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293
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Roman emperor Maximianus introduces tetrarchy
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492
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St Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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492
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St Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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705
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John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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743
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Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited
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918
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Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht
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1260
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Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus
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1382
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French Maillotin uprises against taxes
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1420
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Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten
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1434
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Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen
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1562
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Blood bath at Vassy: Gen de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder
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1565
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Spanish occupier Estacio de S founds Rio de Janeiro
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1587
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English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
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1591
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Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV
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1634
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Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians
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1642
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Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city
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1692
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Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, MA)
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1711
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"The Spectator" begins publishing (London)
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1780
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Penn becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
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1781
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Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
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1784
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E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
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1785
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Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized
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1790
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1st US census authorized
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1792
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US Presidential Succession Act passed
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1796
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1st National Meeting in the Hague
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1803
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Ohio becomes 17th state
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1809
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Embargo Act of 1807 repealed & Non-Intercourse Act signed
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1811
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Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500
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1811
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French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel
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1815
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Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law
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1845
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President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
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1847
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Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)
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1854
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SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor & is never seen again
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1859
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Present seal of SF adopted (its 2nd)
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1864
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Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
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1864
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Rebecca Lee (US) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree
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1866
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Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
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1867
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Howard University, Washington DC, chartered
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1867
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Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)
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1869
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Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time
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1871
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J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia
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1872
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Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
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1875
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Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883
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1876
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Guernsey Cattle Club forms (Farmington Conn)
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1879
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Library of Hawaii founded
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1880
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Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery
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1890
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1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
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1893
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Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador
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1896
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Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
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1904
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England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
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1909
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1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
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1910
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3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history
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1912
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Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
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1912
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Isabella Goodwin, 1st US woman detective, appointed, NYC
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1913
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1st state law requiring bonding of officers & state employees, ND
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1913
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Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
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1914
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Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum
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1916
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Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic
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1917
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1st federal land bank chartered
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1919
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Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin
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1920
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Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
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1920
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Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
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1921
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Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England
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1921
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Rwanda ceded to England
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1921
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Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia
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1923
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Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker
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1924
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Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted
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1927
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Bank of Italy becomes a Natl Bank
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1928
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Paul Whiteman & orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
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1932
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Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
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1933
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Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
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1934
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Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria
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1934
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Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1937
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1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
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1937
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Gov Wouters innaugrates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles
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1937
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US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day
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1940
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12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," R Donat & V Leigh win
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1940
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Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
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1941
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"Captain America" appears in a comic book
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1941
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1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tenn
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1941
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Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
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1941
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German troops invade Bulgaria
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1941
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Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp
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1942
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3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, US suffers a major naval defeat
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1942
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Baseball decides that players in milt can't play when on furlough
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1942
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J Milton Cage Jr's "Imaginary Landscape No 3," premieres in Chicago
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1942
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Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
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1942
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Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews
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1942
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Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
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1943
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Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided
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1944
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Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns
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1944
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U-358 sinks in Atlantic
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1945
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British 43rd Division under Gen Essame occupies Xanten
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1945
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Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi
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1945
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FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
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1945
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Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander
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1945
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US infantry regiment captures Mnchengladbach
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1946
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British Govt takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
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1946
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Panam accepts its new constitution
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1947
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International Monetary Fund begins operation
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1949
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Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
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1949
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The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals
