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1379
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End of Gelderse war victory
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1545
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German Parliament opens in Worms
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1550
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France & England sign Peace of Boulogne
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1603
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Scottish king James VI becomes King James I of England
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1629
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1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia
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1645
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Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC emperor Ferdinand III
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1664
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Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
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1721
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Johann Sebastian Bach opens his Brandenburgse Concerts
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1734
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Neth's William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover
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1765
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Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
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1792
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Benjamin West (US) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
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1801
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Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia
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1828
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Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized
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1832
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Mormon Joseph Smith beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio
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1837
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Canada gives blacks the right to vote
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1848
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State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam
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1855
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Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas
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1860
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Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY
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1868
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
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1877
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University boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat
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1878
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British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost
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1880
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Tobacco Growers' Mutual Insurance Company incorporates in CT
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1882
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German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus cause of TB
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1883
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1st telephone call between NY & Chicago
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1887
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Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)
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1890
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" (BG)
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1894
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37 miners killed at Franklin, WA
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1898
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1st automobile sold
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1906
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"Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world
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1910
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83øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March
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1913
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Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England
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1913
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Palace Theater opens at 1564 Broadway NYC
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1920
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1st US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)
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1922
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Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish
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1924
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Greece becomes a republic
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1925
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KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
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1926
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The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
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1927
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Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie
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1927
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Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian & Neth's Wielingen Treaty
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1930
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1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
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1930
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Planet Pluto named
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1930
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Rnsburgse Boys soccer team forms
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1932
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1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)
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1933
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Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
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1934
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US declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
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1935
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Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network
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1936
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Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
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1937
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Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois)
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1937
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National Gallery of Art established by Congress
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1941
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British troops defeat British Somalia
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1941
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German troops occupy El Agheila Libya
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1941
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Glenn Miller begins work on his 1st movie for 20th Century Fox
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1941
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LIU beats Ohio U 56-42 for NIT basketball championship
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1941
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Richard Wright & Paul Green's "Native Son," premieres in NYC
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1944
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76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)
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1944
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811 British bombers attack Berlin
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1944
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In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians
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1945
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Gen Eisenhower, Montgomery & Bradley discuss advance in Germany
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1945
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Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports & 1300 gliders
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1945
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Operation Varsity: British, US & Canadian airborne landings E of Rhine
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1945
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US minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa
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1947
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Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency
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1947
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John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN
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1949
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21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet," Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win
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1949
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Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
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1950
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Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
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1950
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
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1950
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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1952
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Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
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1953
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1955
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1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
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1955
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British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years
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1955
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Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
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1958
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Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number 53310761)
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1959
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Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
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1960
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US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene
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1961
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NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
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1962
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24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 71-59
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1962
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Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later
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1962
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Mick Jagger & Keith Richards perform as Little Boy Blue & Blue Boys
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1964
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Kennedy half-dollar issued
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1965
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US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus
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1966
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Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance
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1967
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U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
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1968
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Mickey Wright wins Port Malabar Golf Invitational
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1970
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Dutch cartoonist Frans Pit ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip
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1972
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Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
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1973
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Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ
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1973
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Immaculata beats Queens College, 59-52 to win AIAW Basketball title
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1973
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Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
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1973
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SF 49er pres Lou Spadia proposes NFL expand to 30 teams
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1974
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36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64
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1975
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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1976
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Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
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1978
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Wings release "With a Little Luck"
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1979
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"Ballroom" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 116 performances
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1979
