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1077
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German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
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1189
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Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
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1276
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Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocence V
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1324
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Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
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1522
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Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
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1542
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Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
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1604
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Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
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1664
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Count Mikl¢s of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
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1677
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1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
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1732
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Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
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1789
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1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published
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1793
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Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
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1799
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Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced
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1813
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Pineapple introduced to Hawaii (or 01/111)
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1818
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Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
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1821
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Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die
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1824
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Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
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1827
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Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
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1830
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Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
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1846
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1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"
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1853
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Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass
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1861
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Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign
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1863
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City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
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1874
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Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa," premieres in Vienna
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1879
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Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem," premieres in Copenhagen
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1880
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1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis
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1887
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Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
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1890
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1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
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1894
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Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec
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1901
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Clyde Fitch's "Climbers," premieres in NYC
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1903
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"Wizard of Oz," premieres in NYC
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1903
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Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam
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1903
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International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle NYC
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1904
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Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno
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1907
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Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for Stanley Cup
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1908
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August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten," premieres in Stockholm
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1908
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NYC regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
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1910
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British-Russian military intervention in Persia
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1913
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Aristide Briand forms French govt
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1915
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Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
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1919
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Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
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1922
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1st slalom ski race run, Mrren, Switzerland
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1925
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Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres
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1926
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Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties
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1927
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1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
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1929
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Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End," premieres in London
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1932
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USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty
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1935
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12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Wash (state record)
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1935
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WFI-AM in Philadelphia Penn merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
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1935
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Wilderness Society forms
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1938
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Dutch govt starts obligatory unemployment insurance
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1939
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George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in NYC
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1939
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
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1939
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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1940
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Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship
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1941
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1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
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1941
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1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport, TX
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1941
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Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya
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1941
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British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned
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1942
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Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
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1942
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Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"
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1942
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Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
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1942
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Tito's partisans occupy Foca
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1943
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Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
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1943
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Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk
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1943
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Vice-admiral Cunningham appointed Brit adm of fleet
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1944
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447 German bombers attack London
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1944
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649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
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1945
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British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
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1946
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"Nellie Bly" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1947
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"Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 288 performances
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1947
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Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel
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1948
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W Indies v England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes & Jim Laker
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1949
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1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
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1950
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"Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater NYC after 460 performances
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1950
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NY jury finds former State Dept official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
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1950
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T S Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in NYC
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1951
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
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1952
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Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
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1953
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John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
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1954
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1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (NYC)
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1956
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"Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden NYC after 849 perfs
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1956
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William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of New Yorker
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1957
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KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1958
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KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1958
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Phillies agree to televise 78 games into NYC (doesn't happen)
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1960
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Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
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1960
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Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning
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1961
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"Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 8 performances
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1961
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KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1961
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Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria
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1962
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JFK arrives in Uruguay
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1962
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
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1962
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Snow falls in SF
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1964
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Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
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1965
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Persians premier Ali Mansoer injured
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1966
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Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
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1967
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AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23
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1967
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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1967
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
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1968
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AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24
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1968
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NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20
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1968
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US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
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1969
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22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal
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1970
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Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London
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1971
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"Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV
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1972
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Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
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1972
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Belgium govt of Eyskens-Cools forms
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1972
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Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
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1972
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Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
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1973
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3rd NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 33-28
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1973
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Leslie Nielson appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"
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1974
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Gold hits record $161.31/silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
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1975
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28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montreal
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1976
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Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
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1977
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Italy legalizes abortion
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1977
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Pres Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
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1978
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Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
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1979
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Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
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1979
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Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz
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1979
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Superbowl XIII: Pitts Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB
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1980
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Gold hits record $850 an ounce
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1980
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Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
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1981
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"Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 54 performances
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1981
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Bernhard Goetz is assault for 1st time on a NY subway train
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1982
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"Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 36 performances
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1982
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NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
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1983
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
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1983
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Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
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1984
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
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1985
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-19øF (-28øC), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record)
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1985
