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1185
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Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
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1449
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Anti-pope Felix V resigns
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1507
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Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
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1541
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-26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
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1604
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Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
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1607
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Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
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1614
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Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
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1626
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Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld
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1660
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London Convention Parliament begins
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1660
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Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
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1678
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French troops conquer Ypres
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1684
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Patent granted for thimble
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1707
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Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
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1719
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Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
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1747
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Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
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1792
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Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
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1850
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Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices
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1859
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Ground broken for Suez Canal
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1861
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7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC
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1861
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Battle of Lavaca, TX
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1862
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Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
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1864
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Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
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1867
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Tokyo opens for foreign trade
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1875
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Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
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1876
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Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
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1881
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250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
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1881
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French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia
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1886
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Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
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1891
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Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
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1896
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Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
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1896
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Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
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1898
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US declares war on Spain over Cuba
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1901
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Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
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1901
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In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detro
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1901
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New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
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1902
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Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
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1904
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NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
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1905
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Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
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1905
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Whites win right to vote in South Africa
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1915
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78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
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1925
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Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany
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1926
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Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
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1926
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Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
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1927
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Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
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1928
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Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
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1932
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Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in NYC
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1933
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NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
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1933
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US & Canada drop Gold Standard
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1938
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1st use of seeing eye dog
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1941
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Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
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1942
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Luftwaffe bombs Bath
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1944
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United Negro College Fund incorporates
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1945
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45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
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1945
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Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
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1945
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British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
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1945
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Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
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1945
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Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
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1945
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Red army completely surrounds Berlin
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1945
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US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
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1946
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"Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
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1946
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Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London
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1947
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Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
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1947
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Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vote begins
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1949
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Friedrich Drrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel
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1949
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Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
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1950
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Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
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1950
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Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
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1952
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6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
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1952
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American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
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1952
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German "Country" Bathe-Wrttemberg forms
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1953
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Scientists identify DNA
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1954
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Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
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1954
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British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
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1954
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WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1956
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Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
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1956
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Nol Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
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1957
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1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
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1957
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Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian govt
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1957
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WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1959
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St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
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1960
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1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
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1961
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"Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs
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1961
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France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
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1961
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Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
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1961
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Premier Mose Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
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1961
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Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
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1961
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Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
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1962
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Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
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1962
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June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
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1962
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Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
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1962
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US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
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1962
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US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
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1964
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Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
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1965
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19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
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1965
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
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1966
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Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
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1967
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Abortion legalized in Colorado
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1967
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Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
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1967
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Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in NYC
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1968
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"Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
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1969
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BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th & last episode
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1969
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Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
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1970
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"Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1970
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Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
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1970
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Melanie releases "Lay Down"
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1971
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About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
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1971
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
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1971
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US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
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1971
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1972
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Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
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1973
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1974
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Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gnther Guillaume found to be a spy