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10 rebounds & 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-doubl
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1979
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1st appearance as Australian cricket capt for Kim Hughes
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1979
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Columbia flown on carrier aircraft lands at Kennedy Space Center
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1980
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42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54
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1980
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ABC's nightly Iran Hostage crisis program renamed "Nightline"
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1980
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Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks
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1981
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"Nightline with Ted Koppel" premieres on ABC
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1981
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Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
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1981
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Colombia drops diplomatic relations with Cuba
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1982
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US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
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1984
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Andrea Schne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
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1984
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Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51)
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1984
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IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
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1985
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5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins
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1985
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Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)
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1985
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Jan Stephenson wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
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1985
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Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
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1986
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58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt & G Page win
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1986
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NASA publishes "Strategy for Safely Returning the Space Shuttle to Flight Status"
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1986
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Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling
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1986
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US & Libya clash in Gulf of Sidra
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1987
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1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross
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1987
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WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
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1988
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"Gospel at Colonus" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 perfs
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1988
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Quarterback Dan Fouts retires
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1989
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Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973
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1989
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Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska
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1990
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Indian troops leave Sri Lanka
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1990
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Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec)
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1991
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"Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
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1991
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11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane & Ghosts Can't Do It wins
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1991
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Barcelona Dragons beat NY/NJ Knights 19-7 in their 1st WLAF game
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1991
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Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
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1991
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In liberated Kuwait, banks reopen]
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1991
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NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
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1991
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Wrestlemania VII in LA, Hulk Hogan pins Sgt Slaughter
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1992
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"Jake's Women" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC for 245 performances
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1992
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1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
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1992
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Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space
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1992
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Sudanese Boeing 707 crashes on mountain Hymettos at Athens: 5-6 die
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1993
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Ezer Weizman elected president of Israel
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1994
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"Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances
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1994
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"Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances
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1994
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F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in NC, 120 die
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1994
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Robert F Kennedy Jr divorces Emily Black
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1996
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16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins
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1996
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Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual
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1996
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Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
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1996
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MTA raises NYC bridge tolls to $3.50 each way
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1997
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69th Academy Awards - "English Patient," T Cruise & Brenda Blythen win
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1997
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Australian parliament overturns world's 1st & only euthanasia law
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BIRTHS
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1188
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Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders/son of Sancho I
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1441
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Ernst I, elector of Saxon (1464-86)
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1494
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Georgius Agricola, Germany, mineralogist (De Re Metallica)
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1607
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Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear admiral (St Vincent, Dune)
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1630
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Jos Saenz d'Aguirre, Spanish cardinal
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1703
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Jos F de Isla, [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer
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1714
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Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer
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1732
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Gian Francesco de Majo, composer
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1740
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John Antes, composer
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1749
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Bernard Jumentier, composer
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1755
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Rufus King, framer of US constitution
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1762
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Marcos Antonio da Fonseca, Portugal, opera composer (Portogallo)
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1797
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Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder (Institute of Charity)
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1802
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Jacob van Lennep, attorney/Dutch MP
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1809
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Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers
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1814
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Galen Clark, US, naturalist/discovered Mariposa Grove
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1817
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Aime Maillart, composer
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1821
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Elisa Felix, [Rachel], tragedienne
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1821
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[George] Hector Tyndale, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1834
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John Wesley Powell, US, geologist/explorer/ethnologist
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1834
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William Morris, England, designer/craftsman/poet/socialist
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1835
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Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist (Stefan-Boltzmann law)
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1837
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Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium
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1855
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Andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury
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1855
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Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)
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1866
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Jack McAuliffe, US lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer
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1869
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mile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comdie Franaise
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1871
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Ernest Rutherford, nuclear scientist
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1874
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Harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist
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1874
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Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president of Italy (1948-55)
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1878
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Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer
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1883
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James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/old-catholic bishop
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1884
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Gino Marinuzzi, composer
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1884
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Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist (Nobel 1936)
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1885
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Charlie Daniels, US swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08)
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1887
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)
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1888
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Jameson Thomas, London England, actor (Farmer's Wife)
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1890
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Miguel Suriel, Neth Antillian writer (Muh culpabel)
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1891
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Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations)
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1891
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John Knittel, writer
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1895
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Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)
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1895
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Sid Saylor, Chicago Ill, actor (Wally-Waterfront)
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1896
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Gianna Manzini, writer
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1897
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Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor
