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837
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Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
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989
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Battle at Abydos: Byzantine emperor Basilius II beats Bardas Phocas
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1055
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Bishop Gebhard van Eichsttt named Pope Victor II
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1111
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Pope Paschalis II crowns Roman catholics-German king Hendrik II
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1180
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Republic day of Gelnhausen
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1204
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Crusaders occupy Constantinople
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1241
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Battle at Theiss: Mongols beat Hungarian King Bla IV
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1346
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Pope Clemens VI declares German emperor Louis of Bavaria, envoy
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1367
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Battle at N jera Spain: Castili & England beat Arag¢n & France
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1517
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Osmaanse army occupies Cairo
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1556
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Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
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1598
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Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots
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1640
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English Short Parliament forms (- May 5)
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1668
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John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate
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1741
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Dutch people protest bad quality of bread
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1741
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Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich
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1742
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George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" performed for 1st time (Dublin)
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1759
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French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
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1796
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1st elephant arrives in US from India
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1796
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Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians
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1808
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William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance
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1829
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English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics
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1834
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HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
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1842
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Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope
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1849
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Hungarian Republic proclaimed
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1860
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1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento Calif
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1861
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After 34 hours of bombardment, Ft Sumter surrenders to Confederates
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1863
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Battle of Irish Bend, LA (Ft Bisland)
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1863
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Hospital for Ruptured & Crippled in NY is 1st orthopedic hospital
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1865
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Battle of Raleigh, NC
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1865
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Sherman's march through Georgia begins
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1869
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Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse)
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1870
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Metropolitan Museum of Art forms in NYC
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1873
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Colfax Massacre in Grant Parish Louisiana (60 blacks killed)
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1882
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Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
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1883
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Alfred Packer convicted of cannibalism
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1895
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" (BG)
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1902
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J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyo
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1904
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Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
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1904
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Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin
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1906
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Mutiny on Portuguese battleships Dom Carlos & Vasco da Gama
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1908
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Groundbreaking on Philadelphia's Shibe Park (home of A's & Phillies)
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1911
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Polo Grounds grandstand & left field bleachers go up in flames
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1912
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Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
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1914
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1st Federal League Game: Balt Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2
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1918
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Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital
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1919
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Amritsar Massacre-British Army fires on nationalist rioters in India
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1919
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British forces kill 100s of Indian Nationalists (Amritsar Massacre)
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1920
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1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
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1923
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Army wins 1st college three-weapon fencing championships
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1924
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Greek plebiscite for a republic
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1925
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Virginia Theater (ANTA, Guild) opens at 245 W 52nd St NYC
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1926
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At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout
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1926
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Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam
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1927
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties
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1928
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1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hnefeld-Khl)
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1932
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Kozakken Boys soccer team forms in Werkendam forms
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1933
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1st flight over Mount Everest (Lord Clydesdale)
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1933
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Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
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1934
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4.7 million US families report receiving welfare payments
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1934
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US Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act
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1936
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Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
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1938
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Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life," premieres in NYC
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1939
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W Saroyan's "My Heart's in the Highlands," premieres in NYC
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1940
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2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
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1940
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Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
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1940
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Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
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1941
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Heavy German assault on Tobruk
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1941
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Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect
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1943
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Catholic University Nijegen closes
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1943
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FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
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1943
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Nazi's discover mass grave of Polish officers near Katyn
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1944
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SC rejects black suffrage
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1944
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games
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1944
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Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
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1945
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Canadian army liberates Teuge & Assen Neth from Nazis
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1945
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Red Army occupy Wien (Vienna)
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1945
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US marines conquer Minna Shima off Okinawa
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1946
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Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage & price freeze over
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1946
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Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champ Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from field in Birmingham Alab
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1948
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75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus
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1949
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3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2
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1953
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1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
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1954
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Balt Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0
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1954
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Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
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1954
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Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
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1955
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20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)
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1956
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KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1957
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"Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