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-34øF (-37øC), Mt Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)
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1985
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Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
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1985
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Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
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1986
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100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38øF (3øC), Indiana
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1986
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Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
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1986
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Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
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1987
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BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi
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1988
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US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
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1989
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A woman is assaulted & raped in room of an Okla football player
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1989
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Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
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1990
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41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh
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1990
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Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players assn exec director
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1990
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John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open; for
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1990
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
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1991
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CBS News correspondant Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf
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1993
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Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
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1993
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Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
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1994
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Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)
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1994
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Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane of chopping off spouse's penis
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1995
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52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange
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1996
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53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta
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1996
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Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
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1996
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
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1998
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Pope John Paul II visits Cuba
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BIRTHS
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1337
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Charles V, the Wise, king of France (1364-80)
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1571
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John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
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1659
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Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
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1735
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Johann Gottfried Eckard, composer
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1743
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John Fitch, inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
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1746
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Johann H Pestalozzi, Zurich Switz, educator (Leonard & Gertrude) [NS]
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1751
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Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer
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1759
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Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot
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1762
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Giuseppe Antonio Silvani, composer
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1771
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Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director
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1775
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Manuel Garcia, composer
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1792
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Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
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1796
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John Gelinde van Blom, Frisian notary/author
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1801
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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer
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1813
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John C Frmont, [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Gov (AZ)
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1814
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Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer
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1815
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Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
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1821
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John Cabell Breckinridge, (D) 14th US VP (1857-61)/mjr-gen (Confed)
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1823
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Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer
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1824
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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed)
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1829
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Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
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1833
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Norman Willis, union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
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1840
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Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician
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1848
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Henri Duparc, French composer
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1855
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John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer
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1859
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Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer
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1865
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Heinrich E Albers-Schnberg, German rntgenologist
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1867
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James Marcus, actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger)
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1867
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Maxime Weygard, French general/gov-gen (Algeria)
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1867
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Willem C Royaards, Dutch theater director (Summer Games)
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1872
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Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
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1872
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Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, Dutch foreign minister
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1875
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John Lindworsky, German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille)
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1875
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Paul E Kahle, Germany, professor of oriental studies
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1878
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Egon Friedell, Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
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1883
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Olav Aukrust, Norway, poet
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1884
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Katie Sandwina, Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
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1884
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Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
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1885
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Huddie Ledbetter, "Leadbelly", blues singer [or 12/1/89, 1/29/89]
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1885
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Umberto Nobile, Italian general
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1886
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Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
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1887
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Alfred Henry Ackley, composer
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1887
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Wolfgang Khler, Ger/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes)
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1889
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Bert Collins, cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WW I years)
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1889
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Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility)
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1891
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Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese runner
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1891
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Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer
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1891
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Timothy Mather Spelman, composer
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1897
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J Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan)
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1898
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Avery Claflin, composer
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1898
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John George, Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
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1904
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Joseph Ford McGuinn, Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men)
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1904
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Richard P Blackmur, Mass, critic/poet (Good European)
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1905
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Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look)
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1906
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Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer
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1906
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John Putz, journalist
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1908
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Bengt Strmgren, Gteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
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1909
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Todor Skalovski, composer
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1910
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Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire
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1911
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Stanley William Reed, cineaste
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1912
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Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964)
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1915
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Alan Hewitt, NYC, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian)
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1916
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[JW] Al James Woodie exander, songwriter/vocalist
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1917
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Rohan Butler, historian
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1918
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Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist
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1919
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Jinx Falkenburg, Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party)
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1920
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Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian
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1920
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Errol Walton Barrow, PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986-87)
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1920
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Torsten Nilsson, composer
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1921
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Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
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1921
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John Doucette, Brockton Mass, actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
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1921
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Todor Popov, composer
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1922
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Jean P Vroom, Dutch sculptor
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1922
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Paul Scofield, Hurst England, actor (Man for All Seasons, Train)
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1923
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Judith Merril, [Josephine Juliet Grossman], sci-fi writer
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1924
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Benny Hill, Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
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1924
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Telly Savalas, Garden City NJ, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)
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1925
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Lola Flores, Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)
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1925
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Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock, railway writer
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1926
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Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer
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1926
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Paul Burke, New Orleans La, actor (Neal-Dynasty) [or Jul 21]
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1926
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Raf Reymen, Flemish actor
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1926
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Steve Reeves, Glasgow Montana, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
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1930
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Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russia, cosmonaut
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1932
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Boris Shakhlin, Russia, gymnast (Olympic-gold-1956-60-64)
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1933
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Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
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1933
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William Wrigley III, chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
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1935
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Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene Tx, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie)
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1939
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Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes)
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1939
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Wolfman Jack, [Bob Smith], Bkln NY, DJ (Midnight Special)
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1940
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Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76)
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1940
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Marquis of Tavistock, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
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1941
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Edwin Starr, [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War)
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1941
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Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly)
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1941
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Richie Havens, Bkln, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun)
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1942
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Mac Davis, Lubbock Tx, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40)
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1944
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John Kenneth Tavener, composer
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1944
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Neely Bruce, composer
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1945
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Andrew Stein, pres of NYC council (D)
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1945
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Chris Britton, rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine)
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1946
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Vincent Placoly, Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive)
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1947
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Jill Eikenberry, New Haven Ct, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project)
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1947
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Jimmy Ibbotson, Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
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1950
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Billy Ocean, [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Caribbean Queen)
