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1035
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Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders
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1087
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German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad
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1100
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Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht
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1381
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English boer uprising begins in Essex
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1416
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Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church
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1434
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Battle at Lipany
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1498
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Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
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1522
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French troops driven out of Genoa
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1527
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U of Marburg (Germany) founded
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1536
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English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
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1539
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Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida
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1574
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Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France
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1574
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Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot)
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1584
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Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
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1588
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Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England
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1631
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France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau
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1635
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Emperor Ferdinand II & Saksen sign Peace of Prague
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1646
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Spain & Netherlands signs temporary cease fire
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1783
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Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
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1793
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Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public
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1808
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Napoleon annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate
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1814
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1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication
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1821
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James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
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1822
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House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
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1832
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Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)
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1842
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John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
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1848
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2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians
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1848
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Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million
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1848
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William G Young patents ice cream freezer
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1854
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Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed Missouri Compromise opens north slavery
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1854
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Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created
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1858
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Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
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1862
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Battle of Booneville MS - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth
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1862
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Battle of Front Royal, VA
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1864
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Battle of Bethesda Church VA
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1864
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Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia
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1866
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Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague)
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1868
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Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves
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1872
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Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy
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1879
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92øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May
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1879
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Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden
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1883
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Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12
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1889
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Brassier invented
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1890
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1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz)
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1894
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Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
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1895
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W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
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1896
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1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
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1899
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24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47
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1901
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Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
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1901
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Memorial Day 1st observed in US
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1903
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28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
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1904
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Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader
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1906
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40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
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1907
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41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins
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1908
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1st federal workmen's compensation law approved
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1908
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42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win
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1908
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Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System
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1908
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Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane
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1908
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US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
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1909
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National Conference on the Negro is held
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1909
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Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv
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1910
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44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22
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1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
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1912
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US Marines sent to Nicaragua
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1913
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1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
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1913
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as managers who have won 1,000 games
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1913
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John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, & Connie Mack
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1913
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New country of Albania, forms
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1921
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Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London
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1921
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Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds
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1921
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Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany
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1922
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Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
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1922
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Latvia & Vatican sign accord
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1922
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Lincoln Memorial dedicated
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1923
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Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres
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1924
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Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists
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1925
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British mariners shoot on demonstrators
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1925
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Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy
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1925
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Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals
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1927
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Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career
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1930
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Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
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1931
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Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
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1932
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Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins
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1933
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Patent on invisible glass installation
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1935
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Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
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1937
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20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA
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1937
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61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24
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1937
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Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die
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1937
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Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory
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1937
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Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago
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1938
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Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
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1941
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1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
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1941
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English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government
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1941
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German capture Kreta
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1942
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1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II
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1942
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Reichsfhrer Himmler arrives in Prague
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1942
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Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1
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1942
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US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor
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1943
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French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
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1943
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US troops reconquer Attu Aleutians
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1944
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Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
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1946
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Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
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1946
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United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die
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1948
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Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
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1949
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East Germans constitution approved
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1949
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NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
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1949
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WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1950
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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1951
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Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1952
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Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
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1952
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Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres
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1953
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1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
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1953
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23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62)
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1953
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23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
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1954
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Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
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1954
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Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
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1954
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Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca," premieres
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1955
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KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Said el-Mufti forms Jordan govt
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1955
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Tunisia begins domestic self governing
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1956
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Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
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1956
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Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium
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1956
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1957
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Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
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1957
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Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
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1958
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Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1959
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"First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 84 performances
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1959
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"Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater NYC after 23 perfs
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1959
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Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with US due to neutrality
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1959
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Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua
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1959
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Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament
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1959
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World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England
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1961
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Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die
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1961
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Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs
