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EVENTS
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804
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Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Mnster
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988
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Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders
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1282
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Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force
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1422
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Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
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1456
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Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege
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1474
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Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
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1492
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King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain
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1533
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Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon
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1533
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Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury
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1603
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Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
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1778
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Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath
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1814
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Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
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1822
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Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory
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1842
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Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Ga)
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1856
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Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War
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1858
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Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Phila)
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1863
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Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glcksburg chosen as king George of Greece
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1864
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Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
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1865
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-4] Battle at 5 Forks Virginia
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1866
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Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres
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1867
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US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 an acre-Seward's Folly)
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1870
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15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
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1870
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Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
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1889
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John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)
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1893
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Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
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1895
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British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge
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1900
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law
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1909
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Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
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1911
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Ltschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
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1912
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French protectorate in Morocco established
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1916
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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1918
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Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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1919
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Belgian Army occupies Dsseldorf
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1919
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Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
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1919
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Paul Claudel's "Tte d'Or," premieres in Paris
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1922
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KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
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1922
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WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates
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1925
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Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
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1925
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Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1
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1930
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Babberich-H soccer team forms
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1932
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Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
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1935
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Newfoundland changes time to 3« hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec
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1940
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2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42
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1941
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German counter offensive in North-Africa
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1942
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1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
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1942
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SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
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1943
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5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: U of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
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1943
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British 1st army recaptures Sejenane
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1943
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in NYC
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1944
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781 British bombers attack Neurenberg
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1945
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289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
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1945
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USSR invades Austria during WW II
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1946
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"St Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances
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1946
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Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
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1946
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Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
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1950
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Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
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1952
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6th Tony Awards: Fourposter & King & I win
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1952
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Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
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1953
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Einstein announces revised unified field theory
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1954
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Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
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1955
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27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando & Grace Kelly win
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1956
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1957
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1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
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1959
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WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1961
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NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m)
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1963
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France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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1964
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Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
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1966
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Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
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1967
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Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed
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1968
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General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
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1969
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
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1970
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"Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
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1970
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Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
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1970
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Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
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1970
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Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause," premieres in NYC
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1970
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USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
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1972
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"Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 perfs
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1972
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North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
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1972
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1973
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Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam
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1975
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Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
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1976
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Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
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1978
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"History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 perfs
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1980
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Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in NYC
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1980
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1981
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43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
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1981
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Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III
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1982
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3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM
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1982
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John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in NYC
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1983
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Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London
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1983
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1984
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US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force [0126?]
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1986
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"Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 perfs
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1986
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5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern Cal 97-81
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1987
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59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win
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1987
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Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M ($39.7 million)
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1988
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2nd Soul Train Music Awards
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1988
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Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
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1990
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Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
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1991
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"Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 perfs
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1991
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1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
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1991
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Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vre Folk" (Free People)
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1991
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Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
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1991
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PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller [3/30?]
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1991
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William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)
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1992
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64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins & Jodie Foster win
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1992
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CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
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1992
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Man accidentally backs in A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini
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1992
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P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica
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1992
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WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC)
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1993
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"Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 perfs
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1993
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French govt of Balladur forms
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1993
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Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election
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1993
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Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain," premieres in NYC
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1993
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New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
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1993
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Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
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1994
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ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe
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1994
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Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
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1994
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England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
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1995
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"Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
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1996
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Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
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1996
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NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
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1996
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Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
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1997
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16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
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1997
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26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
