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Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius
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1437
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Farmer uprising in Transsylvania
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1502
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Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage
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1544
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Charles V of Germany & Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
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1544
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English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne
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1544
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Peace of Crpy: German emperor Charles V & French king Franois I
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1573
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Spanish attack Alkmaar
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1635
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Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France
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1679
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New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1739
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Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
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1755
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Ft Ticonderoga, NY opens
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1759
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Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
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1769
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John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US)
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1789
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1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
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1793
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Pres Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
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1809
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Royal Opera House in London opens
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1810
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Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)
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1811
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English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies
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1812
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Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses & 1,000 churchs
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1830
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Horse beats 1st US made locomotive (near Baltimore)
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1838
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Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden
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1842
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1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published
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1846
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Elizabeth Barrett & R Browning exchange last letters before eloping
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1848
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Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner
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1849
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De Kempenaer's Dutch govt resigns
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1850
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Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850
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1851
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NY Times starts publishing (2 a copy)
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1862
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Confederate armies officially divide into corps
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1862
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General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia
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1864
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Battle of Martinsburg WV
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1873
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Govt bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St
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1881
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Chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment
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1882
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Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
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1888
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Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" (BG)
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1891
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Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
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1895
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Booker T Washington delivera "Atlanta Compromise" address
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1895
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D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor
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1897
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Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC
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1898
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Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan
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1903
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Phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chic Cubs, 10-0
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1905
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Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam
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1908
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Cleve Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1
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1909
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Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det
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1910
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25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage
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1911
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Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown
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1911
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Louis Napoleon Parker's "Disraeli," premieres in NYC
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1914
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Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
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1914
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Gen von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front
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1914
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Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
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1914
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South African troops land in German South West Africa
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1915
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Boston Braves trounce St Louis Cardinals 20-1
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1918
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Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts
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1919
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Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage
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1919
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Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast
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1922
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2nd govt of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Neth
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1922
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Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by NY's Joe Bush
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1922
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Hungary admitted to League of Nations
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1924
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Govt routes 7 Provinces to Peking
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1925
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Bill Tilden wins 6th straight US tennis championship
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1926
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46th US Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64)
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1926
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Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250
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1926
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Jean Rene Lacoste wins US Tennis Open
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1927
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18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is NYC affiliate)
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1928
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Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928
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1928
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Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above Channel
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1929
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Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
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1929
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Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable," premieres in NYC
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1930
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Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup
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1930
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NY Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6
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1930
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Phila A's win AL championship for 2nd year in a row
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1931
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Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo
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1934
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St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1
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1934
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USSR admitted to League of Nations
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1938
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Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0
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1938
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Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10
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1939
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Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania
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1940
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19 German aircrafts shot down above England
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1940
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Elmer Harris' "Johnny Belinda," premieres in NYC
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1940
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Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani
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1942
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
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1943
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Cardinals clinch NL pennant
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1943
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Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful)
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1944
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British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed
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1944
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Eindhoven free (Lightly Day)
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1944
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US 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne
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1945
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1000 whites walk out of Gary Ind schools to protest integration
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1946
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Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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1947
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National Security Act, passes
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1947
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USAF (US Air Force) forms
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1948
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"Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 14 perfs
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1948
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Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)
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1948
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Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine
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1949
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Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
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1950
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Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
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1954
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Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)
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1954
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KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (ABC) 1st broadcast
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1955
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open
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1955
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Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock)
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1956
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Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a seaon
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1957
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"Wagon Train" premieres
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1957
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Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels
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1959
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Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
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1960
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
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1961
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1962
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Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
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1962
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Charlie Finley is denied permission to move A's to Dallas-Ft Worth
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1962
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Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN
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1962
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1963
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Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1
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1963
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USSR orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia
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1964
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Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie
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1964
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USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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1965
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"Get Smart" premieres
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1965
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Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
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1966
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
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1967
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Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
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1968
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Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
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1969
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Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky get engaged
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1971
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19th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 18«-13« at Old Warson CC Mo
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1972
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1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
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1973
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German FR & German DR admitted to UN
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1974
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Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die
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1975
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Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF
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1976
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Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player
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1976
