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1349
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3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
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1421
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Battle of Beauge-French beat British
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1492
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Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
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1610
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King James I addresses English House of Commons
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1681
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3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London
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1697
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Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
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1702
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Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
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1788
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Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana
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1788
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Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
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1790
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Thomas Jefferson reports to Pres Washington in NY as Sec of State
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1791
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Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN
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1804
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French civil Code of Napoleon adopted
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1824
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Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses
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1826
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Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna
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1835
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Charles Darwin & Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
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1843
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Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
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1844
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Origin of Bah '¡ Era-Bah '¡ calendar starts here (Bah 1, 1)
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1851
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Yosemite Valley discovered in California
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1857
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Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die
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1859
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1st Zoological Society incorporates (Phila)
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1859
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Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh
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1859
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Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
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1860
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US extradition treaty with Sweden
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1863
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Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon
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1864
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Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana
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1865
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Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
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1866
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Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes
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1868
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1st US professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in NYC
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1871
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Journalist Henry M Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
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1871
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Otto von Bismarck elevated Frst
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1874
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US Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
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1885
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2nd French government of Ferry resigns
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1888
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Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London
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1890
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Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law
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1891
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A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years
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1899
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British & French accord about West-Africa
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1907
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US invades Honduras
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1909
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Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin)
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1913
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-26] Flood in Ohio, kills 400
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1914
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld
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1914
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott
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1916
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JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as gov-gen of Neth Indies
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1917
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1st female US Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh
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1918
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-28] During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive
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1921
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Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
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1922
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KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
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1923
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US foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses USSR recognition
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1924
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1st foreign language course broadcast on US radio (WJZ, NYC)
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1924
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Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US
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1925
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Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
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1925
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Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
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1927
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Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee
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1931
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KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland
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1931
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
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1931
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
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1933
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Hitler, Gring, Prince Ruprecht, Brning & top army meet in Berlin
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1934
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Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
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1934
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Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500
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1935
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Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris
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1935
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Persia officially renamed Iran
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1937
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Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade
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1939
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Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland
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1941
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Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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1942
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Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
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1942
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Heavy German assault on Malta
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1943
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Assassination attempt on Hitler fails
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1943
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British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
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1944
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Gen Eisenhower postpones S France invasion until after Normandy
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1945
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1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa
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1945
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During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany
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1945
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Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police
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1946
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Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
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1946
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UN set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)
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1947
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
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1947
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Pres Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
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1947
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Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
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1948
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"Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
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1949
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WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1951
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2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea
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1951
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Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage
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1952
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"3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs
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1952
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-22] Tornadoes in Ark, Tenn, Mo, Miss, Ala & Ky cause 343 deaths
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1952
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31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central US
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1952
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Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever
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1953
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NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
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1954
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KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece
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1955
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Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums"
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1956
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28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani & Ernest Borgnine win
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1957
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Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in NYC
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1958
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1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
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1958
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USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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1959
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"Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 16 performances
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1959
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21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats W Va 71-70
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1960
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Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa & outlaws ANC
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1961
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Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
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1961
