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1079
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Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
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1190
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Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England
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1190
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Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism
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1345
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Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
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1517
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Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
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1521
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Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar)
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1521
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Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines
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1527
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Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen
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1621
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Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass
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1641
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General court declares RI a democracy & adopts new constitution
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1660
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English Long Parliament disbands
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1690
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French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland
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1730
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Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
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1731
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Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England & Netherlands
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1792
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Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera
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1802
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Law signed to establish US Milt Academy (West Point, NY)
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1802
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US army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time)
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1815
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Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium
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1822
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Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano
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1827
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1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (NYC), begins publishing
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1829
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Ohio authorizes high school night classes
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1830
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London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)
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1830
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New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
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1833
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Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college
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1834
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HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands
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1836
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Texas approves a constitution
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1850
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published
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1861
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Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union
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1861
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Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
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1862
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Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles
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1865
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Battle of Averasboro NC (1,500 casualities)
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1869
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Hiram R Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate
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1871
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1st fertilizer law enacted
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1872
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1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton
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1876
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Nelly Saunders & Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)
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1877
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Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng
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1881
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Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts
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1882
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US Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross
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1894
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Jules Massenet's opera "Thas," premieres in Paris
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1896
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Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"
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1897
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)
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1900
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AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an AL team will be in
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1900
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Chicago, KC, Minn, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve & Buffalo
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1900
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Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus
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1907
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1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
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1910
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Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
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1911
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4
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1912
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Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Wash DC
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1915
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Brit battle cruisers Inflexible & Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle
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1915
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Federal Trade Commission organizes
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1916
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James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London
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1916
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US & Canada sign migratory bird treaty
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1918
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Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published
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1919
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Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg
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1920
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1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park
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1922
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Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt
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1922
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WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna
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1926
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Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
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1929
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WHP-AM in Harrisburg PA begins radio transmissions
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1930
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USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine
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1931
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Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
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1933
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Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany
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1934
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Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
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1935
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Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
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1937
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All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors & sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
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1938
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Nol Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London
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1938
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Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
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1939
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Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
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1939
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Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
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1939
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NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-NY Rangers (7), NY Americans (3) & a record 26 points in the 3rd period
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1940
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German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow
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1941
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Blizzard hits North Dakota & Minnesota killing 60
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1941
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Dmitri Shostakovitch receives the Stalin Prize
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1941
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National Gallery of Art opens in Wash DC
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1943
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Elin K (No) & Zaanland (Neth) torpedoed & sinks
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1944
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Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death
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1945
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Allies secure Iwo Jima
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1946
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"Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 77 performances
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1947
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Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested
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1949
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KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1950
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1st annual National Book Awards
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1952
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1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Runion (world record)
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1952
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1953
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AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore
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1955
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Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge
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1955
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President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war
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1956
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
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1956
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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1957
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9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young
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1957
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1957
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Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
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1958
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1959
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Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty
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1962
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1st launching of Titan 2-rocket
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1962
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US Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167
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1964
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KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1964
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Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
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1966
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Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong & Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits
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1966
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Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
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1967
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Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
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1968
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My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
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1968
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Robert F Kennedy announces presidential campaign
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1969
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"1776" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1217 performances
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1969
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Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
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1969
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Peter Stone & Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in NYC
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1969
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Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155
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1970
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New English Bible published
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1970
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WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1971
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13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win
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1971
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KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
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1972
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John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
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1974
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1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
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1975
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"Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances
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1975
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US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
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1976
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British premier Harold Wilson resigns
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1977
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US president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
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1978
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Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast
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1978
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Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed
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1978
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Soyuz 26 returns to Earth
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1978
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1978
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US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
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1979
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CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney
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1980
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
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1983
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Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814)
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1984
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Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
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1984
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South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
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1985
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Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
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1985
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Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs
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1986
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Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic
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1988
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Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
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1988
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North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
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1988
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US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
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1991
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7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash
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1991
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Members of Irish Gay & Lesbian Organization march in NYC parade
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1991
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NJ Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games
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1991
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NY Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner (#s are 18-21-32-33-35-38)
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1991
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Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi
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1992
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Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball
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1994
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Moravcik forms Slovakia government
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1994
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Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan
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1995
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Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15
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1995
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Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Okla 77-67
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1995
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Miss House of Representatives ratifies 13th Amendement-slavery ends
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1995
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Mississippi formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment
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1995
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World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani
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1996
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Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round
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1997
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Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
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1997
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NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
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1997
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Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
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1997
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Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
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BIRTHS
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1585
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Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
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1609
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Michael Franck, composer
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1634
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Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
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1651
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Zaccaria Tevo, composer
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1663
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Nicholas Siret, composer
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1729
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Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
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1739
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George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
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1745
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Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
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1750
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Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
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1751
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James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
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1757
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Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
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1774
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Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
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1776
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Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
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1787
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Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
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1802
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George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
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1806
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Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
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1812
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Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
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1814
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Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
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1821
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Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
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1822
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John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
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1822
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Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
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1823
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William Henry Monk, composer
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1832
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Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer)
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1836
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Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)
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1839
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Ren F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)
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1849
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James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
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1856
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E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince
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1868
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Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS]
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1873