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1950
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Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
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1950
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Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
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1950
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USSR issues golden rubles
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1952
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Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns
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1952
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Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
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1953
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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1953
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KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1953
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KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
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1953
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WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
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1953
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WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1954
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4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
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1954
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In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
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1954
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Rebellion during visit of pres Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
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1954
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Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
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1954
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US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
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1955
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Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
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1955
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KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast
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1955
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Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
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1957
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"Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 123 perfs
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1957
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Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor
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1957
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KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1958
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Gary Sobers 365* v Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
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1958
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Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260
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1958
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West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl v Pakistan
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1959
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Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
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1959
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament
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1961
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Cellist Jacqueline du Prs debut in Wigmore Hall
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1961
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President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
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1962
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American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95
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1962
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K-Mart opens
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1962
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Uganda became a self-governing country
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1962
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US/British nuclear test experiment in Nevada
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1963
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200,000 French mine workers strike
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1965
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Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct
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1965
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Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec)
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1965
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WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1966
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Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria
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1966
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Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus)
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1967
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Dominica & St Lucia gain independence from Britain
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1967
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House of Reps expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
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1967
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Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
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1967
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WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast
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1968
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NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return
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1968
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Pirate Radio Atlantis South (England) begins test transmitting
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1968
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Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands
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1968
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Singers Johnny Cash (36) & June Carter (38) wed
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1968
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Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect
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1969
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"Red, White, & Maddox" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 41 perfs
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1969
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After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts
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1969
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Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium
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1969
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NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
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1969
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Pirate Radio 259 begins operation off the French coast
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1970
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Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater
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1970
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Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
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1970
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End of US coml whale hunting
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1970
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Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election
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1970
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White govt of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
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1971
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Bomb attack on the Capitol in Wash DC
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1971
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Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
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1972
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Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"
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1972
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David Rabe's "Sticks & Bones," premieres in NYC
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1972
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KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1972
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Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
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1973
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Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens
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1973
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Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
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1974
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George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
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1974
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Ian & Greg Chappell make 264 partnership v NZ cricket at Wellington
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1974
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Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
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1975
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17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win
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1975
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Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1
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1977
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Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
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1977
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US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
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1978
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"Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 243 performances
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1978
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Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery
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1979
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"Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 557 performances
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1980
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CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established
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1980
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Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater
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1980
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Patti Smith & MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit
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1980
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Snow falls in Florida
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1981
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"Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 767 perfs
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1981
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Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike (he dies)
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1981
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Irish Rep Army Bobby Sand begins hunger strike in Maze Prison
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1981
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Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
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1982
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5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a L£z-Ardiden in Pyrenees
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1982
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5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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1982
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NY Times raises it's price from 25 to 30
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1982
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Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
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1983
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Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup
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1983
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Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
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1984
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Landsat 5 & ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit
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1984
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar,
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1985
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Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center
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1985
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Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks
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1985
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Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
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1987
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Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1988
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Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA
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1988
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Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
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1988
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Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
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1988
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Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
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1989
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Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
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1989
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Comet du Toit at perihelion
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1989
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Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce
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1990
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Benin nullifies its constitution
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1990
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Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay