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Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club
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1962
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A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds
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1962
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Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Neth for birth control
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1962
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Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control
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1962
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Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36
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1963
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Alcatraz federal penitentiary in SF Bay closed
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1963
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David Hendon & Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London
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1964
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26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
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1964
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Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
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1964
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UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
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1965
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
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1965
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Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
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1965
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US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact
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1966
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Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
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1968
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"Royals" chosen as the name of new KC AL franchise
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1968
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Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
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1968
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Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases
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1968
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Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tom
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1969
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John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)
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1969
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1970
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32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69
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1971
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Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
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1971
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Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1971
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Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
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1971
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WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1972
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US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote
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1973
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Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
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1974
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Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
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1975
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Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
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1978
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Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training)
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1979
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Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel
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1980
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On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot
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1982
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"Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
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1982
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Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
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1982
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Movie "Annie" premieres
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1982
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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1983
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Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
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1984
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Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
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1984
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NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
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1984
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Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
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1984
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Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan
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1985
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Arthur Ashe is named to Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
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1985
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Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed
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1986
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199.22 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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1986
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Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) & 3 km (4:18.02)
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1986
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Pittsburgh Associates buy Pitts Pirates for $218 million
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1987
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PSV sells soccer player Ruud Gullit to AC Milan (17 million)
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1988
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23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams Jr
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1989
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1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
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1990
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"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill NYC for 149 perfs
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1990
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"Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV
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1990
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"Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV
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1990
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Namibia becomes independent of S Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
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1991
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27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide
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1991
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Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome
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1991
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Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship
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1991
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UN Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq
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1992
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2nd WLAF season begins
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1992
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Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
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1993
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
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1993
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Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint
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1993
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South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
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1994
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66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
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1994
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Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History
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1994
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Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
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1994
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Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
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1995
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NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295
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1995
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NYC agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM)
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1996
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"Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 perfs
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1997
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Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus)
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1997
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Wrestlemania XIII
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BIRTHS
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1466
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French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen
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1474
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Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
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1521
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Mauritius, duke/nice monarch of Saksen (1547-53)
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1527
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Hermann Finck, composer
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1609
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Jan II Kazimierz, cardinal/King of Poland (1648-68)
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1624
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Franois Roberday, composer
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1642
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Georg Schmezer, composer
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1685
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Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Matthus-Passion)
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1708
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Caspar Ruetz, composer
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1713
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Francis Lewis, signer (Decl of Ind)
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1716
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Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer
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1763
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Jean Paul, writer
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1765
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Henry Fagel, Dutch/English baron/diplomat
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1768
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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician/Egyptologist
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1779
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Alexis Garaude, composer
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1806
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Benito Pablo Ju rez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mxico (1858-72)
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1813
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James Jesse Strang, King of Mormons on Beaver Is, MI (1850-56)
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1816
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Charlotte Bronte, novelist/poet
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1820
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Frank Mori, composer
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1836
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Jesus Monasterio, composer
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1839
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Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov, Night on Bald Mt) [NS]
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1854
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Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893)
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1863
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Hugo Kaun, composer
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1866
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Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
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1869
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Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design
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1869
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Florenz Ziegfeld, producer (Ziegfield Follies)
