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325
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1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nica, Asia Minor
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526
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Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria
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1293
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Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
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1303
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Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War
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1310
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Shoes were made for both right & left feet
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1347
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Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
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1495
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French King Charles VIII leaves Naples
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1498
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Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India
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1501
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Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands
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1521
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Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball
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1524
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Duke of Albany leaves Scotland
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1570
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Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
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1571
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Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
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1591
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Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius
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1631
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German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg
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1639
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Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
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1690
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England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
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1704
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Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY
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1734
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1st Jockey Club forms in SC
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1774
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Britain gives Qubec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio
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1775
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Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain
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1784
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England & Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris)
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1825
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Charles X becomes King of France
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1830
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1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)
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1830
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D Hyde patents fountain pen
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1845
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1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii
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1861
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Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
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1861
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Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War
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1861
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North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union
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1861
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US marshals appropriate previous year's telegraph dispatches, to reveal prosecessionist evidence
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1862
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Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of West
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1864
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Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured
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1864
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Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person
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1867
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Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage
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1867
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Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria
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1868
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Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant
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1870
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Second Chamber abolishes capital punishment
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1874
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Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz
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1875
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Intl Bureau of Weights & Measures forms by treaty
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1879
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5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37
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1882
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Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance
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1882
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Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" (Gengangere) premieres in Chicago
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1882
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St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens
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1892
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George Sampson patents clothes dryer
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1892
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Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy & Austria forms
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1895
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1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
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1900
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2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
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1902
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Cuba gains independence from Spain
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1902
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US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends
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1910
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Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII
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1911
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Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts v Sussex
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1913
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38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4
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1915
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Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo
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1916
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Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918)
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1916
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Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
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1917
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Turkish govt authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa
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1918
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1st electrically propelled warship (New Mxico)
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1919
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Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550
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1920
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Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling
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1922
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"Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90
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1922
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Babe Ruth & Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup & go hitless
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1923
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Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK
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1926
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Belgian govt of Jaspar takes power
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1926
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Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots & planes
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1926
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Railway Labor Act became law
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1926
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Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
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1927
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At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris
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1927
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Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda)
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1930
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1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot
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1930
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University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
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1932
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Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
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1932
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Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria
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1939
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"3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1
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1939
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1st regular transatlantic airmail (NY to Marsseille France)
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1939
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Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger & air mail service
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1940
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Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)
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1940
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Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
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1940
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Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen
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1940
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Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7
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1941
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Archer's "Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform" published
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1941
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Former Dutch PM Colijn says Neth Indies not ready for independence
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1941
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Germany invades Crete
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1941
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White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
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1942
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US Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve
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1943
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French, British & US victory parade in Tunis Tunisia
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1944
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US Communist Party dissolves
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1945
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Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
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1946
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Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless
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1948
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1st use of Israeli Air Force & 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army
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1948
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Cleve Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)
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1950
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76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
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1954
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Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
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1955
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Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state
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1956
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Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll
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1956
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Jordan government of Samir resigns
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1959
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Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
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1959
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Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship
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1959
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Shah of Persia visits Netherlands
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1959
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Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
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1960
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Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
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1961
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87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6
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1961
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Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen
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1961
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Mauritania adopts constitution
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1961
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White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
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1962
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open
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1963
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Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia
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1964
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Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for US Olympic team
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1965
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Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121
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1965
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Yorkshire all out for 23 v Hampshire at Middlesbrough
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1967
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10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
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1967
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93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2