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1962
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69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India)
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1962
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Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres
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1964
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"Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 perfs
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1964
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Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
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1964
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Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1
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1964
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Giants sweep Mets 5-3 & 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & NY's 22 K's in
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1965
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France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground)
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1965
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1965
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Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins
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1965
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Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
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1966
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300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
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1966
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Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
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1966
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US launches Surveyor 1 to Moon
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1967
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Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
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1967
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King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo
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1967
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Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
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1967
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Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
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1968
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Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
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1968
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President De Gaulle disbands French parliament
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1968
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University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up
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1968
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West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
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1969
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Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
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1969
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Gibraltar adopts constitution
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1969
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People revolt in Willemstad, Curaao
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1970
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"Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances
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1970
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Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans
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1971
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36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice
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1971
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Train crash at Duivendrecht Neth, 5 die
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1971
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US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
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1971
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Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
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1972
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3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport
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1973
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Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup
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1974
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10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4
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1975
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European Space Agency (ESA) forms
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1975
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Wings release "Venus & Mars" album
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1976
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22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt
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1976
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Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds)
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1977
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Cleve Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits Calif Angels, 2-0
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1979
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Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich
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1979
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Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom
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1979
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Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80
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1979
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Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC
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1980
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1st papal visit to France since 1814
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1980
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Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
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1980
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Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million
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1980
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Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games
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1981
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"Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday)
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1981
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Bangladesh Pres Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
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1981
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LA Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games)
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1982
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"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 perf
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1982
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Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
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1982
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Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1982
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Spain becomes 16th member of NATO
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1983
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AL Pres Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires
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1983
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Surrey all out for 14 vs Essex, their lowest score ever
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1984
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Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua
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1984
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Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome
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1984
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NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
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1985
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Phila Flyers, 4 games to 1
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1986
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Ariane-2 (ESA) launched
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1986
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Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
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1986
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France performs nuclear test
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1987
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Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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1987
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North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video
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1987
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Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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1987
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West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
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1989
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Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
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1990
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135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
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1990
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Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56
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1990
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Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
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1991
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64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic
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1991
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Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
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1991
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Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable
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1992
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Minn Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
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1992
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NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48)
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1992
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NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
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1992
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Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell
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1992
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UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
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1993
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Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
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1993
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Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1996
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69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture
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1996
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Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play & nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 gam
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1996
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John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
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1997
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Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson
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1997
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Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
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BIRTHS
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1220
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Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)
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1524
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Selm II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)
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1578
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Valentin Dretzel, composer
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1623
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Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized
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1672
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Peter I, (the Great), tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [NS=June 9]
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1757
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Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)
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1797
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Johann Christian Lobe, composer
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1800
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Karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)
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1808
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Joaquim Casimiro Jr, composer
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1812
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John Alexander McClernand, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1829
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Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert
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1830
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Edward Winslow Hinks, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1832
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George Doherty Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1835
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Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden)
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1844
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Louis Varney, composer
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1845
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Amadeus I FM, duke of Aosta/king of Spain (1870-73)
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1846
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Peter Carl Faberg, Russia, goldsmith/jeweler/egg maker
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1847
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Alice Sophia Stopford Green, Ireland, proponent of Irish independence
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1853
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Andries Andr, Dutch actor/husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen
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1853
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Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer
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1859
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Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist
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1867
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Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Mass, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)
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1879
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Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)
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1881
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George KFW von Kchler, German fieldmarshal (Invasion Netherlands)
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1883
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Riccardo Zandonai, composer
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1887
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Alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer
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1887
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Gino Tagliapietra, composer
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1888
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James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)
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1891
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Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter
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1894
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Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)
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1895
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Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)
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1896
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Howard Hawks, Goshen Ind, director/producer (Rio Bravo, Scarface)
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1901
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Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer (When Our Hearts Were Young & Gay)
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1902
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Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist
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1902
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Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Perry], Fla, actor (Miracle in Harlem)
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1903
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Countee Cullen, Balt Md, poet (Black Christ & Other Poems)
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1903
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Ray Howard-Jones, artist
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1904
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Ernesto de la Guardia Jr, President of Panam (1956-60)
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1908
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Hannes OG Alfvn, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1970)
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1908
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Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)
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1909
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Benny Goodman, Chicago, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)
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1909
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George Headley, cricketer (in Panama All-time great WI batsman)
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1911
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Douglas Fowley, NYC, actor (Grandpa-Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
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1912
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Alexander Langsdorf, physicist
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1912
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Hugh Griffith, Wales, actor (Ben Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!)