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1974
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Leo Tindemans forms Belgium govt
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1974
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Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
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1974
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NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
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1975
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1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
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1975
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Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
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1975
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USSR performs underground nuclear test
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1975
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West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
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1976
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Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
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1976
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Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
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1976
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India all out for 97 v West Indies
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1976
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Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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1976
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Portugal adopts constitution
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1977
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Cin Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
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1977
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1978
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Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
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1978
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Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
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1979
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"Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
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1979
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Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
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1980
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A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
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1980
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Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
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1980
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Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
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1980
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1981
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Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
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1981
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Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
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1982
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Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1982
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In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
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1982
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic
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1982
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1982
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Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
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1983
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"Nightline" expands from « hour to a full hour
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1983
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1983
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Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election
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1983
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Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
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1984
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Rock group Wings disbands
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1984
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1985
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"Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
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1985
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Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
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1985
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For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
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1985
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Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
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1985
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West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
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1986
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ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
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1988
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"Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
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1988
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John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
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1988
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NASA launches space vehicle S-211
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1989
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Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
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1989
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Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
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1990
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25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win
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1990
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Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
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1990
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Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
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1991
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"Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances
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1991
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Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
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1991
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Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
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1991
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Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
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1992
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"Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
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1992
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Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
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1993
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"Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
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1993
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Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
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1994
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14" of snow in Southern Calif
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1994
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Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
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1994
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Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
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1994
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King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
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1994
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Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
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1994
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Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
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1995
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"Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs
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1995
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16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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1996
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"Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
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1997
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Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
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BIRTHS
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1214
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Louis IX, King of France (1226-70)
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1228
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Koenraad IV, Roman Catholic German king (1237-54)
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1284
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Edward II, King of England (1307-27)
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1567
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Aurelio Signoretti, composer
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1599
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Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)
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1608
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Jean BG duke of Orlans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general
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1614
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Hieronymus van Beverningk, chief Dutch treasurer/maecenas
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1614
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Marc'Antonio Pasqualini, composer
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1666
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Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer
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1677
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Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
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1690
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Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer
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1710
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James Ferguson, astronomer
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1723
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Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer
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1730
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Fedele Fenaroli, composer
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1769
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Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor
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1792
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John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
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1818
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Marek Konrad Sokolowski, composer
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1824
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Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter
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1825
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Charles Ferdinand Dowd, US, standardized time zones
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1837
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William Charles Levey, composer
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1840
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James Dearing, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1865
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1840
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Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (1812 Overture) (5/7 NS)
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1841
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Pauline Lucca, soprano
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1842
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Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il santo/Leila)
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1849
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Felix Klein, German mathematician (Evanston Colloquium)
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1862
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Edward Grey, English viscount of Fallodon/minister of Foreign affairs
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1867
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Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist
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1869
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Karl Prohaska, composer
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1871
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Sara Amsel, Indonesian/Dutch actress
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1872
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Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
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1874
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Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)
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1876
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Ruben Marcos Campos, composer
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1881
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Hans Windisch, German new testament expert
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1883
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Elsa Maxwell, Keokuk Iowa, writer (Jack Paar Show)
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1889
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Charles Kellaway, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's)
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1895
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Stanley Rous, British soccer official
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1897
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Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
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1897
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VAA Mary, English princess
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1900
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Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, diplomat
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1900
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Lord Gladwyn, MP (Liberal)
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1900
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Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist (Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945)
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1901
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Ernst Gernot Klussmann, composer
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1903
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Camilla Horn, actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol)
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1903
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Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer
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1905
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Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant
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1905
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Walter Hassan, engineer
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1906