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1967
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BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
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1969
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US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam
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1970
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100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
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1970
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2 die in a NYC subway accident
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1970
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Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
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1971
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Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
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1972
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"Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
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1972
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"Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 6 performances
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1972
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5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2
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1972
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98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6
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1972
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Cameroon adopts its constitution
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1972
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Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
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1973
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"2 Gentlemen of Verona" closes at St James Theater NYC after 613 perfs
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1973
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25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore
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1973
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Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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1974
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Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
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1976
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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1978
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104th Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 1:54.4
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1978
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3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris
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1978
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US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
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1979
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"I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 864 perfs
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1979
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1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
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1979
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
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1980
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710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
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1980
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Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss
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1980
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Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157
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1980
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In a referendum, 59.5% of Qubec voters reject separatism
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1981
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Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam
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1983
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Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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1983
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Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title
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1983
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Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs
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1984
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"On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances
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1984
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Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic
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1984
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Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory
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1985
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1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis
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1985
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Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time
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1985
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FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR
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1985
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Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a r
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1985
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Israel exchanges 1,100+ Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers
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1985
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Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1985
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US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
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1986
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Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA
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1986
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Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv
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1987
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Gtenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee
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1987
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Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"
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1988
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Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's & John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade
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1988
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Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place
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1989
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115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
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1989
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China declares martial law in Beijing
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1989
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Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live
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1989
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Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
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1990
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"Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances
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1990
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Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International
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1990
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Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space
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1991
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Chic Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP
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1991
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Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save
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1991
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Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad
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1992
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FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London
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1992
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India launches its 1st satellite independently
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1992
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Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds
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1992
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VP Quayle attacks Murphy Brown for being a single mother
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1993
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10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA)
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1993
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274th & final "Cheers" on NBC
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1993
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Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns
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1994
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Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show
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1994
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Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe
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1994
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Sony Theaters & Cineplex (NYC) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00
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1995
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121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4
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1995
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CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung
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1995
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Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games
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1997
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Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed
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1997
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Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
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1997
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White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
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BIRTHS
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1364
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Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican
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1470
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Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian
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1537
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Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)
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1547
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Melchior Bischoff, composer
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1554
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Paulo Bellasio, composer
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1593
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Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist
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1743
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[Franois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, (
Breda), leader (Haiti)
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1750
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Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
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1754
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Hans Gram, composer
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1759
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William Thornton, architect (Capitol building, Wash DC)
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1764
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J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer
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1768
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Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17)
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1772
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William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)
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1799
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Honor de Balzac, France, novelist (Pere Goriot, Human Comedy)
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1806
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John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian
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1812
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Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer
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1815
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Barthlmy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter
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1818
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William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo)
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1822
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Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo)
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1822
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Frdric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901)
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1825
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy (1st ordained US female minister)
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1828
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James William Reilly, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
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1830
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Amalia MdGA, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry
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1830
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Hector H Malot, French writer (Without Family)
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1841
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Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate
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1844
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Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream)
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1850
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Eaton Faning, composer
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1851
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Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record)
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1851
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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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1856
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Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter
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1872
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Albert Steinrck, German actor (Golem)
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1874
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Folkert E Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry
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1876
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John Owen Jones, composer
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1881
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Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general)
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1882
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Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928)
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1883
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Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher
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1889
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Felix Arndt, composer
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1889
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Margery Allingham, detective story writer
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1889
