's Underground)
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1893
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Irene Castle, dancer (leader in anti-vivisection movement)
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1894
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Gerald Brenan, English writer
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1895
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Eduardo Toldra, composer
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1895
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Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer
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1896
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Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25)
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1897
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Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS]
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1897
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Walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
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1899
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Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Dimer)
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1900
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Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, England, 50K walker (Olympic-bronze-1952)
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1903
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Willi Forst, Austrian actor/director (Im weissen Rssl)
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1908
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Le Duan, Vietnamese politician
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1908
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Percy Faith, conductor (Summer Place)
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1912
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John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman
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1912
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Valre Depauw, Flemish writer
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1914
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Sydney Thompson, rock climber
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1915
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Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan], Balt, singer (Aint Nobodys Business)
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1915
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Henry Kuttner, US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were)
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1917
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R G Armstrong, Birmingham Ala, actor (T.H.E. Cat)
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1918
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C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer (Barbados & West Indian leg-spinner)
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1918
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Peanuts Hucko, Syracuse NY, dixieland clarinetist (Lawrence Welk Show)
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1918
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Peter Aryans, [PCJ Vander], Dutch radio actor (Shoot Out)
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1918
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Ronald Howard, Norwood England, actor (Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style)
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1919
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Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italy, pe (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1919
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Ralph Flanagan, Loraine Ohio, orch leader (Let's Dance)
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1920
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Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
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1920
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Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer
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1922
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Kenneth Howard Peacock, composer
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1924
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Harry Cordon, comic/host (Fred Hach Show)
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1924
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Ikuma Dan, composer
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1924
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Nick Perito, Denver Colo, orch leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show)
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1926
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Johannes Rood, Dutch immunologist (Eurotransplant)
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1928
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Alan J Pakula, director (All the President's Men, Klute)
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1928
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James Garner, Norman Okla, actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
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1928
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James White, UK, sci-fi author (Star Surgeon, Star Healer)
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1930
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Andrew Sachs, actor (Manuel-Fawlty Towers)
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1931
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Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot
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1931
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Donald Barthelme, Phila Pa, writer (Snow White, Sadness)
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1932
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Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger
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1933
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Wayne Rogers, Birmingham Ala, actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs)
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1934
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Ian Richards, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Montgomery-Ike)
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1935
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Bobby Bare, Irontown Oh, country singer (Detroit City)
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1935
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Hodding Carter III, press secretary (Jimmy Carter)
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1935
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Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder (Childhelp USA)
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1937
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Charley Thomas, rocker (Drifters)
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1938
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Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
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1938
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Jerry Brown, ex-California governor
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1938
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Yvonne Lime, Glendale Calif, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis)
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1938
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[Edmund G] Jerry Brown Jr, (Gov-D-Cal, 1974-..)
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1939
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David Frost, Tenterdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was)
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1939
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Donald L Holmquest, Dallas Texas, astronaut
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1939
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Francis Ford Coppola, Detroit, director (Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
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1940
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Jan Wilhelm Morthenson, composer
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1940
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Patricia Paay, Dutch singer (You are not hip)
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1942
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Edda Barends, actress (Arthur & Eva)
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1943
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Dennis Amiss, cricketer (prolific English batsman)
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1943
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Mick Abrahams, Luton, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
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1943
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Roberta Shore, Monterrey Park, Calif, actress/singer (Virginian)
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1943
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Spencer Dryden, NYC, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice)
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1946
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Barbara Benary, composer
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1946
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Bill Kreutzmann, Calif, rock drummer (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
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1947
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Patricia Bennett, US singer (He's So Fine)
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1951
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Janis Ian, NYC, [Janis Eddy Fink], lesbian/folk rocker (At 17)
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1951
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John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
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1952
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Bruce Gary, Burbank Ca, rock drummer (Knack-My Sharona)
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1952
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Jane Frederick, US pentathlete (Olympics-7th-1976)
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1953
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Everard Endt, US, yachting (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1954
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Donna White, LPGA golfer
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1954
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Jackie Chan, martial art actor (Rumble in the Bronx)
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1954
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Tony Dorsett, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, Heisman Trophy)
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1955
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Andrea Fisher, artist
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1956
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Gail Lee Hirata, LPGA golfer
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1958
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Alexandra Neil, Boston, actress (Rose-Guiding Light)
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1958
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Tony Aire, rocker (Adventures-Sea of Love)
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1960
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Simon Climie, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Climie Fisher-Love Changes)
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1962
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Andy Hampsten, Columbus Ohio, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Bonny Warner, Mount Baldy Calif, lugist
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1962
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Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, actor (In the Heat of the Night)
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1964
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Helen Wadsworth, S Wales, golfer (Curtis Cup 1990)
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1964
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Joe Durant, Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1992 Boise Open-7th)
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1965
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Alexander Mronz, Cologne Germany, tennis star
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1965
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Kaushik Amalean, cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88)
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1966
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Teri Ann Linn, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful)
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1967
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Steve Wisniewski, NFL guard (Oakland Raiders)
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1968
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Bill Bellamy, actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker)
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1968
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Don[ald] Smith, North Tonawanda NY, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
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1969
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Clark Sheehan, Denver Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Jeremy Lincoln, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
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1969
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Peggy Clasen, St Paul Minn, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1969
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Ricky Bones, Salinas Puerto Rico, pitcher (Mil Brewers, NY Yanks)
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1969
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Ricky Watters, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
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1970
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Alexander Karpovtsev, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers)
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1970