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1878
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Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer
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1880
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Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real)
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1880
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Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
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1881
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Hermann Sandby, composer
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1882
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Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR
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1883
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Jules van Nuffel, composer
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1884
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George D Birkhoff, US mathematician (Aesthetic measure)
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1887
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Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor
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1891
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Jonathan Hale, actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back)
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1893
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Geoffrey Dearmer, poet
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1900
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Eugenie Leontovitch, Moscow Russia, actor (Homicidal)
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1900
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Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor
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1901
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Carmelita Geraghty, Rushville IN, actress (My Best Girl, Texas Ranger)
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1901
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Richard Leslie Hill, historian
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1902
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Carl Jaffe, Hamburg Germany, actor (1st Man in Space, Escapement)
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1902
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Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician (Delta Blues)
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1902
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William Downie Forrest, journalist
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1904
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Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer
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1905
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Phyllis McGinley, US, poet (Pulitzer 1961, Love Letters)
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1906
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John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)
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1908
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Maurice Stans, rocker
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1910
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Nick Castle, Bkln, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland)
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1911
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John Paxton, screenwriter (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely)
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1912
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Peter Bull, actor/author (Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove)
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1913
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George Ghita Ionescu, academic
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1913
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Max Youngstein, NYC, producer (United Artists)
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1914
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Herman Siles Zuazo, politician
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1914
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Paul Tortelier, composer
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1918
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Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
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1918
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Joe Carveth, NHL forward (scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons)
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1919
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Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist
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1919
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Lois Collier, SC, actress (Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl)
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1920
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Bruno Maderna, composer [or Apr 21]
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1921
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Antony Hopkins, composer
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1921
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Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist
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1921
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Logan Ramsey, Long Beach Calif, actor (Head, Joy Sticks, Say Yes)
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1923
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Mort Lindsey, Newark NJ, orch leader (Merv Griffin Show)
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1923
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Philip Abbott, Lincoln Neb, actor (Arthur Ward-The FBI)
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1924
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Karl Heinz Fussl, composer
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1925
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John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)
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1925
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Peter Brook, London, director (1776)/TV writer
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1926
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Andr Delvaux, Heverie Belgium, director/writer (Benvenuta)
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1926
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Virginia Weidler, Hollywood CA, actress (Babes on Broadway)
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1927
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German minister of Foreign affairs (FDP)
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1928
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Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer
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1928
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James W Kinnear, Pittsburgh Pa, CEO (Texaco)
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1928
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Peter Hacks, German playwright (Tie Windloch)
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1929
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James Coco, Bronx NY, actor (Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death)
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1929
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Jules Verne Berman, space & science reporter (ABC-TV)
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1931
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Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist
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1932
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Joseph Silverstein, Detroit Mich, violinist (Denver Symphony Orch)
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1933
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John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
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1933
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Michael Heseltine, Welsh/British minister of Defense (1986)/MP
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1934
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Al Freeman Jr, Tx, actor (One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie)
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1934
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Lister Carney, Bellaire Oh, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
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1935
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Brian Clough, soccer manager
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1935
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Hubert Fichte, writer
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1936
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Marek Stachowski, composer
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1937
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Tom Flores, Fresno Calif, NFL quarterback/coach (Raiders)
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1938
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Grahame Thomas, cricketer (Australian batsman of the mid-60's)
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1938
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Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
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1939
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Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace)
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1939
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Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960)
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1941
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Dirk D Frimout, Belgium, cosmonaut
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1941
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Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
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1942
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Franoise Dorlac, Paris France, actress (That Man From Rio)
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1943
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Antal Dunai, Hungary, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1968)
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1943
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Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic
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1944
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Charles Edward Greene, Pine Bluff Ark, 4x100m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
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1944
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Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer
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1944
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Jamary Oliveira, composer
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1944
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Marie-Christine Barrault, Paris France, actress (Stardust Memories)
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1945
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Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist (Sly & Family Stone-Everyday People)
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1945
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Vernon Guy, US gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees)
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1946
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Ray Dorset, rocker (Cold Blue Excursion)
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1946
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Timothy Dalton, North Wales, actor (James Bond-Living Daylights)
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1949
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Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer (wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81)
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1950
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Peter Banks, rocker (Genesis)
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1950
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Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)
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1951
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Helena Antonaccio, playmate (June, 1969)
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1951
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Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
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1952
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Chris O'Connell, rocker
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1953
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Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night)
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1953
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Robert Johnson, rocker
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1953
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Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up)
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1954
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Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
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1955
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Barbel Wockel-Eckert, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80)
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1955
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Jean Marie Hon, SF Calif, actress (Jane-Man From Atlantis)
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1956
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Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, marathoner (Olympic-4th-1984, Bost-86, 89)
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1957
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Sabrina Le Beauf, New Orleans La, actress (Sondra-Crosby Show)
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1958
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Brad Hall, Santa Barbara Calif, comedian (SNL)
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1958
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Gary Oldman, actor (Sid & Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace)
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1958
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Marlies Ghr, German DR, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1960