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Sally Salminen, writer
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1906
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William J Brennan Jr, NJ, 92nd Supreme Court judge (1956-90) [or 8/25]
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1906
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Zoltan Gardonyi, composer
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1907
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Paula Trueman, NYC, actress (Gran-Billy)
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1907
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Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer
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1908
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Edward R Murrow, Pole Creek NC, newscaster (Person to Person)
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1909
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Jaroslav Doubrava, composer
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1912
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Gladys L Presley, mother of Elvis
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1913
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Earl Bostic, Tulsa OK, alto sax player (Flamingo, Temptation)
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1913
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Russ Conway, Brandon Manitoba, actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye)
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1914
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Claude Mauriac, writer
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1914
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Marcos Perez Jimenez, president/dictator Venezuela
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1915
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A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
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1915
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William Goyen, writer
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1918
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Astrid Varnay, Stockholm Sweden, soprano (Met Opera 1941-56)
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1918
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Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex)
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1918
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[Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay, Hungarian/US singer (Walkre)
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1919
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Heinz Wunderlich, composer
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1920
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Jean Carmet, actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic)
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1920
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Marre, reformer of the bar
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1921
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Jean Mogin, Belgian poet
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1921
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Karel Appel, painter (Vragende Children)
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1923
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Aafje J R Bouber, [Blom], actress (Traveller Without Baggage)
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1923
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Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist (Bad Look Blues)
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1923
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Anita Bjorak, actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People)
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1923
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Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
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1923
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Melissa Hayden, Toronto Canada, ballerina (1961 Silver Bowl)
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1924
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Erzsebet Szonyi, composer
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1924
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Franco Mannino, composer
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1925
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Anthony Christopher, British trade unionist
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1926
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Paul Walter Furst, composer
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1927
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Ernst Widmer, composer
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1929
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Jos Angel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza)
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1929
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Yvette Corlett, athlete
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1929
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Yvette Williams, NZ, long jumper (Oly-gold-52)
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1930
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Dotty Mack, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Paul Dixon Show)
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1930
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Paul Mazursky, Brooklyn, writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson)
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1930
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Roy Marshall, cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI)
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1931
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David Shepherd, painter
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1932
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Lia Manoliu, Romania, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1932
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Meadowlark Lemmon, basketball star (Harlem Globetrotter) [or 0421]
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1932
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William Roache, England, actor (Ken Barlow-Coronation Street)
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1933
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Helen Paling, British circuit judge
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1933
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Jerry Leiber, songwriter (Leiber & Stoller)
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1934
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David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner
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1934
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Denny "Scott" Miller, Bloomington Ind, actor (Wagon Train)
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1937
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Bo Brundin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Rhinemann Exchange)
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1937
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Thomas Faber, publisher
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1939
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Richard earl of Lichfield, English photographer
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1939
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Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat
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1940
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Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
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1940
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Marian Norrie
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1940
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O B McClinton, [Burnett], country singer (Keep your arms around me)
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1941
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Bertrand Tavernier, actor (Capt Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie)
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1941
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Chris Augustine, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
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1941
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Lawrence J Smith, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
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1942
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John Martin Dalby, composer
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1942
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Jon Kyl, (Rep-R-Arizona)
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1944
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John Bryant, editor (Europeans)
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1945
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Bjorn Ulvaeus, rock vocalist/guitarist (ABBA-Waterloo, Dancing Queen)
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1945
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Michael Kogel, rocker
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1945
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Stu Cook, rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
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1945
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Walt Wesley, NBA star (Cleve Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers)
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1946
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... Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian ultra nationalist/anti semite
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1946
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Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
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1946
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Peter Sutherland, CEO (Allied Irish Banks)
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1946
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Ronnie Gilbert, rocker (Lifeline, Harp)
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1946
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Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success NY, actress (Adrienne-Rocky)
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1946
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, [Edelstein], Russian nationalist/anti-semite
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1947
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Bill Fontana, composer
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1947
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Jeffrey DeMunn, Buffalo NY, actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City)
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1947
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Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona)
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1948
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Mike Selvey, cricketer (England pace bowler of late 70's)
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1949
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Michael Brown, NYC, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
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1950
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Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
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1951
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Ian McCartney, MP
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1951
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Linda Stone, pharmacist
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1952
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Cory Day, Bronx NY, rock vocalist
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1952
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Vladislav Tretiak, USSR hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
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1953
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Gary Cosier, cricketer (Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut v WI)
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1954
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Rob Crosby, Sumter SC, country singer (She's a Natural)
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1955
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Buster Mottram, tennis player
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1955
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Joanne Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
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1955
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John Nunn, British chess player
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1957
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Eric Bristow, "Crafty Cockney", Engld, dart thrower (5 World Masters)
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1958
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Chris Johnson, Arcata CA, LPGA golfer (1990 Atlantic City Classic)
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1958
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Fish, [Derek William Dick], Scottish vocalist (Marillion-Sugar Mice)
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1958
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Flab, rocker
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1959
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Billy Rankin, Glasgow, Scotland, rocker
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1959
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Tony Phillips, Atlanta GA, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox
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1964
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Andy Bell, rocker (Erasure-Oh L'Amour)
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1964
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Jackie Campbell, LA Cal, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-5th-1993)
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1964
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Jamie Siddons, cricketer (Victorian & SA batsman ODI for Aust 1988)
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1965
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Denis Perez, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
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1965
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Mark Bryant, NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets)
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1966
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Darren Holmes, Asheville NC, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1966
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Isabelle Pasco, France, actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue)
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1967
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Angel Martino, Americus GA, 50m/100m freestyle (Oly-gold/2 br-92, 96)
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1969
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Darren Woodson, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
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1969
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Gavin Bruk-Jackson, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
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1969
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Jon Olsen, US, 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley (Olymp-gold-1992, 96)
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1969
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Marisa Pedulla, Bellefonte PA, half-lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter (Oly-15th-1996)
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1969
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Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- )
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1969
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Travis Fryman, Lexington KY, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
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1970
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Corwin Brown, NFL safety (NY Jets, NE Patriots)
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1970
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Steve Tovar, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
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1971
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Andrew Grigg, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1971
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Brad Clontz, Stuart VA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