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1912
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Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright (Fiddler on the Roof)
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1912
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Julian Gustave Symons, writer
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1913
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Cedric Thorpe Davie, composer
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1914
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Bobby Sherwood, Indianapolis Ind, orch leader (Milton Berle Show)
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1915
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Jerome Bert Weisner, military scientist/disarmer
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1916
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Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)
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1920
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John Heawood, actor/singer/choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
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1922
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Harry Clement Stubbs, US, sci-fi author (Needle, Iceworld)
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1923
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Jimmy Lydon, Harrington Pk NJ, actor (Richard-Love That Jill)
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1924
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Norbert Schemansky, USA, middle heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1925
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Claude Prey, composer
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1925
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Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician
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1925
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Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam (1975-79)
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1926
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Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual
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1926
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Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor (1958-62 St Louis Symph)
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1926
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James Whitman McLamore, businessman
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1927
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Clint Walker, Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)
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1927
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Dick Noel, Bkln NY, TV host (It's a Small Wonder)
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1927
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Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US, author (American Glass Animals)
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1928
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Agns Varda, French photograph/director (Clo de 5
7, Le bonheur)
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1928
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John Keith Wright, English economist/asst sect of state (1971-84)
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1929
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Michael Mellinger, Bavaria, actor (Goldfinger)
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1932
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Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer (Sound Patterns)
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1932
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Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer
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1934
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Alexei A Leonov, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II, Soyuz 19)
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1936
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Galina Shostakovitch, daughter of Russian composer Dmitri
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1936
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Keir Dullea, Cleveland OH, actor (2001, 2010, David & Lisa)
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1936
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Roy Harford, cricketer (brother of Noel NZ wicketkeeper v India 1968)
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1936
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Ruta Lee, actress (Operation Eichmann, Marjorie Morningstar)
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1937
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Arthur C Jacobs, poet
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1938
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Wilfried A de Pree, Dutch MP (PvdA)/theologist
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1939
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Michael J Pollard, Passaic NJ, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne)
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1940
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David Ackroyd, Orange NJ, actor (I Come in Peace, Memories of Me)
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1942
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Dan Miller, (Rep-R-Florida)
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1942
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Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
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1943
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Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
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1944
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Larry Davidson, rocker (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
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1945
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Meredith MacRae, Houston Tx, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)
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1946
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Candy Lightner, political activist/founder (MADD)
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1947
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Jocelyne Bourassa, LPGA golfer
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1949
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Bob Willis, cricketer (superb England fast bowler 1971-84)
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1951
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Stephen Tobolowsky, Tx, actor (Single White Female, Thelma & Louise)
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1952
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Zoltan Kocsis, composer
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1953
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Colm Meaney, actor (Star Trek Deep Space 9)
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1955
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Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer (Clash-Complete Control)
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1957
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Allison Roe, Auckland NZ, marathoner (NYC-1981)
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1957
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Chris Van Jaarsveld, guitarist (Sleeze Beez)
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1957
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Michael Clayton, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
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1958
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Marie Fredriksson, Ostra-Lj Swed, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
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1958
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Michael E Lopez-Alegria, Madrid Spain, Lt Cmdr/astro (STS 73, sk 92)
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1958
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Ted McGinley, Newport Beach Calif, actor (Love Boat, MWC, Dynasty)
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1960
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Stephen "Tea Tower" Duffy, rocker (Lilac Time-Paradise Song)
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1961
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Ella Arolovich, Leningrad USSR, model
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1961
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Ralph Carter, NYC, actor (Michael Evans-Good Times)
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1961
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Trey Parker, rapper/actor (Newsies, Hull High)
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1962
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Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star
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1962
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John Alt, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
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1962
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Tonya Pinkins, Chicago Ill, actress (Livia Frye-All My Children)
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1963
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Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
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1963
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Lynda Wiesmeier, Washington DC, playmate (Jul, 1982)
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1964
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Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Wynonna, [Christina Judd], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
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1965
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Tammy Parks, Rockville Centre NY, actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold)
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1965
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Tyronne Stowe, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
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1966
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Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI)
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1967
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Benot Gauthier, St Jerome Quebec, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Rechelle Hawkes, Albany W Aust, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Amy Fuller, Westlake Calif, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
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1968
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Jerry Springer, White Plains NY, Canadian Tour golfer
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1968
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Tim Burgess, English rock vocalist (Charlatans-Only One I Know)
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1970
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Audrey Wooding, LPGA golfer
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1970
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Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
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1971
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Drahomir Kadlec, Pribham CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Rep)
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1971
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Jiri Slegr, Jihlava Cze, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers, Oly-G-98)
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1971
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Kyle Vander Kuyp, Australian 110m hurdler (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Allen Aldridge, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1972
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Anthony Cook, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tenn Oilers)
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1972
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Jeff Jones, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions)
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1972
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Manny Ramirez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
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1972
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Renita Farrell, Townsville Qld Aust, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
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1972
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Terry Wilburn, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
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1973
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Christine Pavone, Miss USA-Connecticut (1997)
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1973
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Je'Rod Cherry, safety (New Orleans Saints)
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1973
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Jennifer Darst, Dallas Texas, pairs skater (& Arthur Reid)
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1973
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Steve Charbonneau, CFL defensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
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1974
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David Wilkie, Ellensburg, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
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1976
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Omri Hairi Katz, LA Calif, actor (Marshall Teller-Eerie Indiana)
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1978