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1957
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11th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
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1957
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11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night & My Fair Lady win
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1957
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Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in US is temp halted
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1958
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12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello & Music Man win
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1959
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USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit
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1959
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Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
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1959
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Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists
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1960
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France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara
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1960
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Transit 1B, 1st navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
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1961
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"Carnival!" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
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1961
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UN General Assembly condemns South-Africa's apartheid
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1962
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Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record
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1962
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US steel industry forced to give up price increases
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1963
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Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit
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1963
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Pirate's Bob Friend balks 4 times in a game
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1964
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36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones," Sidney Poitier & Patricia Neal win
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1964
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Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
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1964
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New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
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1965
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1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by NY Sen Jacob Javits
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1965
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Beatles record "Help"
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1966
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Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
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1969
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33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281
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1970
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34th Golf Masters Championship: Billy Casper wins, shooting a 279
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1970
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Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon
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1970
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Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis freed
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1970
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Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation
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1972
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1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
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1975
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39th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 276
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1975
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Chad military coup by General Odingar
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1975
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Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
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1975
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Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead
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1976
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$2 bill re-introduced as US currency
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1976
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1st NBA playoff game for Cleve Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash
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1976
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Federal Reserve begins issuing $2 bicentennial notes
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1978
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Jackson slugs a 3-run HR in the 1st inning, & the field is showered
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1978
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NY Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day
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1979
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Christian Turks occupy St Jansbasiliek
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1979
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Longest doubles ping-pong match ends after 101 hours
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1979
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Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda
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1980
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"Grease" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 3,388 performances
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1980
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"Reggae" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 21 performances
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1980
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44th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 275
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1980
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
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1980
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Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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1980
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US boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow
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1981
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart"
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1981
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Wash Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
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1982
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Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2)
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1983
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Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago
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1983
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Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
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1983
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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11th Space Shuttle Mission (41C)-Challenger 5-returns to Earth
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1984
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India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
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1984
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Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
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1985
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"TASS" denounced US boycott of Moscow Olympics
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1985
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Atlantis ferried to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
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1985
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Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
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1985
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Katrin Drre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
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1985
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Ramiz Alia succeeds Enver Hoxha as party leader of Albania
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1986
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50th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 279
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1986
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Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
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1986
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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1986
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Pope John Paul II met Rome's Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff at Rome synagogue
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1986
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Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second
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1987
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1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
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1987
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Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
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1988
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Italy govt of De Mita forms
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1989
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"Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 12 perfs
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1990
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4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis
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1990
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Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
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1990
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NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1
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1991
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BPAA US Open by Pete Weber
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1992
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"2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 160 perfs
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1992
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5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands
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1992
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American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50%
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1992
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Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Providence, Denver & Dallas
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1992
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Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
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1992
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Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (NY Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
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1992
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Lou Conaseca retires as coach of St John's basketball team
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1992
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Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie
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1993
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"3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 40 performances
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1993
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14th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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1993
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Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," premieres in London
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1994
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President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death
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1994
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Target date for Israeli complete withdrawal, doesn't occur
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1994
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United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
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1995
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Yankees beat the Mets 2-0