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William Lawther, union leader
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1890
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Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)
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1894
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Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent)
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1895
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Reginald J "R" Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire)
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1899
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Estelle Taylor, Delaware, actress (8 Commandments)
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1899
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John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71)
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1901
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Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
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1901
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Otto Waldis, Austria, actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World)
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1902
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Hans Sahl, writer
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1903
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Jerzy Fitelberg, composer
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1904
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Russell Hardie, Buffalo NY, actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky)
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1905
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Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Sailing)
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1905
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Harry Campion, statistician/founder (Brit Central Statistical Office)
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1908
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Jimmy Stewart, PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life)
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1909
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Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist
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1909
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John Arkell, director of administration (BBC)
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1911
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Annie M G Schmidt, writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip & Janneke)
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1911
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Gardner F[rancis] Fox, US, sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman)
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1912
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Joseph Proce, 3rd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
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1913
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Henry Cadbury Brown, architect
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1913
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Ion Dumitrescu, composer
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1913
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William Hewlett, cofounder (Hewlett-Packard Co)
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1915
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Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense
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1915
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Peter Copley, actor (Victim, King & Country)
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1916
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Cornelie Coposu, politician
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1916
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John McIntyre, theologian
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1916
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Owen Chadwick, chancellor (U of East Anglia)
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1917
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Enyss Djemil, composer
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1917
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Richard Charles Cobb, historian
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1919
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George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife)
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1920
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Betty Driver, actress (Penny Paradise)
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1920
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John Cruickshank, banker
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1920
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William Simpson, British trade union leader
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1921
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John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon
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1921
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John Marchi, (Rep-R-NY)
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1921
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W Borchert, writer
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1922
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Clifford Butler, vice chancellor (Loughborough Univ of Technology)
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1923
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Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets)
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1923
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Hugh Beach, British General
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1923
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Samuel Selvon, author
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1924
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Betty Driver, actress (Coronation St, Pardon the Expression)
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1924
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Peter Shore, MP (Labour)
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1925
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D French Slaughter Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1985- )
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1926
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David Hedison, Providence RI, actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
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1926
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John Lucarotti, scriptwriter
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1926
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Vic Ames, rocker (Ames Brothers)
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1927
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David Frederick Barlow, composer
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1927
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Walter Aschaffenburg, composer
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1927
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[Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)
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1928
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David Berriman, CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees)
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1928
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David Hedison, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
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1929
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Andr Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet
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1930
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James McEachin, Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly)
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1930
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Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College)
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1931
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Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956)
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1933
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Constance Towers, actress (Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss)
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1933
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Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing)
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1936
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Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs)
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1937
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Dave Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis)
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1937
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Earl of Iveagh, pres (Guiness Pics)
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1937
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Lord "Benjie" Iveagh, British brewer (Guinness)/large landowner
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1937
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Teddy Randazzo, song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In)
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1938
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Alan Smithers, British professor
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1938
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Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
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1939
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Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist
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1940
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Sadaharu Oh, of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR
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1940
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Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge)
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1940
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Stan Mikita, NHL center (led NHL in scoring 4 times)
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1941
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Goh Chok Sole, premier of Singapore (1990- )
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1941
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Maria Liberia-Peters, premier of Dutch Antilles (198?-93)
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1942
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Lynn Davies, long jumper
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1942
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Paula, [Jill Jackson], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
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1942
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Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant (Hong Kong)
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1943
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Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80)
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1943
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Ian Vallance, CEO (British Telecom)
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1943
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Tison Street, composer
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1944
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Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer (Good night mister president)
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1944
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Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
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1944
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David M Walker, Columbus Ga, Capt USN/astron (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69)
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1944
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Joe Cocker, Sheffield Eng, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends)
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1944
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Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England)
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1945
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Harold E Ford, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- )
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1945
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Lord Hollick, CEO (MAI)
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1945
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
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1945
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Wally Herger, (Rep-R-California)
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1946
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Bakhaavaa Buidaa, Mongolia, wrestler (Oly-silver-1972) disqualified
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1946
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Cher Bono, Cal, rocker/actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask)
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1946
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Craig Patrick, NHL coach
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1947
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Iain Vallance, CEO (British Telecom)
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1948
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Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire)
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1948
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John Amiel, director (Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow)
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1948
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John R McKernan Jr, (Rep-R-ME, 1983-86/Gov-Maine)
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1948
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Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- )
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1949
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Nick Joe Rahall II, (Rep-D-WV, 1977- )
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1951
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Michael D Crapo, (Rep-R-Idaho)
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1951
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Thomas D Akers, St Louis, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79)
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1951
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William Cullen Bryant, actor (Hell Squad)
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1952
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Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer (Ultravox)
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1954
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Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut
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1954
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James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
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1955
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Nigel Griffiths, MP (Labour)
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1955
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Steve George, rock keyboardist (Mr Mister)
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1956
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Andrew Hilditch, cricketer (Australian opening bat 1979-85)
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1956
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Tomas Smid, Czech, tennis star
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1958
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Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour)
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1958
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Mike Engleman, Sonoma Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96)
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1958
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Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show)
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1959
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Bronson Pinchot, NYC, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop)
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1959
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Peter Greene, Bkln NY, producer (After Midnight)
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1960
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John Cowsill, rock vocalist (Cowsills-Hair)
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1960
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Susan Cowsill, Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
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1960
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Tony Goldwyn, LA Calif, actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red)
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1961
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Clive Allen, WLAF kicker (London Monarchs)