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Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)
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1876
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Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)
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1878
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Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi
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1878
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Henry B Walthall, Shelby City AL, actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike)
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1878
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Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
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1884
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Harrison Ford, Kansas City MO, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires)
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1885
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Giacomo Benvenuti, composer
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1885
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Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)
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1892
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Csar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)
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1892
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Harrison Ford, actor (Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)
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1893
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Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)
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1896
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Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)
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1901
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Walter E Schfer, German playwright
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1902
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Lucie Rie, potter
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1903
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Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
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1903
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Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy)
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1903
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Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
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1904
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Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)
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1906
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Francisco Ayala, writer
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1906
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Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please)
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1908
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Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)
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1910
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Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1910
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Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer
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1910
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Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England & India)
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1910
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Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II)
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1910
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Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet)
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1912
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Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74)
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1916
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Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers)
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1918
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Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall)
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1918
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Howard Boatwright, composer
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1919
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Erno Kiraly, composer
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1920
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John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
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1920
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Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
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1920
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Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
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1922
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Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer
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1922
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Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World)
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1923
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George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust)
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1925
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Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
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1926
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Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France
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1927
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- )
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1927
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Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural)
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1927
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Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus)
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1927
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Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1)
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1928
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Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
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1928
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Ramon Barce, composer
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1929
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Edwin London, composer
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1930
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Minoru Miky, composer
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1931
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Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed)
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1931
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Don Richard Carpenter, novelist
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1932
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Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7)
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1933
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice (US Supreme Court)
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1936
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Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956)
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1937
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Constanca Capdeville, composer
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1937
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David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer)
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1940
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Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris)
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1940
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Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection)
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1940
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Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
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1940
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Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
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1945
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Brries von Mnchhausen, writer, dies
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1946
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Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast)
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1948
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Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning)
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1948
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Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive)
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1949
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Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare & tenament rights for urban women
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1949
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Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
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1949
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Victor Garber, Montral Qubec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd)
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1951
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Kate Nelligan, London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle)
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1951
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Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights)
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1951
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Ritchie Teeter, rocker
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1954
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Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
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1954
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Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78)
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1954
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Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II)
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1954
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Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love)
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1955
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Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate)
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1956
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Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns)
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1957
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Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars)
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1959
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Michael J Bloomfield, Flint Mich, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 86)
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1959
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Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
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1961
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Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
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1962
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Marcel Brands, soccer player (RKC)
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1963
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Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1965
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Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1966
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Brad Bergen, PA Sask, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
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1966
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Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
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1966
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David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)
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1966
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Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles)
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1967
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Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
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1967
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John Mangum, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
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1968
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Jason van Blerk, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1969
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Ottis Gibson, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995)
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1969
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Pat Harlow, NFL tackle (NE Patriots, Oakland Raiders)
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1969
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Steve Israel, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers, New England Patriots)
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1970
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Kelli James, Medford NJ, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Tammi Terrell, rocker (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
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1971
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Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
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1971
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Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1973
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Bert Zuurman, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
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1974
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Heath Streak, cricketer (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-)
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1974
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Lamont Burns, guard (NY Jets)
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1976
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Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas (1996)
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1991
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Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli
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DEATHS
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37
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Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77
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1072
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Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
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1536
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Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
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1629
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Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
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1736
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Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
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1738
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Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
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1804
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Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
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1806
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Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
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1819
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Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
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1838
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Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
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1841
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Flix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
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1843
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Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
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1867
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Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
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1878
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William Banting, English undertaker, dies
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1881
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Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
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1882
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Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73
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1887
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Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
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1898
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Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
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1909
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George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
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1910
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Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80
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1914
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Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
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1914
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John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
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1919
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Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
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1930
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Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
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1933
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Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
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1935
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John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
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1937
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J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
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1938
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Egon Friedell, writer, dies
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1940
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Selma O Lagerlf, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81
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1941
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John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
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1942
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Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
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1945
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Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
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1946
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Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
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1955
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Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
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1956
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Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
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1957
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Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67
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1958
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Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
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1959
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John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
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1962
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John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
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1964
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Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
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1967
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James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
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1968
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Bengt Gunnar Ekelf, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60
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1968
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June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
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1968
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
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1970
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Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
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1970
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Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
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1971
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Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
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1971
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Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies
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1971
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Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
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1972
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Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
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1973
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Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79
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1973
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M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68
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1975
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T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
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1978
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Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
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1979
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Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
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1983
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Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
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1985
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B V A Rling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
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1985
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Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
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1987
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Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
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1988
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Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
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1990
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Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
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1991
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7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
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1991
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Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
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1991
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Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
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1992
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Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
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1993
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Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
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1993
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Djilalli Lyabs, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
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1993
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Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
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1993
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Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
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1993
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Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
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1995
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Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
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1995
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Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83
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1995
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Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83
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1995
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Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
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1996
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Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
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1996
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Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
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1996
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Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76
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