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1996
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En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61
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1996
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Ottawa Senators eliminate Stanley Cup Champs NJ Devils from playoff
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1997
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"American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
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1997
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48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
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1997
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61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par)
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1997
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Hartford Whalers last NHL game
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1997
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NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
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1997
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Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the
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BIRTHS
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1519
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Catherine de' Mdici, Queen of Spain/daughter of Henry II
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1519
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De Medicis, queen consort (Henry II of France)
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1545
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Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II
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1593
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Thomas Wentworth, London, earl of Strafford/Viceroy of Ireland
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1626
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Aert Jansz van Nes, Lt-admiral, baptised
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1648
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Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic (quitisme)
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1713
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Pierre de Jelyotte, composer
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1721
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John Hanson, Maryland, 1st US Pres under Articles of Confederation
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1729
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Thomas Percy, English literary/bishop of Dromore
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1732
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Frederick North, (C) British PM (1770-82)
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1733
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Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
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1743
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Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, (D-R) 3rd pres (1801-09)
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1749
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Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count/vice-admiral
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1756
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Louis H J Cond, French prince
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1762
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Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth)
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1762
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Karl Friedrich Horn, composer
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1771
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Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor (South Holland)
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1771
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Richard Trevithick, Cornwall, inventor (steam locomotive)
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1784
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Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder
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1791
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Flix PBOG earl de Merode, Belgian minister of War/Finance
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1799
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Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist
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1799
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Joseph Rastrelli, composer
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1810
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Flicien C David, French composer (Perle du Brsil, Dsert)
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1816
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William Sterndale Bennett, composer
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1817
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Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels)
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1822
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Leroy Augustus Stafford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1822
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William Stephen Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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1828
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Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham
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1830
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Eduard Lassen, composer
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1832
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James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator)
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1847
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Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Neth East-Indies)
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1849
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Enrique Jos Varona, Cuban sociologist/psychologist
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1852
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Frank W Woolworth, 5 & 10 King (Woolworths)
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1854
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Richard T Ely, US economist (Hard Times)
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1860
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James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (De lampenjongen)
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1865
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Heinrich Reinhardt, composer
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1867
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Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)
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1868
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John Blackwood McEwen, composer
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1872
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A Roda Roda, writer
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1873
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Theodore Morse, composer
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1881
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Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ber Ideenflucht)
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1883
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Alexander Alexandrov, composer
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1883
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Demjan Bednyi, writer
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1885
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Gyrgy Luk cs, Hungarian philosopher (Zerstrung der Vernunft)
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1885
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Pieter S Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer/premier in London (1940-45)
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1886
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Ethel Leginska, composer
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1892
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Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF
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1892
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Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar)
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1894
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Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer
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1895
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Olga Rudge, violinist
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1895
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Olof R Jndel, Swedish poet
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1899
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Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer
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1899
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Alfred Moser Butts, game inventor (Scrabble)
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1899
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Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher
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1901
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Ren-Jean Pleven, French premier (1950-52)
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1902
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Duke of Marlborough
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1902
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Godfrey Kenton, actor (Well's Theater)
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1902
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Philippe de Rothschild, Paris, manager (Bordeaux Vineyard)
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1903
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Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara, Matchmaker)
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1904
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Georges Yves Marie Congar, dominican Theologian cardinal
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1906
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Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel)
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1906
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Samuel Beckett, French playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969)
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1907
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Harold Stassen, W St Paul Minn, (Gov-R-Minn) perennial pres candidate
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1909
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Eudora Welty, Jackson Ms, novelist (Optimist's Daughter-Pulitzer 1973)
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1909
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Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI)
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1909
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Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist
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1911
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Nino Sanzogno, composer
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1912
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Roy Winsor, Chicago, producer (Search for Tomorrow, Love of Life)
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1913
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Bernard Chacksfield, Air Vice-Marshal
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1913
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David Donald Albritton, Danville Al, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1936)
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1915
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Bert [Albert L F] Peleman, [Dirk Dyckmans], Flemish writer
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1915
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R N Coote, Bishop (Colchester)
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1915
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Stephan Hermlin, writer
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1915
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Stephen Roberts, CEO (British Milk Marketing Board)
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1915
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Tom Greenshields, sculptor
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1917
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Howard Keel, Ill, actor/singer (7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate)
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1918
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Audrey Barker, writer
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1919
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist (opppsed prayer in school)
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1920
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Liam Cosgrave, leader (Fine Gael Party)
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1921
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Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, industrialist
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1921
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Carlo Prosperi, composer
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1921
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James Wilson, British Lt-General
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1921