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Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer (1988 champ)
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1960
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Dale Baze, jockey
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1960
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Guy Chadwick, English singer/songwriter (House of Love)
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1961
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Kassie Wesley, Ky, actress (Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live)
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1961
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Slim MacDonnell, Jim Phantom rock percussionist (Stray Cats)
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1961
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Wei Wang, Beijing China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Matthew Broderick, NYC, actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues)
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1962
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Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne (League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie)
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1963
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Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord)
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1963
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Sharon June Howe Pederson, Glencoe Mn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
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1963
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Shawon Dunston, Brooklyn NY, infielder (SF Giants)
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1966
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Al Iafrate, Dearborn Mich, NHL defenseman (San Jose Sharks)
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1966
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Karen Lunn, Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open)
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1966
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Matthew Maynard, cricketer (big hitting Glamorgan & England player)
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1967
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Elaina Oden, Orange CA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
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1967
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Troy Westwood, CFL kicker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1968
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Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
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1968
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Jeff Lazaro, Waltham Mass, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
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1968
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Johan Garpenlov, Stockholm Swe, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
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1968
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Mark Sander, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
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1968
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Samantha Leah Dorman, Lakeland Fla, playmate (Sept, 1991)
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1968
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Scott Williams, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
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1969
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Jennifer Lyn Jackson, Cleveland Ohio, playmate (April, 1989)
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1969
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Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer
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1971
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Hason Graham, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
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1972
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(Olympics-silver-1998)
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1972
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Boris Mironov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia Oly-S-98, Edmonton)
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1972
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Chris Ball, Costa Mesa Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
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1972
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Frank West, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
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1972
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John Leach, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
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1972
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Michele Michael, Miss Maryland USA (1996)
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1973
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Chiou Hai Ta, Miss Taiwan ROC Universe (1997)
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1973
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Larry Bowie, running back (Washington Redskins)
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1975
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Vitaly Potapenko, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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DEATHS
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1487
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Nicholas van Flu, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies
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1538
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Hugo, earl of Leisnig, governor of Frisia, dies at about 79
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1556
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Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, burned at stake at 66
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1652
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Vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flem historian/mayor (Brugge), dies at 55
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1654
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Johann Neukrantz, composer, dies at 51
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1656
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Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
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1729
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John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57
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1734
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Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
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1768
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Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
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1793
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Johann Michael Schmidt, composer, dies at 51
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1801
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Andrea Lucchesi, composer, dies at 59
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1810
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Philippe-Joseph van den Berghe graaf Limmighe, Brabants ships, dies
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1844
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Leopold F J J J van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician, dies at 65
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1857
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Abraham J van der Aa, lexicographer (Biograph dictionary), dies at 64
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1863
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Edwin Vose Sumner, US Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66
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1894
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Jacob Rosenhaim, composer, dies at 80
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1916
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Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72
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1920
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Federigo Tozzi, Ital writer/journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies at 37
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1921
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"Big Jim" Colisimo, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
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1934
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Franz Schreker, composer, dies at 55
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1934
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Lilyan Tashman, actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 34
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1936
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Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
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1938
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Oscar Apfel, actor (Inspiration), dies at 60
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1939
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Evald Aav, composer, dies at 39
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1941
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Robert Liefmann, German economist (Kartelle und Trusts), dies at 67
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1942
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Captain Mor vec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide
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1945
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J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39
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1952
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A J Pieters, SS-Untersturmfhrer, executed
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1952
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Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed
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1954
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Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
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1955
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Muriel Aked, dies at 67
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1958
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Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
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1969
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Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44
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1970
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Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
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1973
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Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65
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1974
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Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies
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1975
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Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
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1975
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Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at 95
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1980
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Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
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1982
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Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
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1985
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Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77
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1985
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Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
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1986
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August de Boodt, Belgian politician, dies at 90
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1987
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Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
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1987
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Robert Preston, actor (Harold Hill-Music Man), dies at 68
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1989
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Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
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1991
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Leo Fender, inventor (Fender guitar), dies
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1991
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Rajiv Gandhi, former PM of India, killed by bomb at 46
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1992
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John Ireland, actor (Rawhide), dies of leukemia at 78
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1994
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Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
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1994
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Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
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1994
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Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81
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1995
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Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81
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1995
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Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82
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1995
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Norman Schwartz, record Producer, dies at 66
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1995
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Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
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1996
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Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at 73
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1996
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Frank Murray, police Officer, dies at 51
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