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1997
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Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
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1997
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Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
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1998
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60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
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BIRTHS
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1135
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Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Crodoba Spain, philosopher/physician
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1222
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Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
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1432
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Mehmed II [Ftih], Sultan of Turkey (1451-81)
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1672
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Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
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1674
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Jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised
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1681
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Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver
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1687
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Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer
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1697
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John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor
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1719
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John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music
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1727
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Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
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1746
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Francisco Jose de Goya, Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja)
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1750
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John Stafford Smith, composer
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1772
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Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer
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1790
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Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
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1804
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Salomon Sulzer, composer
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1805
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Adrien de La Fage, composer
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1811
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Angelo Catelani, Italian composer/conductor
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1815
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Wincenty Studzinski, composer
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1823
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Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
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1824
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Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1825
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Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
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1830
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Auguste Tolbecque, composer
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1830
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Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher
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1835
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Bernhard Scholz, composer
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1836
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Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician
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1842
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Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic
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1842
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John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher
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1844
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Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
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1853
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Vincent van Gogh, Zundert Neth, artist who always lent an ear (Irises)
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1864
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Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician
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1865
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Heinrich Rubens, German physicist
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1872
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Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer
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1876
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Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer
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1880
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Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
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1882
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Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis
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1883
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Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman)
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1886
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Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician
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1887
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Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)
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1888
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Anna Q Nilsson, Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin)
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1891
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Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
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1892
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Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian
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1894
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Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
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1895
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Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
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1898
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Heinz Risse, writer
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1898
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Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill)
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1899
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Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM)
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1903
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Countee Cullen, US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl)
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1903
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Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes)
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1904
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Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches)
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1905
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Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928)
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1908
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Camille Schmit, composer
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1908
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Kurt Bruggemann, composer
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1908
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Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler
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1909
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Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute)
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1911
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Dennis Gomm, musician
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1912
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Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar/naturalist
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1912
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Jack Cowie, cricketer (successful NZ fast bowler either side of WWII)
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1913
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Frankie Laine, Chicago Ill, actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide)
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1913
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Gottfried Reinhardt, theatre producer
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1913
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Richard Helms, CIA head (1966-73)
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1914
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Sonny Boy Williamson, [John Lee], blues musician (Down & Out Blues)
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1917
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Els Aarne, composer
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1917
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Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace)
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1917
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Rudolf Bruci, composer
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1918
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John Gray, FRS/marine biologist
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1918
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Joseph Allen Jr, Boston MA, actor (Death of a Champion)
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1919
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McGeorge Bundy, Boston, national security adviser (JFK)
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1919
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Ramsay Ames, actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
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1920
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Turhan Bey, Vienna Austria, actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
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1921
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Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire
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1921
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Kan Ishii, composer
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1921
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Oto Ferenczy, composer
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1922
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German Germanovich Galinin, composer
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1922
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J F Coates, naval architect
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1922
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Peter Jona Korn, composer
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1923
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Herbert Asmodi, writer
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1924
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Milko Kelemen, composer
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1925
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Ivo Malek, composer
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1925
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John Wells, MP
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1926
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John Heddle Nash, singer
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1926
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Lord Rayner
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1926
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Ray McAnally, Ireland, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian)
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1926
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Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph)
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1927
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Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
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1927
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Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares)
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1927
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Wally Grout, cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper)
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1928
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Diether de la Motte, composer
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1928
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Richard Trant, Brit general
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1928
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Tom Sharpe, English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want)
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1929
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Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
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1929
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Shirley Stoler, Brooklyn NY, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)
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1930
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Browne-Wilkinson, lord
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1930
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David Staple, joint pres (Council of Churches for Brit & Ireland)
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1930
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John Astin, Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Addams Family)
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1930
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Rolf Harris, Australian/British cartoonist
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1931
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Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut
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1931
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Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
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1931
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Sandor Szokolay, composer
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1932
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A J Zuckerman, Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)
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1933
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Jean-Claude Brialy, Aumale Algeria, actor (Circle of Love, Cousins)
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1934
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Lord Tanlaw
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1935
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Alan Jackson, CEO (BTR)
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1935
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Gordon Mumma, composer
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1935
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John Charles Eaton, composer
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1936
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Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)
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1936
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Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)
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1937
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J S Jennings, CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Co)
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1937
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Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters)
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1937
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Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth
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1937
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Warren Beatty, Richmond Va, actor (Bonnie & Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy)
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1938
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Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)
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1940
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Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema)
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1940
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Jerry Lucas, Middletown OH, NBA center (Oly-gold-60, NY Knicks)
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1940
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Norman Gifford, cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
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1941
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Brendan O'Friel, CEO (Prison Governors Assn)
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1941
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Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- )
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1941
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Ron Johnston, Vice-Chancellor (Essex U)
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1941
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Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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1942
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George Esson, Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway)
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1942
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Graeme Edge, England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams)
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1943
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Bob Blewett, cricketer (father of Greg South Aust batsman 1975-79)
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1944
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Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
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1945