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1897
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Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-US psycho analysist (character analysis)
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1898
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Dorothy Stratton, organizer (SPARS-women's branch of US Coast Guard)
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1898
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George Alpert, railroad executive
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1900
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June [Algeria Junius] Clark, musician trumpet
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1902
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Thomas E Dewey, Oh, 1st Catholic Pres candidate 1944, 1948 (R)
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1903
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Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939)
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1903
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John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha)
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1903
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Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer (Observer of Life)
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1905
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Andr Christiaens, Flemish writer (Unfindable Country)
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1906
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John Cameron Swayze, news correspondent/spokesman (Timex) [OS]
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1907
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Janet Harmon Bragg, US pilot/columnist (Chicago Defender)
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1907
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Lauris Norstad, US gen (NATO commander)/CEO (Owens-Corning Fiberglass)
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1907
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Lucia Chase, US ballerina/co-founder (American Ballet Theater)
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1907
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Lydia Korneevna Chukovskaya, writer
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1907
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Martin Kosleck, Germany, actor (Pursuit to Algiers)
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1909
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Clyde Barrow, bank robber (of Bonnie & Clyde fame)
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1909
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Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English radio comic/actor (Phoenix)
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1910
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Jacques Chailley, composer
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1910
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Richard Conte, Jersey City NJ, actor (4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel)
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1911
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Enrique Jord , San Sebastian Spain, conductor (SF Symphony Orch 1970)
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1911
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Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US OSSer/librarian (Yale curator)
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1911
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Jane Beverly Drew, architect
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1911
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Joseph Barbera, animator (Hanna-Barbera)
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1914
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Lilli Palmer, Posen Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil, Sebastian)
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1918
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Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter
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1919
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John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-TN, 1965- )
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1919
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author (Coney Island of the Mind)
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1920
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Gene Nelson, [Berg], Seattle Wash, actor (Tea For 2, Oklahoma)
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1921
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Wilson Harris, Guayanese author
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1922
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Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter (In the Midnight Hour)
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1922
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Dorothy Irene Height, president (national council of negro women)
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1923
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Edna Jo Hunter, expert on military families & prisoners of war
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1923
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Murray Hamilton, Washington NC, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
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1924
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Lois Andrews, actress (Ganster, Rustlers, Desert Hawk)
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1924
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Lorraine Gourley, LA CA
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1924
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Norman Fell, Phila, actor (Mr Roper-3's Company, The End, Graduate)
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1925
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Duncan Wood, TV director/producer
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1925
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Mai Zetterling, Vaeras Sweden, actress (Hidden Agenda, Ringer)
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1926
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Dario Fo, Leggiuno Sangiano VA, playwright (Nobel-1997)
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1927
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Janos Decsenyi, composer
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1927
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Martin Walser, writer
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1928
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Byron "Yanks" Janis, McKeesport Pa, pianist (NBC Symphony Orch)
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1928
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Vanessa Brown, Vienna Austria, actress (My Favorite Husband)
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1929
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Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for S Africa, 1 career no-ball)
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1930
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Kenneth Nelson, Rocky Mount NC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
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1930
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Steve McQueen, Slater Mo, actor (Wanted, Dead or Alive, Blob, Bullitt)
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1931
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Thelma Kalama, US, 4 X 100m relay swimmer (Olympic-gold-1948)
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1932
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William Smith, Columbia Mo, actor (Rich Man Poor Man, Hawaii 5-0)
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1932
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Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup)
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1933
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David Harries, composer
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1935
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Peter Bichsel, writer
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1936
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Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer
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1937
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Benjamin Luxon, Redruth England, baritone (Owen Wingrave)
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1937
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Bill Tillman, basebal player
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1937
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Billy Stewart, US R&B singer (I Do Love You)
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1937
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Erskine Sandiford, premier (Barbados, 1987-94)
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1938
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Larry Wilson, NFL back (Cardinals)
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1940
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Bob Mackie, Monterey Parks Calif, designer (Streisand, Cher)
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1943
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H Martin Lancaster, (Rep-D-NC)
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1943
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Jesus Alou, baseball outfielder (SF Giants)
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1943
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Marika Kilius, German FR, ice skating pair (Olympic-silver-1960, 64)
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1944
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Denny McLain, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968)
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1944
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Patti Labelle, singer (Phoenix, Tasty, Chameleon)
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1946
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Lee Oskar, Denmark, rock harmonicist (War-Why Can't We Be Friends)
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1946
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Paul Williams, climber
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1947
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Alan Sugar, English multi-millionaire/computer manufacturer (Amstrad)
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1947
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Mike Kellie, rock drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
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1947
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Paul McCandless, rocker (Torches on the Lake)
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1947
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Pieter W Coetzer, South African journalist/MP (NP)
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1949
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Steve Lang, Montreal Canada, rock bassist (April Wine)
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1951
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Dougie Thompson, rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right)
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1951
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Earl Williams, NBAer
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1951
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Kenneth S Reightler Jr, Patuxent R Md, Cmdr USN/astro (STS 48, 60)
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1951
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Pat Bradley, Westford MA, LPGA golfer (1981 US Women's Open)
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1952
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Nicholas Campbell, Toronto Canada, actor (Nick-Insiders)
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1953
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Steve Lubbers, cricketer (capt of Dutch World Cup team 1996)
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1954
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Donna Pescow, Brooklyn, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow)
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1954
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Irina Ratushinskaya, Odessa Ukraine, disident poet (Beyond the Limit)
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1954
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Robert Carradine, LA Calif, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength)
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1956
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Ijaz Faqih, cricketer (Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests 80-88)
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1957
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Scott J Horowitz, Phila Pa, PhD/Capt USAF/astronaut (STS 75, 82)
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1959
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Renaldo Nehemiah, US, hurdler (110m at 12.93)/NFLer (SF 49ers)
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1960
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Kelly LeBrock, NYC, actress (Weird Science, Woman in Red)
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1961
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Dean Jones, cricketer (dashing Australian batsman & fielder 1984-92)
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1961
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James T Gallagher Jr, Johnstown PA, PGA golfer (1990 Greater Milw)
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1962
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Penny Hammel, Decatur IL, LPGA golfer (Jamie Farr Toledo-1985, 89)
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1962
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Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess (NBC, Inside Edition)
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1963
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Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie (Vitesse, Manchester)
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1963
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Sammy Giammatva, Houston Tex, tennis star
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1964
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Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star
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1965
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Angela Zuckerman, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
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1965
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Ben Torriero, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
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1965
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Jeff Reese, Brantford, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1965