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Kevin Smith, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1971
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Cara Kendra Bernosky, Miss USA-Pennsylvania (1997)
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1971
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Mark Thompson, Russellville KY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1971
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Stephen Brimacombe, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Victor Kraatz, Berlin Ger, Canadian ice dancer (1995 World Champs-4th)
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1972
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Greg Clark, tight end (San Francisco 49ers)
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1972
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Joanne Brown, Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Olym-bronze-96)
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1972
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Lovett Purnell, wide receiver (New England Patriots)
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1972
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Malcolm Huckaby, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
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1972
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Shana Williams, Bridgeton NJ, long jumper/heptathlete
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1974
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Anita Maxwell, WNBA forward (Cleveland Rockers)
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1975
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Beverly Peele, super model (Elle)
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1975
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Ronde Barber, cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1975
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Tiki Barber, running back (NY Giants)
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1975
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Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist (Spice Girls)
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1976
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Erich Goldmann, Dingolfing GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
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1978
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Siobhan Drake-Brockman, Bunbury Aust, tennis star (1994 Port Pirie)
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DEATHS
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30
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Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies
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924
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Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered
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1444
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John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
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1498
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Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27
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1524
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Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies
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1614
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El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown)
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1719
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Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67
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1766
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Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch classicist, dies at 81
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1767
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Franz Sparry, composer, dies at 51
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1768
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Michel Mathieu, composer, dies at 78
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1778
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Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52
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1783
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Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71
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1789
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Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64
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1789
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Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66
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1803
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[Franois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies
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1810
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Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 61
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1833
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Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
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1842
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Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
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1850
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William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87
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1858
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Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
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1862
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Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
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1871
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Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old
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1871
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Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus adm (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
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1875
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Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57
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1877
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Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63
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1880
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Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58
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1881
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Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65
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1884
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Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80
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1891
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Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88
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1917
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Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53
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1932
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Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
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1933
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Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered
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1934
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William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston
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1943
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Jovan Ducic, Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72
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1950
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Walter Huston, dies at 66
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1955
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Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
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1958
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Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75
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1958
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Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at 58
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1961
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Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at 74
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1961
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Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
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1961
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Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61
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1967
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Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
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1968
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Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car
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1970
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Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies
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1971
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Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74
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1972
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"Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
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1972
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Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
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1972
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Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
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1973
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Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
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1976
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Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
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1977
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Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general
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1978
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Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83
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1979
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Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78
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1982
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Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
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1983
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Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
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1984
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Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59
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1984
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Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
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1987
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Maxine Sullivan, [Williams], US actress (Going Places), dies at 75
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1988
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Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
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1989
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Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?)
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1992
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Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
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1992
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Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46
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1992
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Rick Emery, dies after long illness at 39
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1993
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Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
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1993
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Richard Schmiechen, dies of AIDS at 45
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1993
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S C (Billy) Griffith, cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC sect), dies
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1994
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Agathe Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda, assassinated
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1994
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Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85
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1994
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Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59
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1994
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Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
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1994
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Franois de Grossouvre, Pres Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76
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1994
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Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27
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1994
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Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
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1995
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Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68
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1996
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Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
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