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1950
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Joseph R Tanner, Danville Ill, astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk: 97)
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1950
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Richie Ranno, rocker
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1953
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Fausto Bara, Mexico, actor (Gaucho-Renegades)
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1955
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Peter Fleming, NJ, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83)
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1955
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Robby Benson, Dallas Tx, actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen)
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1956
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Bob Brill, NYC, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
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1957
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Geena [Virginia] Davis, Wareham Mass, actress (Beetlejuice, Fly)
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1957
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Jacob Green, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk)
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1957
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Shaukat Dukanwala, cricketer (Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996)
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1958
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Miguel Alejandro, NYC, actor (Popi)
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1961
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Gabrielle Carteris, Phoenix Az, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210)
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1961
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Sherry Ramsay, Stauton Va, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns)
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1963
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Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park GA, LPGA golfer (1993 Sun-Times Challenge)
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1963
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Detlef Schrempf, Germany, NBA forward (Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics)
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1963
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Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, Nigeria, NBA center (Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
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1963
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Jessie Hester, NFL player (St Louis Rams)
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1965
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Brian Bradley, Kitchener, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1965
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Cordell Crockett, rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
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1965
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Eric Moore, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns)
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1965
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Tania Abitbol, Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
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1966
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Chris Hammond, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
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1966
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Katrine Michaelsen, Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark (1984)
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1967
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Ulf Stenlund, Sweden, tennis star
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1968
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Charlotte Ross, Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives)
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1968
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Tom Urbani, Santa Cruz CA, pitcher (St Louis Cards, Detroit Tigers)
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1969
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Ashley Sheppard, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1969
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Matt Willig, NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Jets)
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1969
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Rusty Greer, Ft Rucker AL, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
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1969
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Ted Long, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1970
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Brennan Little, St Thomas Ont, golfer (1994 Western States mini-tour)
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1970
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Ian Salisbury, cricketer (Sussex & England leg-spinner 1992-96)
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1971
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Doug Edwards, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1971
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Doug Weight, Warren MI, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98)
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1971
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Tommy Puett, Gary Ind, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10)
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1972
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Alan Benes, Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
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1972
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Howard Nathan, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
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1972
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Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1973
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Bubba Miller, corner (Philadelphia Eagles)
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1973
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Grady Jackson, defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
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1973
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Jamal Cox, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
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1974
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Jerald Sowell, fullback (NY Jets)
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1974
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Jerry Wunsch, tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1974
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Orpheus Roye, defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1975
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Anette Oldenborg, Miss Universe-Denmark (1996)
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1975
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Faghma Absalom, Miss Universe-Namibia (1996)
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1975
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Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
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1976
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Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas (1997, top 6)
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1976
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Emma Lee Bunton, "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls)
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1976
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Lynn Thomas, Newport News VA, playmate (May 1997)
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1979
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Kelly Gaudet, Miss Florida Teen USA (1996)
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1980
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Aubrie Rippner, LA Calif, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18)
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DEATHS
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879
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Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
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1118
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Paschalis II, [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
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1596
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John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
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1609
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Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
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1626
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John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
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1665
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Domenico Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 72
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1665
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Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
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1670
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Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80
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1683
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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
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1686
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Nicolas-Franois Blondel, French architect, dies
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1704
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Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
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1746
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Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer, dies at 60
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1774
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Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
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1793
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Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
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1815
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M Claudius, writer, dies at 74
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1831
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Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
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1851
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Gustav Albert Lortzing, composer, dies at 49
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1862
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Bozena Nemcov , [Barnora Panklov ], Czech author, dies at 41
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1871
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John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
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1872
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Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
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1882
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Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72
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1883
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Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62
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1884
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Auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75
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1888
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Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83
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1891
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Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48
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1892
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John Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
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1894
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Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24
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1903
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Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58
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1924
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53
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1926
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Camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
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1927
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Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
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1931
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Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67
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1932
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[Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51
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1942
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Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
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1943
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Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
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1944
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Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
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1944
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Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down
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1948
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72
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1950
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George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46
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1954
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Billy Jenkins, dies at 69
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1955
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Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
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1957
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Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
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1959
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Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77
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1959
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Lamar Stringfield, composer, dies at 61
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1961
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Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tu), dies at 73
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1961
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John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday
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1962
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Andr Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76
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1963
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Al St John, actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
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1963
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Franz Jung, writer, dies at 74
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1964
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Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
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1965
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Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
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1967
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Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51
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1971
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Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
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1974
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Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
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1974
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Ken Viljoen, cricketer (played 27 Tests for S Africa 1930-47), dies
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1974
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Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78
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1975
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Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
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1977
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John Vincent, composer, dies at 74
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1977
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Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76
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1981
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Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
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1984
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Jackie Wilson, US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
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1985
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Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
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1987
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Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
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1988
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Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
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1991
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Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
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1991
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Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
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1991
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Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74
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1992
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William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
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1994
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Basel al-Assad, Syrian pres Assad son, dies in car accident at 31
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1995
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Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25
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1995
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John Halas, animator, dies at 82
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1995
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Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
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1996
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Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
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1996
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Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
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1997
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Colonel Tom Parker, manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
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1997
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Dennis Main Wilson, TV/radio producer, dies at 72
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1997
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Michael Duane, educationalist, dies at 81
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