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Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997)
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1986
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Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker & Richard Slaney
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DEATHS
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727
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Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72
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1035
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Boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies
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1252
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Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castili/Le¢n, dies
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1416
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Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church
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1431
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Joan of Arc, burned as a witch by English at Rouen at 19
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1434
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Prokopius, [Bohemia?], leader of taboriets, dies in battle
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1574
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Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies
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1593
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Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered
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1640
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Andr Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies
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1640
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Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, dies at 62
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1718
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Arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48
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1718
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Bernard Nieuwentyt, physician/theologist, dies at 63
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1744
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Alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56
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1746
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Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69
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1778
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Voltaire, [Franois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42
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1791
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Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56
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1797
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Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48
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1809
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Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43
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1833
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Josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27
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1840
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Dominique J de Eerens, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 59
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1864
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James Barbour Terrill, US attorney/Confederate brig-gen, dies at 26
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1865
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William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27
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1870
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Gustave Vogt, composer, dies at 89
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1906
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William Yeates Hurlstone, composer, dies at 30
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1912
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Wilbur Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies
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1918
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Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, dies
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1919
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Lord John WS Raleigh, British physicist (Nobel 1904), dies
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1922
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David Mendes Chumaceiro, Curaaos poet (Adelfas), dies at 45
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1923
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Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63
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1923
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Charles Fichardt, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 2 Tests 1892-96), dies
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1935
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Lothar Windsperger, composer, dies at 49
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1938
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Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
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1940
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Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104
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1944
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Jessie Ralph, actress (Good Earth, San Francisco), dies at 79
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1945
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Irma Laplasse, Flemish farmer/nazi collaborator, executed
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1947
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Sidney Hugo Nicholson, composer, dies at 72
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1951
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Hermann Broch, writer, dies at 64
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1953
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George Barnes, cinematographer, dies at 60
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1954
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Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67
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1957
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Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstacy), dies
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1959
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Thomas Carl Whitmer, composer, dies at 85
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1960
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Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at 70
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1961
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Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69
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1964
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Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66
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1966
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Win V Aaltonen, Finnish sculptor, dies at 72
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1967
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Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at 77
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1969
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Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66
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1969
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John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
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1971
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Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46
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1971
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Marcel Dupr, French composer, dies at 85
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1971
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Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at 66
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1972
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Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104
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1973
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Hal Hastings, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
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1975
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Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
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1977
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Claire Goll, writer, dies at 86
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1977
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Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 52
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1979
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Jack Raine, actor (Quartet), dies at 82
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1980
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Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
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1980
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Timmy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
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1981
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Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated
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1983
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Alfred M Gruenther, US general/NATO-commander (1953-56), dies at 84
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1986
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Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 55
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1987
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Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
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1987
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Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71
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1988
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Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies at 66
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1989
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Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
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1991
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Manolo Gomez Bur, Spanish comedian dies at 74
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1992
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Daniel Addes, actor (Victor-Sunst Grill), dies at 59
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1992
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Karl Carstens, president German FR (1979-84), dies at 77
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1992
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Leen 't Hart, organist/composer, dies at 72
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1993
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Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79
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1993
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Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
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1994
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Baron Marcel Bich, inventor (Bic Pen), dies at 79
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1994
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Ezra Taft Benson, 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94
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1994
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Jean Gattegno, translator/scholar, dies at 58
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1994
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Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at 85
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1994
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Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79
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1995
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Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
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1995
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Philip Owen A Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator, dies at 72
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1995
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Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82
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1995
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Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, Brit national park warden, dies at 87
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1996
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Bob Stroup, trombonist, dies at 57
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1996
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John Cameron, judge, dies at 96
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1996
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John Kahn, bassist, dies at 47
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1996
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Leon-Etienne Duval, archbishop/cardinal, dies at 92
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