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1991
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US Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
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1992
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"Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco NYC after 41 perfs
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1992
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"Visit" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
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1992
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Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)
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1992
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Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs)
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1993
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Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians
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1993
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George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of NY Yankees
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1993
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New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks
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1994
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36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins
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1994
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Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland
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1994
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Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
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1995
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37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Phila, Sheryl Crow
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1995
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Belgium ends military conscript
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1995
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Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland
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1995
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Julio Mar¡a Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay
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1995
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Part of Houston begins using new area code 261
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1995
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Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns
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1996
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Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory
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1996
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New toll-free 888 area code introduced
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1996
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Plans approved allowing traffic cameras High Harrington & Shap England
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1997
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"Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC
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1997
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5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
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1998
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"Art," opens at Royale Theater NYC
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1998
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Australian Ladies Masters Golf
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BIRTHS
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772
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Po Tjiu-i, Chinese poet/governor of Hang-tsjow
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1456
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Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia/Hungary (1471/90-1516)
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1494
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Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter
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1528
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Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, [the Generous], duke of Bavaria
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1607
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Giovanni Francesco Milanta, composer
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1610
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Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian
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1630
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Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, baptized
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1690
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Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer
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1703
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Dieudonne Raick, composer
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1709
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Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer
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1711
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Peregrinus Pogl, composer
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1734
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Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor
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1771
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Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer
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1779
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Jacob Gottfried Weber, composer
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1780
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Lonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-general of Neth Indies (1826-30)
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1788
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Gheorghe Asachi, Romania, writer/humanist/politician
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1799
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Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer
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1810
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Frdric Chopin, Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) [NS]
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1811
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Robert Christie Buchanan, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1878
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1820
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George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896
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1820
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Richard Redhead, composer
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1822
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Albin Francisco Schoepf, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
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1822
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Charles Champion Gilbert, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1826
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John Thomas, composer
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1828
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James Fleming Fagan, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
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1828
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Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright
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1831
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Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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1832
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Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer
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1835
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Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade)
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1837
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Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
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1837
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William Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)
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1838
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Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest
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1841
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Blanche Kelso Bruce, Virginia, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881)
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1841
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Romualdo Marenco, composer
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1848
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US, sculptor/designer (1907 $20 gold piece)
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1852
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Theophile Delcass, French statesman
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1856
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Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw)
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1858
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Georg Simmel, German philosopher/sociologist
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1860
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Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader
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1864
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Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree
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1865
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Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker/president (Bank of Java)
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1874
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Jean de Merode, [Marie-Louise B Courtenay], Princess of Neth
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1878
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Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer
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1880
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Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis
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1880
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Lytton Strachey, biographer/critic (Benson Medal 1923)
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1882
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Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
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1883
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Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great (Yale)
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1885
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Lionel Atwill, English/US actor (Mystery of the Wax Museum)
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1886
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Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960)
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1890
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Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Zonnestral)
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1892
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Japan, writer (Rashomon in Kappa)
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1893
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Theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy)
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1895
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G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
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1896
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Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer
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1900
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Donald Keith Falkner, singer
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1903
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Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist)
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1904
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Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
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1904
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Paul Hartman, SF Calif, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
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1905
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Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom)
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1907
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Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront)
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1909
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David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale)
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1909
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Richard de Guide, composer
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1909
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Robert Selby Taylor, bishop
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1909
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Terence De Marney, England, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo)
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1911
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Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster
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1913
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Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photogrpaher/collector
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1914
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Archibald J Gumede, S Afr ANC member/chairman (UDF)
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1914
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Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Cast)
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1915
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Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Neth/S Afr economist (Madame Sans Gne)
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1917
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Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
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1917
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Robert Lowell, poet/pacifist (Lord Weary's Castle, Near the Ocean)
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1918
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Roger Delgado, London, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June)
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1919
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, US, beat poet (Coney Island of the Mind)
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1920
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Alfred Grant Goodman, composer
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1920
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Harry Caray, baseball announcer (Chicago Cubs)
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1920
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Howard Nemerov, US, 3rd US poet laureate/novelist (Blue Swallows)