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1971
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Eric England, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
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1971
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Jol Bourgeois, Moncton New Brunswick, 3000m Steeplechase (Olympic-96)
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1971
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Michelle Harris, Newark Delaware, Miss America-Delaware (1996)
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1971
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Pam Schaffrath, Chicago IL, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
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1972
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Percell Gaskins, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
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1973
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Alek Stojanov, Windsor, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)
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1973
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Barbara Rittner, Krefeld German FR, tennis star (1992 Schenectady)
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1973
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Paige Gordon, North Vancouver BC, diver (Olympics-16-92, 96)
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1973
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Wes Martin, Calgary Alta, golfer (1990 Alberta Jr Masters-2nd)
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1974
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Brad Hassell, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
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1974
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Libor Prochazka, hockey defenseman (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
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1974
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Tricia Dunn, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1974
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Twan Russell, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
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1975
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Jacque Jones, San Diego CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1975
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Ruben Gomez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
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1976
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Tim Duncan, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
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1977
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Jonathan Angel, SF Calif, actor (Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell)
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1977
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Marguerite Moreau, actress (Connie-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
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1985
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Jonathan Halyalkar, Ramsey NJ, actor (Billy-Who's the Boss)
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DEATHS
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974
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Ratherius of Verona/Liege, bishop/abbot, dies at about 84
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1295
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Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Le¢n, dies
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1342
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Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
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1472
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Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
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1482
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Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
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1566
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Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies
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1595
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Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51
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1607
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Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
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1607
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Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle
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1635
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Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
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1647
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Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62
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1663
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Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
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1690
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David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79
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1728
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John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
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1744
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Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
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1792
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Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
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1792
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Nicolas J Pelletier, Frenchman, 1st guillotined
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1800
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William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
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1808
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Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
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1813
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Louis-Sbastien Mercier, French poet (Le Dserteur), dies at 73
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1822
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Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83
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1828
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John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64
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1840
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Simon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies
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1845
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Thomas Duncan, painter, dies
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1853
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William Beaumont, physiologist, dies
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1862
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Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55
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1873
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Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
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1882
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Johann CF Zllner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies
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1905
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Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
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1906
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John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
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1915
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Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
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1925
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George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
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1926
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Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76
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1928
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Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
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1931
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A J Y (Bert) Hopkins, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies
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1937
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Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
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1942
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Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52
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1943
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Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies
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1946
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Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
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1946
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Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
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1951
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Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
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1954
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Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
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1955
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Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
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1955
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Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73
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1960
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Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
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1960
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Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
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1960
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Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
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1961
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Hans F Blunck, writer, dies
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1966
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Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
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1969
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Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
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1970
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Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55
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1971
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Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
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1972
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George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
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1976
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Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies
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1976
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Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
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1981
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Dixie, a mouse who lived 6« years, dies
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1982
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Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
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1982
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Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
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1982
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John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74
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1982
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Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies
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1982
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William R Burnett, US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82
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1984
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Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
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1985
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Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
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1985
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Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80
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1988
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Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
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1988
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Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
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1988
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Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83
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1989
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George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85
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1990
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Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
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1991
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Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66
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1991
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Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
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1992
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Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
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1992
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Dany [Danil S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic & water, dies at 77
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1992
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Panos Christi, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 54
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1992
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Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema
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1993
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Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
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1994
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David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82
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1994
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George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
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1994
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Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32
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1995
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Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
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1995
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Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85
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1995
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Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
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1995
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Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
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1996
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John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87
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1996
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John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
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1996
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Saul Bass, designer, dies at 74
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