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Eric Clapton, Ripley England, singer/guitarist (Tears in Heaven)
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1948
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Dave Ball, rocker (Procul Harum)
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1948
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Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy)
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1948
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Justin Deas, Penn, actor (Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers)
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1948
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M A King, FBA, economist
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1948
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Nigel Jones, British MP
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1949
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Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer/director/writer
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1949
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Sue Cook, British broadcaster
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1950
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Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- )
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1950
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Eugene Bowen, composer (Wonder's Edge)
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1950
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Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
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1951
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John Gosden, racehorse trainer
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1955
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Randy Wanwarmer, Denver, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most)
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1957
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Elena V Kondakova, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)
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1957
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Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You)
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1957
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Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, STS 84)
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1958
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Joseph Paul Sindelar, Ft Knox KY, PGA golfer (BC Open-1985, 87)
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1959
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Daniel Seifried, Kitchener Ont, Canadia Tour golfer (1981 Thunder Bay)
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1960
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William D Johnson, US alpine skier
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1962
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M C Hammer, [Stanley Kirk Burrell], Oakland Ca, rapper (Hammer Time)
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1963
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Jenny Lidback, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
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1963
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Lomas Brown, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals)
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1964
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Corey Millen, Cloquet, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
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1964
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Dave Ellett, Cleveland, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
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1964
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Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car)
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1965
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Karel Novacek, Prostejov Czech, tennis star (1994 Hilversum)
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1965
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Piers Morgan, editor (Daily Mirror)
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1967
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Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210)
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1967
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Julie Richardson, Auckland NZ, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra)
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1968
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Celine Dion, Quebec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman)
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1968
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Donna D'Errico, Dothan AL, playmate (Sep, 1995)
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1969
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Marco Foddis, pop drummer (Pestilence)
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1969
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Mark Astley, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
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1970
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George Coghill, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
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1970
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Mark Consuelos, Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children)
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1970
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Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973)
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1970
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Shane Bertsch, Denver CO, Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th)
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1971
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Mari Holden, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Brenden Stai, NFL guard (Pitts Steelers)
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1972
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Matt Joyce, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Cardinals, Seahawks, Claymores)
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1972
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Peggy Zlotkowski, Miss France-Universe (1989)
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1973
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Caroline Ramagos, Miss Mississippi USA (1996)
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1973
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Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, 100m/long jumper
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1973
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Melinda Penn, Miss British virgin islands Universe (1997)
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1973
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Rodney Thomas, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
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1973
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[Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson, Ithaca NY, long jumper
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1974
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Martin Love, cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995)
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1976
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Chris Canty, cornerback (New England Patriots)
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1976
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Toby Gowin, punter (Dallas Cowboys)
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1978
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Wendy Christina Roberts, Miss South Carolina Teen USA (1996)
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1980
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Liriel Higa, LA Calif, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
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1983
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?, California condor chick, SD Calif, 1st born in captivity hatches
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DEATHS
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988
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Arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies
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1202
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Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies
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1547
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Franois I of Valois-Angoulme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52
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1707
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Sbastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73
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1757
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Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
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1764
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Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68
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1840
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George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies
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1864
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Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52
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1871
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W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
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1872
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Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76
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1873
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Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
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1875
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Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
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1879
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David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
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1879
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Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
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1884
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Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
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1906
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Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73
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1910
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Jean Moras, [Y Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies at 53
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1912
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Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
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1925
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Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64
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1926
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Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
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1935
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Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
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1942
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Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81
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1945
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Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71
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1946
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John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59
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1948
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Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi
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1949
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Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
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1949
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Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
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1950
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Lon Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies at 77
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1953
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Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
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1955
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Harl McDonald, US composer (Santa F Trail), dies at 55
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1960
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Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
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1960
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Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
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1961
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P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
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1963
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Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69
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1964
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Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
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1966
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Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
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1966
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Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
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1969
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Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34
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1971
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Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
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1972
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Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
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1972
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Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
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1974
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Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79
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1975
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Peter Bamm, writer, dies
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1976
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Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
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1977
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Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88
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1978
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George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
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1978
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Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
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1979
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Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
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1981
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Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
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1981
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Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies
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1983
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P l Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79
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1984
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Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies
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1985
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Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
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1986
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James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
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1986
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John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
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1989
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Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
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1991
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Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
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1992
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Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
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1992
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Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies
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1993
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Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
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1993
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Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
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1994
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Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66
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1994
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Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79
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1995
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Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
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1995
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Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
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1995
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Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82
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1995
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Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
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1996
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Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
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1996
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Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79
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