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Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election
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1976
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Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention
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1976
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Rock Music Award
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1977
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All 4 Kiss members release solo albums
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1977
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Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore
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1977
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Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
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1977
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Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship
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1977
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US Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth & Moon together
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1979
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Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov defect
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1979
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Steven Lachs, appointed Calif's 1st admittedly gay judge
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1979
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The Who opens NYC concerts at MSG
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1980
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"Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris
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1980
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Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base
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1980
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Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
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1982
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Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
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1983
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George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
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1983
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
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1983
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Lebanese & Syrian army battle
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1983
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New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chic Bears 34-31
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1984
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Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic
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1984
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Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)
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1984
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Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons
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1985
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"Song & Dance" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 474 performances
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1985
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BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
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1986
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David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
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1987
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Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs
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1987
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US & Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles
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1987
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1988
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Burma suspends its constitution
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1988
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Coup in Haiti
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1988
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Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
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1989
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Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
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1990
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500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
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1990
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Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
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1991
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John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
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1991
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NCAA places Tenn on 2 yrs probation for football recruting violations
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1991
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Robert Helmick resigns as pres of US Olympic Committee
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1991
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Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
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1993
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Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994
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1993
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LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins
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1993
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Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, & Yanks rally to beat Boston
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1994
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1st Presidents Golf Cup: US beats Intl team 20-12 at Robert Jones Va
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1994
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Austrian conservative VP wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5%
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1994
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Deb Richard wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
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1994
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Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS
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1994
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Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election
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1995
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Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns
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1995
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Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands
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1996
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Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
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1997
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Seve Ballesteros & Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
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1997
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Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN
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BIRTHS
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1574
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Claudio Achillini, Italian lawyer/poet
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1636
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Pietro Sanmartini, composer
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1684
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Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
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1713
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Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher
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1733
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George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
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1750
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Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
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1752
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Adrien-Marie Lagendre, mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals
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1752
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Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
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1765
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Oliver Holden, composer
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1772
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Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
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1779
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Joseph Story, Mass, 19th Supreme Court justice (1812-45)
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1786
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Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
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1787
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Johann D Passavant, German historian/painter/graphic artist
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1805
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Robert Cowdin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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1815
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Henry Constantine Wayne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1818
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Marcellus Augustus Stovall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1838
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Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh
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1860
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Alberto Franchetti, composer
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1863
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Hermann Kutter, Swiss Christ-social theologist
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1870
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Clark Wissler, anthropologist (American Indian)
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1874
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Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)
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1876
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Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Pesme)
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1877
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Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest/songwriter (Under the Snow)
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1883
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Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood)
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1885
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Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer
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1890
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Vladimir Ambros, composer
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1893
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Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba)
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1893
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Frederic Mars, Spanish sculptor
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1893
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William March, [Campbell], US, writer (Company K)
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1895
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John G Diefenbaker, Neustadt Ontario, 13th Canadian PM (C) (1957-63)
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1897
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John Mens, writer (People Without Money)
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1897
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Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer
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1901
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Harold Clurman, producer/director (Deadline at Dawn)
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1905
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Agnes De Mille, NYC, choreographer (Oklahoma)
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1905
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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Oakland Calif, actor (Jack Benny Show)
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1905
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Greta Garbo, Stockholm, actress (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille)
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1906
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Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli) [OS=Sept 5]
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1907
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Edwin M McMillan, US, physicist/discoverer plutonium (Nobel prize)
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1908
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Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer (Stalin Prize 1946, 50)
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1910
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Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi
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1910
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Josef Tal, composer
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1910
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Leon Stein, composer
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1915
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Hetta Empson, artist
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1915
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Ronald Ogden, engineer
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1916
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John J Rhodes, (Rep-R-Az)
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1916
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Rossano Brazzi, Bolognia Italy, actor/director (Antaeus-Survivors)
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1917
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Alan Ande Anderson, opera director
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1917
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Gerrit Borgers, literature
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1918
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John Berger, politician
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1920
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Jack Warden, Newark NJ, actor (NYPD, Crazy Like a Fox, Norby)
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1923
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J T Mellema, Boer politician (CHU)
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1924
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Zelda Fichandler, Boston, theater director/producer (Raisin, K2)
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1925
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Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher (pitched perfect game into 12th)
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1926
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Bud Greenspan, documentary maker (Olympic Games)
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1928
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Adam Walacinski, composer
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1928
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Phyllis Kirk, Syracuse NY, actress (Thin Man, Red Button's Show)
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1929
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June Rosemary Fisher, teacher/trade unionist
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1929
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Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
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1932
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Jack Mullaney, Pitts Pa, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time)
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1932
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Nikolai N Rukavishnikov, Siberia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33)
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1932
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Valery Viktorovich Ryumin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37)
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1933
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Jimmie Rodgers, WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb)
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1933
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Manfred Niehaus, composer
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1933
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Robert Blake, Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
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1933
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Robert F Bennett, (Sen-R Utah)
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1933
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Roman Polanski, Paris France, director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown)
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1933
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Scotty Bowman, NHL player/coach (Mont Canadians)
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1933
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V L Ponomaryova, cosmonaut
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1933
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Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova, cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup)
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1937
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Norman Dinnerstein, composer
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1939
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Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- )
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1939
