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640
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Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
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1037
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German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"
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1156
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Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet
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1349
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60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia
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1358
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Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
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1521
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Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V
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1533
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England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn's marriage
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1539
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Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
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1608
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Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua
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1635
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Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid
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1664
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1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston)
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1674
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German Parliament declares war on France
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1731
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All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
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1741
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Spain & Bavaria sign treaty
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1742
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1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
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1754
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George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)
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1774
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1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
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1818
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1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
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1830
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Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie
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1845
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Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed
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1849
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Princess WFLC Marianne & Albrecht of Prussia separate
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1851
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Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention
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1858
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Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London
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1863
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1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War
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1866
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Dutch govt of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms
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1871
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Paris communards revolt put down
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1875
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3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43«
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1880
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8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40«
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1892
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Sierra Club forms by John Muir in SF, for conservation of nature
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1894
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Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
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1900
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Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
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1900
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Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand
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1900
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Solar eclipse occurs
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1901
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26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2
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1901
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Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
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1904
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29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2
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1906
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Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in NYC
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1907
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Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
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1912
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Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v S Africa
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1915
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John B Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll
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1918
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Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent
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1919
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Armenia declares it's Independence
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1923
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Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
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1923
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US unemployment has nearly ended
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1926
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Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal
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1926
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US Customs Court created by congress
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1927
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Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
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1928
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Dodge Brothers Inc & Chrysler Corp merged
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1929
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1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)
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1930
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Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ
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1932
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Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas)
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1934
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Bradman gets 160 Aust v Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5
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1934
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Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
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1937
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Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic
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1937
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Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England
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1938
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Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
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1938
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Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zrich
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1940
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Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
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1940
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British-French troops capture Narvik Norway
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1940
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Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in NYC
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1941
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1st night game at Wash DC, Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5)
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1941
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British army begins evacuation of Kreta
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1941
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NY Yankees nip Wash Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
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1942
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1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich
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1943
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British militia reaches Tito
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1946
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1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)
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1948
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Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
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1951
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After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st HR
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1951
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Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht
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1951
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Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV
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1951
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Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
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1953
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Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
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1955
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81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6
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1955
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Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
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1955
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
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1956
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Dale Long becomes 1st to hit HRs in 8 straight games
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1956
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Eisenhower signs farm bill allows govt to store agricultural surplus
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1957
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NL approves Bkln Dodgers' & NY Giants' move to west coast
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1957
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1957
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WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1958
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French govt of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle
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1958
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Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
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1959
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Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
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1959
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Johnson & Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London
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1959
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Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
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1960
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"Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances
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1961
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Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
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1961
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Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
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1961
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Record 27 HRs hit in 7 AL games
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1962
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Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
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1962
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US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
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1962
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Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
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1963
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Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
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1963
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Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)
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1963
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Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya
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1964
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
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1964
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Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
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1964
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Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
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1964
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Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
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1965
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Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
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1966
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"Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34
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1966
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Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
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1967
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert
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1967
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Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
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1967
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1968
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AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions
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1968
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NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
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1968
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Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon
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1969
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AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
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1971
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Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
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1971
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USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
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1972
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White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Natl HQ at Watergate
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1973
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Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)
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1974
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"Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
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1974
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26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win
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1974
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Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation
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1974
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Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
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1974
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Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in NYC
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1975
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Bayern Mnchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris
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1975
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Soyuz 18 launches
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1977
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165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky
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1978
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Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
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1979
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European Market accepts Greece as member
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1980
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2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
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1980
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Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5"
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1980
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Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
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1982
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Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
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1982
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Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
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1983
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"Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
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1983
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Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens
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1985
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David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut Lebanon
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1985
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Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
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1986
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Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
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1986
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White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
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1987
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60th Natl Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
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1987
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Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
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1987
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Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
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1987
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Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
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1987
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Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
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1987
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Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
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1988
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Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