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Marian Vajda, Czech, tennis star
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1966
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Penny Toler, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
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1966
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Tatjana Patitz, Hamburg German FR, model/actress (Rising Sun)
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1967
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Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, Fla, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Ark 1987)
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1967
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Richard Gillam, Atlanta Ga, pairs skater (& Erin Moorad)
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1969
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Yoko Zetterlund, SF Calif, volleyball setter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
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1970
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Lara Flynn Boyle, Davenport Iowa, actress (Donna Hayward-Twin Peaks)
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1970
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Marques Bragg, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)
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1970
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Mike Vanderjagt, CFL kicker (Toronto Argonauts)
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1970
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Shannon Lemora, Baton Rouge Louisiana, 1.5k runner
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1973
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Atle Larsen, WLAF kicker (Rhein Fire)
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1973
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Chip McCaw, Chicago Ill, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
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1973
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David Moravec, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-gold-1998)
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1973
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Josh Lakatos, Pasadena Calif, trap shooter (Olympics-silver-1996)
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1973
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Philippe Boucher, St Apollinaire Ca, NHL defense (LA Kings, Oly-G-98)
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1974
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Terry Killens, linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
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1975
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Debbie Keller, Winfield Ill, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Julia Bikbova, Kiev Ukraine, dance skater (& John Lee)
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1976
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Danielle Garrett, Camp Hill Penn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Olivia Burnette, San Clemente Calif, actress (Torkelsons)
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1980
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Luke Edwards, Nevada City Ca, actor (Newsie)
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DEATHS
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809
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Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44
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1400
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Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies
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1455
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Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57
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1455
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Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies
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1471
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Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55
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1558
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Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies
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1603
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Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], UK queen (1558-1603), dies at 69
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1631
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Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
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1635
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Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
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1644
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Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies
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1654
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Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
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1661
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William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston
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1755
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Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
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1823
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Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66
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1825
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Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64
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1838
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Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
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1842
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Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59
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1866
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Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies
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1867
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Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85
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1877
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Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51
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1878
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Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73
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1881
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Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69
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1882
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75
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1894
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Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68
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1899
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Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies
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1905
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Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
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1909
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John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37
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1911
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Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies
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1916
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Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48
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1918
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Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53
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1921
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Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48
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1932
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George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies
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1937
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Lopold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at 76
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1945
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J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies
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1945
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Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies
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1946
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Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
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1946
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Gustaf Heintze, composer, dies at 66
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1953
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Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74
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1953
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Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85
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1960
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Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70
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1964
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Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59
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1967
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Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
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1968
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Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61
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1968
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Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70
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1969
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Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55
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1974
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Doris Deane, dies at 74
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1974
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Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79
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1975
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Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60
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1975
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Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86
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1976
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Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88
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1976
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Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
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1977
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Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73
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1978
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Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62
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1979
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Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53
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1980
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Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass
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1982
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Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
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1984
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Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93
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1986
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Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67
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1990
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Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies
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1990
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An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer
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1990
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Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68
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1990
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Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56
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1993
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Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35
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1993
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John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78
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1993
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Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90
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1993
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Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60
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1994
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Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81
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1994
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Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated
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1994
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Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
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1995
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Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88
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1995
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Joey Long, blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
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1995
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Trevor Oswald Ling, religious Studies Professor, dies at 75
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1996
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Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66
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