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Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People)
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1939
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Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
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1940
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Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
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1941
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Clive Burton, neuropathologist
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1941
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Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer
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1941
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Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress (Flash Gordon, Summer Night)
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1942
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Koos van den Berg, Dutch MP (SGP)
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1943
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Michael Vetter, composer
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1944
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Charles Lacy Veach, Chicago Illinois, astronaut (STS 39, STS 52)
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1944
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Michael Franks, rocker
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1946
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Alan "Bam" King, rocker
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1947
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Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast)
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1949
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Jim McCrery, (Rep-R-Louisiana)
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1949
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Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rock guitarist (Kansas)
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1950
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Helene Weijel, author (In the Street Without a Coat)
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1950
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Mike Hossack, Patterson NJ, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
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1951
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Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones)
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1954
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Murtaza Bhutto, politician
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1954
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Takao Doi, Tokyo Japan, astronaut (STS 87)
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1955
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Jeana Tomasino, Milwaukee Wis, playmate (Nov, 1980)
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1958
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Lita Rossana Ford, London England, metal guitarist (Kiss Me Deadly)
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1959
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Ryne Sandberg, Spokane WA, infielder (Chic Cubs)
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1960
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Kim Wilde, [Kim Smith], Chiswick England, vocalist
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1961
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Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery Ala, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
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1961
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Sharon Barrett, San Diego, LPGA golfer (1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore-22nd)
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1962
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Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Human League)
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1963
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Rich Weiss, Munich Germany, US slalom single kayak (Olympics-6th-96)
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1964
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Holly Robinson, Phila, actress (21 Jump Street)
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1964
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Marco Masini, Italian entertainer
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1965
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Monique Klemann, singer (Los Lane)
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1966
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Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star
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1966
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Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac) [or Feb 4]
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1967
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Ricky Bell, Boston Mass, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe)
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1967
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Tara Fitzgerald, Sussex England, actress (Siren)
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1968
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Toni Kukoc, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
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1969
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Robert Coons, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
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1970
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Everett Lindsay, NFL guard/center (Minn Vikings)
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1970
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Gary Rogers, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1970
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Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987)
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1970
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Mike Compton, NFL center/guard (Detroit Lions)
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1971
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Jada Pinkett, actress (Jason's Lyric, Menace II Society)
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1971
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Kate Starre, Armadale Australia, field hockey utility (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Lance Armstrong, Plano Texas, road cyclist (Olympics-6th-92, 96)
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1971
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Oleg Ladik, Kiev Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
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1971
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Ron Childs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
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1972
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Franois Gesthuizen, soccer player (PSV, NAC)
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1972
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Michael Landes, actor (American Summer)
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1972
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Richard Huntley, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
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1978
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Shelly Moore, Miss Teen USA (Tennessee, 1997)
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DEATHS
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31
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Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
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96
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Domitian, Roman emperor, dies
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993
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Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle
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1137
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Erik II Eimune, [Onvergetelijke], king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered
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1180
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Louis VII, King of France, dies
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1261
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Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies
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1426
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Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies
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1684
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Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
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1721
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Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies
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1735
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Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
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1759
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James Wolfe & the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed
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1775
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Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies
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1783
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Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies
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1792
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Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies
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1797
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Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies
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1818
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Olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies
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1827
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Robert Pollok, poet, dies
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1830
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William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies
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1831
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Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60
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1857
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Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72
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1860
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Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies
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1860
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Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies
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1872
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Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies
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1890
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Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67
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1894
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Rafael N£¤ez, president (Colombia)/writer (La fonolgia Moderna), dies
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1896
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Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies
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1903
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Isidor Vorobchievici, composer, dies at 67
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1903
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Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer, dies at 79
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1904
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Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies
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1905
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George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80
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1911
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Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49 [NS=Oct 1]
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1918
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Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33
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1924
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Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies
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1929
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Hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85
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1934
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Marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
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1944
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Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem
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1944
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Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (1933-39), dies at 75
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1944
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Hubert Ahaus, chaplin (Godsrijk), dies at 67
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1944
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Paul Grbner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem
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1944
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Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem
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1944
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Robert Cole, US lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best
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1949
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Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59
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1949
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Theodor Zckler, German theologist (Jodenzending), dies at 82
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1951
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John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies
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1952
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Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies
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1952
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Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da R dio), dies at 61
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1960
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A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies
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1961
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Dag Hammarskjld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56
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1962
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Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64
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1964
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Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Playboy of Western World), dies at 84
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1966
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Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85
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1966
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Jeno Vecsey, composer, dies at 57
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1968
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Franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63
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1968
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Francis McDonald, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77
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1968
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Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 65
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1969
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Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66
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1970
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Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27
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1973
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Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80
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1973
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Tho Lefvre, premier Belgium, dies
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1974
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Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74
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1975
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Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58
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1979
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Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60
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1980
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K A Porter, writer, dies at 90
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1994
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Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44
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1994
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Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40
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1995
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Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73
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1995
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Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London), dies at 64
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1995
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Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist, dies at 47
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1996
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Spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77
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1997
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Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87
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1997
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Jimmy Witherspoon, singer, dies at 65
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