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1921
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Jack Clayton, film director
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1921
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Richard Wilbur, 2nd US Poet Laureate (Ceremony, Walking to Sleep)
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1921
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Terrence "Cardinal" Cooke, (NY)
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1922
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William M Gaines, publisher (MAD Magazine)
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1922
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Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)
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1923
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Bonita Granville, actress/producer (Perry Mason)
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1923
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Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1948)
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1924
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Donald "Deke" Kent Slayton, Sparta Wisc, Major USAF/astro (Apollo 18)
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1925
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Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres
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1926
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Cesare Danova, Rome Italy, actor (Garrison's Gorillas)
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1926
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Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)
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1926
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Robert Clary, Paris France, actor (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes)
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1927
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Harry Belafonte, Harlem NYC, calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher)
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1927
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Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
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1927
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Robert Heron Bork, judge, nominated for supreme court
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1929
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Sonny James, singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
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1930
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C D Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's)
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1930
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Pierre Max Dubois, composer
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1930
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Raymond St Jacques, actor/director (Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr Moses)
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1932
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Jacques Leduc, composer
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1933
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Istvan Lang, composer
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1933
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Joan Hackett, NY, actress (Will Penny, One Stone Pony)
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1933
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Myrlie Evers, politician/commissioner (LA Board of Public works)
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1934
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Jim "Ed" Brown, Sparkman Ark, country singer (Nashville on the Road)
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1934
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Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
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1935
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George Gnreux, Canada, trap shooter (Olympic-gold-1952)
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1935
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Judith Rossner, author (Looking for Mr Goodbar)
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1935
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Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor (Wild Wild West)
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1936
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Camille E Baly, St Maartens poet (Sonny)
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1936
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Jean-Edern Hallier, writer
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1936
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Marion Farouk-Sluglett, political scientist
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1937
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Jed Allan, Bronx NY, actor (Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara)
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1938
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Michael J[oseph] Kurland, US, sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
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1939
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Leo Brouwer, composer
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1939
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Warren Davis, rocker (Monotones)
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1940
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David Broome, Show Jumper (world champ-1970)
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1940
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Ralph Towner, rocker (Oregon)
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1941
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Michael L Lampton, Williamsport Pa, astronaut
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1942
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Jerry Fischer, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
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1942
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Peter Guber, producer (Flashdance)
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1943
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Benjamin W Jipcho, Mt Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Oly-silver-1972)
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1943
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Franz Hohler, writer
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1943
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Mauro Checcoli, Italy, 3 day equestrian (Olympic-gold-1964)
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1943
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Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home)
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1943
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Wolfgang Scheidel, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1944
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Dirk Benedict, Helena Mont, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica)
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1944
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John B Breaux, (Rep-D-LA, 1972-88)
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1944
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John Napier, London, set designer (Royal Shakesphere Company)
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1944
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Mike D'Abo, rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
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1944
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Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)
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1945
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Burning Spear, [Winston Rodney], Jamaican reggae singer
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1946
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Lana Wood, [Svetlana Gurdin], Santa Rosa Calif, (Diamonds are Forever)
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1946
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Tony Ashton, Blackburn England, rocker (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
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1947
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Alan Thicke, Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains)
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1948
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Norman Connors, singer (You Are My Starship)
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1949
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Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)
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1950
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Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test v NZ 1976)
|
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1951
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Barbara DeAngelis, talk show hostess (Barbara DeAngelis Show)
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1952
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Alice Ritzman, Kalispell MT, LPGA golfer (1995 Rochester Intl-5th)
|
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1952
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David Allen Barr, Kelowna BC, PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic)
|
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1953
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Bandula Warnapura, cricketer (1st Sri Lanka Test captain)
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1953
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Ron Howard, Okla, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days)
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1954
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Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, actress (Daisey Duke-Dukes of Hazzard)
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1954
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Janis Gill, Torrance Cal, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl)
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1955
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Jimmy Fortune, Newport News Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
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1956
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Balwinder Singh Sandhu, cricketer (Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup)
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1956
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Mark Todd, UK, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
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1956
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Timothy Daly, Sufferin NY, actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven)
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1957
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Jon Carroll, Wash DC, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band-Afternoon Delight)
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1958
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Nik Kershaw, singer/songwriter (Wouldn't it be Good)
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1958
|
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Wayne B Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper (Australia)
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1960
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Alicia Dibos, Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
|
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1961
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Davis Daniel, Arlington Heights Ill, country singer
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1961
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Mike Rozier, NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston, Atlanta)
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1962
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Bill Leen, rocker (Gin Blossoms)
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1962
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Mark Gardner, LA Calif, pitcher (SF Giants)
|
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1963
|
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Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
|
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1963
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Barb[ara] Marois, Auburn Mass, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
|
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1963
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Magnus Svensson, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
|
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1963
|
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Maurice Benard, actor (Sonny Corinthos-General Hospital)
|
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1963
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Robert James Affuso, Newburgh NY, rock drummer (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
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1963
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Ron Francis, Sault Ste Marie, NHL center (Pitts Penguins, Team Canada)
|
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1963
|
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Tony Castillo, Lara Venezuela, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
|
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1964
|
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Jennifer McCarters, Sevierville Tn, singer (McCarters-The Gift)
|
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1965
|
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Les Miller, defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
|
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1966
|
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Clinton Gregory, singer
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1966
|
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John David Cullum, actor (1776, Sweet Country, Day After)
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1966
|
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Luis Sojo, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
|
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1966
|
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Steve Reed, LA Calif, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
|
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1967
|
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Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Lazio)
|
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1968
|
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Dave Zuniga, Worland WYO, 136« lbs/greco-roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
|
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1968
|
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Salil Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989)
|
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1968
|
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Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer (Test for Sri Lanka v India at 17)
|
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1969
|
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Azam Khan, cricketer (Pakistan ODI batsman 1996)
|
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1969
|
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Doug Creek, Winchester VA, pitcher (SF Giants)
|
|
1969
|
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Vincenzo Esposito, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
|
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1970
|
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Lisa Eagen, Harlan Iowa, team handball wing/back court (Olympics-1996)
|
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1970
|