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1961
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Kit Clarke, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer)
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1961
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Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts)
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1961
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Sally Quinlan, LPGA golfer
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1961
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Vaughn Jefferis, Matangi NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olymp-bronze-96)
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1962
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Lydia Cheng, NYC, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2)
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1962
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Sylvie Rauch, Munich German FR, nude model/actress
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1963
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Brian Nash, Glendale Calif, actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies)
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1963
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David Wells, Torrance CA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees)
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1963
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Dipak Chudasama, cricketer (Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup)
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1964
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Earl Charles Spencer, Sandringham England, brother of Princess Diana
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1964
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Jeff Schwarz, US baseball pitcher (Calif Angels, Chicago White Sox)
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1964
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Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
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1964
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Paul W Richards, Scranton PA, astronaut
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1964
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Todd Peat, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1965
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Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor)
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1965
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Fia Porter, Mexia Tx, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live)
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1965
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Joe Cioe, Cranston RI, Canadian Tour golfer (NH Open-1992, 93)
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1965
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Todd Stottlemyre, Yakima WA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays)
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1966
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Lawyer Tillman, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
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1966
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Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer (1988 US Women's Open)
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1966
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Mindy Cohn, LA, actress (Facts of Life)
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1966
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Paolo Seganti, actor (Damian-As the World Turns)
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1967
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Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart Ger, tennis star (1989 Futures Israel)
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1968
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Damon Mays, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers)
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1968
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Phil Hansen, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
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1969
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Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star
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1969
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Suzanne Lawrence, Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th)
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1970
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Jason York, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
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1970
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Missy Cress, Burbank CA, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1970
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Niklas Andersson, Kungalv SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, NY Islanders)
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1970
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Terrell Brandon, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks)
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1971
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Jonas Berqvist, Angelhorn SWE, hockey forward (Team Sweden, Oly-98)
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1971
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Niklas Andersson, Kungalv Swe, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
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1971
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Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
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1972
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Michael Cox, Hannibal Missouri, 1.5k runner
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1974
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Brandon Jessie, tight end (NY Giants)
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1977
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Angela Goethals, actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel)
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1979
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Tamika Thomas, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1996)
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DEATHS
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1277
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John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies
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1444
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Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
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1449
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Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
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1471
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Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
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1506
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Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55
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1509
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Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45
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1597
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Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle
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1622
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Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
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1648
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Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
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1650
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Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
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1669
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Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
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1751
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Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38
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1782
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Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
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1782
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Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82
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1795
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Ign c Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded
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1834
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Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies
|
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1834
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Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies
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1841
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Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
|
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1847
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Mary Lamb, writer, dies
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1864
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John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70
|
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1875
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Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
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1876
|
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Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old
|
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1876
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Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies
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1880
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Eugne LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76
|
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1883
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William Chambers, author/publisher, dies
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1895
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Ratu Agung-Agung Gd Ngurah, radja van Mataram, Lombok, dies
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1896
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Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76
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1900
|
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Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
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1910
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Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88
|
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1911
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E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies
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1919
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Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies
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1923
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Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
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1926
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Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies
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1935
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Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
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1939
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Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
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1940
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Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
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1940
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Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies
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1956
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Andr Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
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1956
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Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies
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1959
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Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60
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1968
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Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
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1968
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Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91
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1969
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Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
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1969
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Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69
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1972
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Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78
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1972
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Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
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1975
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Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies
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1975
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Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72
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1975
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Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
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1980
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Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
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1984
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Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72
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1985
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George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
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1986
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Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
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1986
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Willem Pe, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83
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1989
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Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70
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1989
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Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42
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1989
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John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
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1991
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Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65
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1993
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Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77
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1994
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Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79
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1994
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Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at 83
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1994
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Vivien John, artist, dies at 79
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1996
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Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
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1996
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George Malcolm Thomson, journalist, dies at 96
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1996
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Jack Wyngaard, dancer, dies at 37
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1996
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Janaki Ramachandran, PM of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies
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1996
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|
John Pertwee, actor (Dr Who), dies at 76
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1996
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Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist, dies at 70
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1996
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Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101
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1997
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Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies
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