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Maxwell Henley Harris, Australian poet/publisher (Gift of Blood)
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1922
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John Braine, English novelist (Life at the Top)
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1924
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Stanley Donen, SC, film director/producer (Bedazzled, Damn Yankees)
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1925
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Frank Chamberlain, CEO (Test & County Cricket Board)
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1925
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Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist
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1925
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Hilda Dianda, composer
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1926
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11th duke of Marlborough, English large landowner
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1926
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Don Adams, NYC, comedian (Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out)
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1926
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Godfrey Kenton, actor
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1927
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Lord Wedderburn of Charlton, QC
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1927
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Mari Blanchard, Long Beach Calif, actress (Kathy-Klondike)
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1927
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Maurice Ronet, Nice France, actor (Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love)
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1927
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Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist
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1929
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Marilynn Smith, Topeka KS, LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open)
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1930
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Justice Harman
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1931
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Beverley Cross, playwright
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1931
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Michael Burchill, actor
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1932
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Barney Simon, theatre director/writer
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1932
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Karl Kroeger, composer
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1933
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, (Sen-D Colorado)
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1933
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Shani Wallis, Ireland, singer/actress (Oliver)
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1934
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Horace Kay, US singer (Tams-You Lied to Your Daddy)
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1934
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Siegfried Matthus, composer
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1935
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Erich von Dniken, author (Chariots of the Gods)
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1935
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Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
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1935
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Lyle Waggoner, KC Kansas, actor (Carol Burnette Show, Wonder Woman)
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1935
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Peter Heap, diplomat
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1937
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Edward Fox, London England, actor (M-Never Say Never Again)
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1937
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Lanford Wilson, US playwright (Hot L Baltimore)
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1937
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Peter M Harris, Official Solicitor (Supreme Court)
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1938
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Frederic Rzewski, Westfield Mass, composer (Spacecraft)
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1938
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John Weston, diplomat
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1939
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Barbara-Rose Collins, (Rep-D-Michigan)
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1939
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Paul Sorvino, actor (Chiefs, Dick Tracy)
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1939
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Seamus Heaney, poet
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1939
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Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch MP (PvdA)
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1940
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Lester Chambers, Ms, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
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1941
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Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano (Pamlina-Die Zauberflte)
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1942
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Bill Conti, Providence RI, composer (For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV)
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1943
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Bill Koch, US skier
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1943
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Eve Graham, rocker (New Seekers)
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1944
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Brian Pendleton, rocker (Pretty Things)
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1944
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Charles Burnett, director (When it Rains, Glass Shield)
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1944
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Jack Casady, Wash DC, rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
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1944
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Michael Saunders, barrister
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1945
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Carlos Gimenez, Arg/Venez founder (Theater festival of Caracas)
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1945
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Edward J Caruthers Jr, Troy Ala, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
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1945
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Lowell George, rock vocalist/guitarist (Little Feat-Time is a Hero)
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1945
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Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer (Les Baroques)
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1945
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Stacy Johnson, US singer (Sharpees-Tired of Being Alone)
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1945
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Tony Dow, Hollywood Calif, actor (Wally-Leave it to Beaver)
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1946
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Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
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1946
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Jim Pons, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
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1946
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Roy Loney, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
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1948
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Amy Robinson, Trenton NJ, writer/actress (Mean Streets)
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1948
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Kathleen Battle, US soprano (Tannhuser)
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1948
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Peter Swevel, rocker
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1949
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Jean-Jacques Favier, Kehl Germany, astronaut (STS 78)
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1949
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Philippe Petit, Nemours France, juggler/aerialist
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1950
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Riff West, rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
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1950
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Ron Perlman, Bronx NY, actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast)
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1950
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Terry Lester, Indianapolis, actor (Young & Restless, As World Turns)
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1951
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Beatrix "Trixie" Schuba, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1951
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Jack Quinn, (Rep-R-New York)
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1951
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Max Weinberg, rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show)
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1951
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Peabo Bryson, Greenville SC, R&B vocalist (I'm So into You)
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1951
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Peter Davison, actor (Dr Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three)
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1952
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Jonjo O'Neill, racehorse trainer
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1953
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Stephen Byers, MP
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1954
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Barbara Roche, MP
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1954
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Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture)
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1955
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Kabaka of Buganda
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1955
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Louis Johnson, LA Calif, rock bassist/vocalist (Brothers Johnson)
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1956
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Michael Nikolay, German DR, gymnist (Olympics)
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1957
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Gary Kroeger, Cedar Falls Iowa, comedian (SNL, Return of Shaggy Dog)
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1957
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Saundra Santiago, Bronx NY, actress (Gina-Miami Vice)
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1957
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Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
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1958
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Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker (Wasp-Wildchild)
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1959
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Vicki Witt Lansing MI, playmate (Aug, 1978)
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1961
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Tammy Stephens, Arlington Tx, singer (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
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1963
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Gary Kimovich Kasparov, USSR, world chess champion (1985- )
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1963
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Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, PSV)
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1963
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Mark Leiter, Joliet IL, pitcher (SF Giants)
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1964
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Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker
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1964
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Davis Milton Love III, Charlotte NC, PGA golfer (1987 MCI Heritage)
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1964
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Doug Strange, Greenville SC, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
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1964
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Jose Rijo, pitcher (NY Yankees, Cin Reds)
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1964
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Page Hannah, Chicago Ill, actress (Kate Riley-Fame)
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1965
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Quinn Early, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints, Buffalo Bills)
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1966