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1989
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1989
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Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
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1989
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Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
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1990
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Csar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
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1990
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Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
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1990
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Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica
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1990
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Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands)
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1991
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Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
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1992
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65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum
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1993
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200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
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1993
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Polish govt of Suchocka falls
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1994
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"Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV
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1994
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Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
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1995
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"Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 454 performances
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1995
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Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1995
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Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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1995
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Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people
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1995
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Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941
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1995
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White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
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1997
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Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
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1997
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Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
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1997
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Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
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1997
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Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time
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BIRTHS
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1371
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John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
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1577
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Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician
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1660
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George I, King of England (1714-27)
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1738
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Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)
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1759
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William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
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1765
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Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
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1777
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Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
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1778
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Friedrich Westenholz, composer
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1780
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Joseph Frohlich, composer
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1782
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Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter
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1789
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Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)
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1798
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Josef Dessauer, composer
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1807
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Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
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1807
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Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
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1810
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Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
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1818
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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter)
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1819
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William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
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1820
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Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic
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1828
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Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
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1828
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Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder
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1830
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George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
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1830
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Karoly Filtsch, composer
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1831
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Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
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1838
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Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
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1841
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Giovanni Sgambati, composer
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1844
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Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
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1851
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Dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)
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1862
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Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
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1863
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Georg Adler, German state economist
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1865
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Gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E)
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1868
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Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)
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1874
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G K Chesterton, writer
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1879
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Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
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1883
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George Dyson, composer
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1883
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Luigi Perrachio, composer
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1884
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Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
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1884
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Theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer
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1886
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Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
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1887
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Hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road)
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1888
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James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)
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1888
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Jim Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympics-gold-1912)
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1889
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Jose Padilla, composer
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1892
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Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)
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1894
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Sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
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1896
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Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer
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1896
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Warren Giles, baseball's National League president
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1897
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Henry Kendall, London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange)
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1898
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Andy Kirk, jazz musician
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1900
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Owen Aisher, president (Marley)
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1903
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Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Golden Sail)
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1904
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Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
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1906
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Mary Ralton, director (British WRAC)
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1906
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Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
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1907
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Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian
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1907
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Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers)
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1907
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Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal
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1908
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Ian Lancaster Fleming, London England, author (James Bond)
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1909
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John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto)
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1910
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Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
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1910
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Stuart Piggott, archaeologist
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1910
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T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
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1911
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Bob Crisp, cricketer (South African pace bowler of 30's)
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1911
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Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader
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1912
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Leslie Monson, diplomat
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1912
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Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973)
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1913
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Gordon Wolstenholme, physician
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1914
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W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
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1915
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Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
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1915
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Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
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1916
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C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite) [or Aug 28]
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1916
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Gerald McArthur, detective
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1916
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Thora Hird, actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving)
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1916
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Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
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1917
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"Papa" John Creach, violinist
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1917
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Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival)
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1917
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Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
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1917
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Marshall Reed, Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup)
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1917
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Pape John Creech, rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
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1919
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Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire
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1919
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Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)
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1919
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John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson)
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1922
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John Alderson, chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK)
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1923
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Gyrgy Ligeti, Dicsszentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer
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1923
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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
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1924
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Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
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1924
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Lord Rippon, British MP
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1924
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Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
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1925
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust)
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1925
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Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor MI, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless)
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1927
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Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
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1927
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Franois Nourissier, French writer (Un petit bourgeois)
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1927
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Gyorgy Ligeti, composer
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1927
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Norman Ireland, CEO (Bowater)
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1927
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Robert Evans, CEO (British Gas)
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1928
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Albert Booth, British government minister
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1928
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Jacob R Druckman, composer
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1929
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Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
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1929
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Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
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1930
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Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
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1930
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Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
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1931
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Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow)
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1931
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Ervin Junger, composer
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1931
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Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer
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1931
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Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
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1931
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Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich)
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1932
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Henning Christiansen, composer
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1932
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Lord Renton, MP (Conservative)
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1932
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Timothy Renton, MP
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1933
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John Karlen, Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey)
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1933
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Philip Otton, high court judge
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1934
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Dionne quintuplets, (Annette, Ccile, milie, Marie, Yvonne), Canada
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1934
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Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile
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1934
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Julian Slade, composer
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1934
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Rob du Bois, composer
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1935
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Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
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1936
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Maki Ishii, composer
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1938
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Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
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1938
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Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness)
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1940
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Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X)
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1940