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Ray Crittenden, wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
|
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1970
|
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Stuart Thompson, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
|
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1971
|
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Allen Johnson, Wash DC, long jumper/110m hurdler (Olympics-gold-96)
|
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1971
|
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Andr Karnebeek, soccer player (FC Twente
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1971
|
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Austin Robbins, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, NO Saints)
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1971
|
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Shepherd Clark, Atlanta Ga, figure skater (1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ)
|
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1971
|
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Tim Prinsen, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
|
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1971
|
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Tyler Hamilton, Marblehead Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96)
|
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1971
|
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Zahoor Elahi, cricketer (Pakistan opening batsman v NZ 1996)
|
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1972
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Omar Daal, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
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1972
|
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Profail Grier, CFL running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
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1973
|
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Chris Webber, NBA forward (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
|
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1973
|
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Igor Murin, Trencin CZE, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
|
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1974
|
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)
|
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1974
|
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Stephen Davis, running back (Washington Redskins)
|
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1975
|
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Maria Jose Suarez, Miss Universe-Spain (1996)
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1976
|
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Maringo Vlijter, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
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1977
|
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Rod White, Sharon Pa, archer (Olympics-gold-1996)
|
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1980
|
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Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard
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1980
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Shahid Afridi, cricketer (ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings)
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|
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DEATHS
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965
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Leo VIII, Italian (anti-)Pope (963-65), dies
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1131
|
|
Stephen II, King of Hungary (1116-31), dies
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|
1383
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|
Amadeus VI, (Green Earl), earl of Savoy, dies at 49
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1510
|
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Francisco d'Almeida, viceroy of India, dies in battle at about 59
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1535
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Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia), dies
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1619
|
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Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53
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1633
|
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George Herbert, English poet, dies at 39
|
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1643
|
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Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59
|
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1693
|
|
Benedict Schultheiss, composer, dies at 39
|
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1771
|
|
Isfrid Kayser, composer, dies at 58
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1773
|
|
Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
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1773
|
|
Luigi Vanvitelli, [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at 72
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1777
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Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62
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1788
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Orazio Mei, composer, dies at 56
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1797
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Juan Manuel Olivares, composer, dies at 36
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1804
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Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer, dies at 63
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1817
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Luigi Gatti, composer, dies at 77
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1826
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J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist, dies at 59
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1859
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Josef Theodor Krov, composer, dies at 61
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1865
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|
Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70
|
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1869
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Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, Fr poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78
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1870
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Francisco S L¢pez, Pres of Paraguay (1862-70), dies at 43
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1892
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Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist, dies at 60
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1896
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... Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
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1896
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... Arimondi, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
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|
1896
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... Dabormida, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle
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1899
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Gyrgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian MP, dies at 90
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1901
|
|
Bernhard Erdmannsdrffer, German historian (Mirabeau), dies at 68
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1906
|
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Jos M de Pereda y S nchez the Porr£a, Spanish writer, dies at 73
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1906
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Moriz Heyne, German germanist (German Wrterbuch), dies at 68
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1911
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Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58
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1914
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Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer, dies at 47
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1918
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Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer, dies at 64
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1920
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Joseph Trumpeldor, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
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1921
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Nicholas Petrovic Njegos, King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies at 79
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1924
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Louise MA, princess of Belgium, dies at 66
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1926
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Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58
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1928
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Albert Herbert Brewer, composer, dies at 62
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1928
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Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer, dies at 77
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1930
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Alos Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Peace on Earth), dies at 54
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1932
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Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at 46
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1938
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G D'Annunzio, writer, dies at 74
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1938
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Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at 74
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1940
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Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73
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1944
|
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... Formans, director Milos Formans mother, dies in Auschwitz
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1947
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J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed
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1953
|
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Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies
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1958
|
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Giacomo Balla, Italian painter, dies at 86
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1962
|
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Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70
|
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1964
|
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Sergius Kagen, composer, dies at 54
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1965
|
|
Boleslav Vomacka, composer, dies at 77
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1968
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G v d Vring, writer, dies
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1968
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Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78
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1970
|
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Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
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1972
|
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Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63
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1974
|
|
Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53
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1976
|
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Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
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1979
|
|
Dolores Costello, actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73
|
|
1979
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Molla Mustafa Barzani, Iranian Kurd leader (KDP), dies at 75
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1980
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|
John Jacob Niles, composer, dies at 87
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1984
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Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), dies at 69
|
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1985
|
|
Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66
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1988
|
|
Jean Le Poulain, actor (Divine), dies at 63
|
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1988
|
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Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello), dies at 80
|
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1989
|
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Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64
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1989
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|
Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/dir (Bluejackets), dies at 72
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1990
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Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies
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1991
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Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid Camera), dies at 81
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1991
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Katharine Blake, actress (To Have & To Hold), dies at 62
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1991
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Scott Huston, composer, dies at 74
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1992
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Maria Da, French actress (Piges), dies at 73
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1993
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Luis Kutner, US co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84
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1993
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Terry Frost, actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
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|
1994
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Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
|
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1994
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|
Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at 75
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1994
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|
Manmohan Desai, filmmaker, dies at 57
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1994
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Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51
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1994
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Walter Kent, US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
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1995
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Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher, dies at 56
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1995
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Vladislav Listyev, Russian TV-journalist, murdered at 38
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1996
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Margaret McKay, politician, dies at 85
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