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Rodney Smith, Wash DC, 149« lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-92, 96)
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1967
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Dana Barros, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
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1968
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Tami Lyn Jameson, Minneapolis, team handball goalie (Olympics-92, 96)
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1968
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Ted Washington, NFL nose tackle (Buffalo Bills)
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1968
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Toni Lee Jameson, Minneapolis, team handball back court (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Harold Pruett, rocker (Outsiders-Time Won't Let Me)
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1970
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Eddie Robinson, NFL linebacker (Houston Oilers, Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1970
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Monty Brown, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
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1970
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Ramona Reuter, Miss USA-NY (1997)
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1970
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Rick Schroder, SI NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling)
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1971
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Charles Outlaw, NBA forward (LA Clippers, Orlando Magic)
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1971
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Corey Yothers, LA Calif, actor (Off the Rock)
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1972
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Dave Wohlabaugh, NFL center/guard (NE Patriots)
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1972
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Jeroen Thesseling, pop bassist (Pestilence, Spheres)
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1972
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Mariusz Czerkawski, Radomsko Pol, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1972
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Mike Kennedy, Vancouver, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
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1973
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Aaron Hayden, NFL running back (SD Chargers, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1973
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Dave Wohlabaugh, corner (New England Patriots)
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1974
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Sergei Gonchar, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL defenseman (Capitals, Oly-S-1998)
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1976
|
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Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (v Paki 1996)
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1976
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Jonathan Brandis, Danbury Ct, actor (Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV)
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1978
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Grace Murray Tubbs, Miss Montana Teen USA (1996)
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1979
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Monica Ivey, Miss Hawaii Teen USA (1996)
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1991
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Dylan Francis Penn, LA Calif, daughter of Sean Penn & Robin Wright
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1992
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Jet Travolta, daughter of John Travolta & Kelly Preston
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DEATHS
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799
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|
Paulus Diaconus Warnafridi, Longobardisch writer, dies
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1475
|
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Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Citt
di Vita), dies at 69
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1517
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Tuman Bey, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, hanged
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1638
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Henri II, duke of Rohan-Gi, French hugenot leader, dies at 58
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1695
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Jean de La Fontaine, poet, dies
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1722
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Charles Leslie, Irish controversialist, dies
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1728
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Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer, dies at 63
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1742
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Giovanni Veneziano, composer, dies at 59
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1756
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Johann T Gottlieb Goldberg, German klavecinist/composer, dies at 29
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1794
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Sbastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, Fr playwright, commits suicide at 53
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1806
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Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at about 82
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1822
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Gaetano Valeri, composer, dies at 61
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1825
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Josef Gelinek, composer, dies at 66
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1826
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Franz Danzi, composer, dies at 62
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1831
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Ferdinand Kauer, composer, dies at 80
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1864
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Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 74
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1868
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Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide
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1873
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Carlo Coccia, composer, dies at 90
|
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1886
|
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Karoly Thern, composer, dies at 68
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1903
|
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Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor, dies at 65
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1904
|
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Vasili Vereshtshagin, Russian painter (War & Peace), dies
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1910
|
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William Orchardson, British painter, dies
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1928
|
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Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer, dies at 36
|
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1932
|
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Johannes T de Visser, 1st Dutch Min of Education, dies at 75 [or 14th]
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1936
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Demertzis, Greek premier, dies
|
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1941
|
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Annie Jump Cannon, US astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77
|
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1942
|
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Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58
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1944
|
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Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 86
|
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1944
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Paul Hazard, French literature historian, dies at 65
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1946
|
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William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72
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1949
|
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C V France, dies at 80
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1952
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[Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79
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1959
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Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57
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1959
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Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38
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1967
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Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44
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1973
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Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73
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1974
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Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at 71
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1975
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Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60
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1975
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N'garta Tombalbaye, president Chad, dies
|
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1978
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Paul McGrath, actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74
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1984
|
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Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self
|
|
1986
|
|
Stephen Stucker, actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies
|
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1990
|
|
Luis Trenker, dies at 97
|
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1990
|
|
Ronald Ibbs, dies
|
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1992
|
|
Brian Oulton, dies at 84
|
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1992
|
|
Wallace Stegner, novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at 84
|
|
1992
|
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Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
|
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1993
|
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Barry Karas, dies of leukemia at 49
|
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1993
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Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies
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1993
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Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72
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1994
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Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist, dies at 92
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1994
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Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor (Telegram), dies at 83
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1994
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Nikolai Krjoetsjkov, Russian actor (Ballad of Soldatje), dies at 83
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1994
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P J Engels, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 70
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1994
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Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandl), dies at 56
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1994
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Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 72
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1994
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Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
|
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1995
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|
Edward Firth Henderson, arabist, dies at 77
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1995
|
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Lawrence Allan Laurie Scott, script writer, dies at 87
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1996
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Denis Sargan, econometrician, dies at 71
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1996
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George Mackey Brown, poet, dies at 74
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1996
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James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal, dies at 64
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1997
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Ann Craft, researcher/writer, dies at 53
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1997
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George Wald, scientist (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina), dies at 80
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