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Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
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1940
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Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
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1941
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Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company)
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1941
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Guntram Vesper, writer
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1943
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Dennis Riley, composer
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1943
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Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
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1943
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Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
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1943
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Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer)
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1944
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Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
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1944
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Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
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1944
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Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train)
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1944
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Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- )
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1945
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Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single)
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1945
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John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival
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1946
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Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
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1947
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Faith Brown, impressionist
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1947
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Patti Reynolds, Chicago Ill, playmate (Sept, 1965)
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1947
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Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
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1948
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Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
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1948
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Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer (Jack the Lad)
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1949
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Shelley Hamlin, San Mateo CA, LPGA golfer (1978 Patty Berg Classic)
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1949
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Sue Holderness, actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers)
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1953
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Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan)
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1954
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George E Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mt Palomar/Mt Wilson CA (1974-78)
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1954
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Joo Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper (Oly-bronze-1976, 80)
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1956
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Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
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1956
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Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1981-91, their most successful)
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1956
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Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach
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1956
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Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
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1957
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Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
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1957
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Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
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1958
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Yvet Anna, painter
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1959
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Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red)
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1960
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Allan Green, cricketeer
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1961
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Roland Gift, UK, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
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1962
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Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
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1963
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Eugene Robinson, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawk, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1964
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Armon Gilliam, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets)
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1964
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Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star
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1964
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Leisa Sheridan, Omaha NE, playmate (Jul, 1993)
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1964
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Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
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1965
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Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star
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1965
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Chantal Bailey, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1965
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Christa Miller, NYC, actress (Kate-Drew Carey Show)
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1965
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Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville TX, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
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1966
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Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994)
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1967
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Glen Rice, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
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1967
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Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield Ct, MTV/actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
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1967
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Tory Epps, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
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1968
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Char Thompson, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
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1968
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Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
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1968
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Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)
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1968
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Tomas P Pukstys, Chicago Ill, javelin thrower (Olympics-8th-96)
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1969
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Bob Meeks, WLAF corner (Barcelona Dragons)
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1969
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Damian Rhodes, St Paul, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
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1969
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Frank McCormack, Leicester Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Ben Williams, WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs)
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1970
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David Roberts, Alameda Calif, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
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1970
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Jason Belser, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
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1970
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Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
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1971
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Jeff Gove, Seattle WA, Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic)
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1971
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Nick Bravin, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Gregory Maddalone)
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1972
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Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer (S Australian Jr champ 1990)
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1973
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Pat Peake, Rochester, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
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1973
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Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids Mich, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA (1996)
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1975
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Mike Fisher, Naperville Ill, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1977
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Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
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1980
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Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)
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DEATHS
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1089
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Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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1259
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Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
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1317
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Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
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1357
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Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
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1521
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Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
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1534
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Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
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1650
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Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
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1685
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Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
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1787
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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
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1791
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Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
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1805
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Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
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1833
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Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
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1836
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Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
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1838
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Thomas Busby, composer, dies
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1843
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Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
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1849
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Anne Bront, novelist, dies
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1862
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Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
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1863
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Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
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1864
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Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
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1883
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August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
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1889
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Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
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1890
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Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
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1898
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Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
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1911
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Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
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1913
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Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
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1914
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Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
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1921
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Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
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1922
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Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
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1927
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Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
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1937
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Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
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1940
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Adriaan J Ensched, dir (Dutch printers Joh Ensched), dies at 50
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1940
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Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
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1940
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Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
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1940
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Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
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1942
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Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
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1944
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Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
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1954
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Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
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1958
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Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
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1959
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Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
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1963
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Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
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1964
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John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
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1969
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Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
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1971
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Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
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1972
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Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77
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1973
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Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
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1973
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Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
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1975
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Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
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1975
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Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
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1977
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Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
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1981
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Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
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1981
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Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
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1984
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Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
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1986
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Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
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1987
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Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
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1990
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Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
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1990
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Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
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1990
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Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
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1991
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Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
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1991
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Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
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1993
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Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
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1993
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Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
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1994
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Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
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1994
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Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
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1995
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Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
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1995
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Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
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1995
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Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
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1995
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Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
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1996
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John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
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1996
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Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66
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