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778
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Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great
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1308
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Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece
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1457
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Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed
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1519
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Panama City founded
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1534
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Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits
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1535
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Asunci¢n, Paraguay founded
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1548
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Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France
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1549
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Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan
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1620
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Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
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1635
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1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony
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1653
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-16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea
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1658
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France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Mnster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond
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1668
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Rijnbond disbands
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1684
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Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France
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1741
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French troops attack the Rhine
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1748
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United Lutheran Church of US organized
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1760
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Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia
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1785
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French cardinal De Rohan arrested
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1795
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Joseph Haydn leaves England forever
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1824
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Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
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1832
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Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
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1843
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National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
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1843
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Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
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1848
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M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
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1858
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Regular mail to Pacific coast begins
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1861
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Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MI
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1863
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Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
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1864
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Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
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1867
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2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England
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1870
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Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
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1876
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US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
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1886
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Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game
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1892
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4th & last British government of Gladstone forms
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1893
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US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea
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1899
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Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
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1901
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Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
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1905
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Phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings
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1906
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1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago
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1911
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Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
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1912
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Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
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1914
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13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
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1914
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Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
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1914
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German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
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1914
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Japan joins side of allies
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1914
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Panama Canal opens (under cost)
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1915
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Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
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1918
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1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
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1918
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Russia severs diplomatic ties with US
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1923
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Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
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1923
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Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
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1925
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Norway annexes Spitsbergen
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1925
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White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
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1931
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Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
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1931
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Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary
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1931
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Spakenburg soccer team forms
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1939
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"Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
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1939
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In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
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1940
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1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
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1940
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Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
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1941
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Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
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1942
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5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
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1943
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Allies land on Kiska Aleutians
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1944
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Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
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1944
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German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day
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1944
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Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast
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1944
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Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
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1944
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US 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orlans
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1944
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US 7th Armour division reaches Chartres
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1945
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A riot ensued in SF while the city was celebrating the end of WW II
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1945
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Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000
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1945
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South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
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1945
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US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
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1947
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India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
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1947
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Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from UK
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1948
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3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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1948
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Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
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1949
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WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1950
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8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
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1950
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Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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1950
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Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
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1950
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Indies Constitution goes into effect
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1950
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Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
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1950
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Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
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1950
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Rotterdam harbor strike begins
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1952
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19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
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1952
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9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
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1954
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Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
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1954
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WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
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1955
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WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
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1957
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David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
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1957
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USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
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1958
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25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
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1958
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Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago
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1958
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Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
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1958
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Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
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1960
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CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium
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1960
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Chic Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo)
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1960
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Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
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1960
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Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0
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1960
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UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
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1961
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Building of Berlin Wall begins
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1962
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Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
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1962
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Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
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1963
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Fulbert Youlou, resigns as Pres of Congo-Brazzaville
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1964
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Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
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1964
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Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
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1964
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Phillies triple-play NY Mets
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1964
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Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill
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1964
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Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬"
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1965
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47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA
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1965
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Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium
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1965
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Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
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1965
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Mary Mills wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
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1966
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Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
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1967
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England's Marine Offense Bill makies pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
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1967
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
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1968
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Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
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1968
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Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague
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1968
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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1969
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Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
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1970
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Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
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1971
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Bahrain gains independence from Britain
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1971
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Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
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1971
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KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
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1971
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Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents
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1971
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
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1973
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Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
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1973
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David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London
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1973
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1974
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1974
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Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
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1974
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Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
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1974
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South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
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1975
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Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
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1975
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Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
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1976
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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1977
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England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
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1977
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SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
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1978
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House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
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1979
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Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
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1981
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Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford
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1981
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Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
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1982
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
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1982
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Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
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1983
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Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
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1985
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Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa
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1985
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Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg
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1986
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Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger
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1987
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At Pan Am games in Indianapolis, USA & Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th, Ty Griffin HR, Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am com
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1987
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US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball
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1988
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"Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 perfs
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1988
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At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts
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1988
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NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
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1989
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Cancer sufferer/SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
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1989
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Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa
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1989
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Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
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1989
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In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines
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1989
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US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
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1990
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51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
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1990
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Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
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1990
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Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990)
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1991
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750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
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1991
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1992
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Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester
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1992
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Colombo '92 closes in Genoa Italy
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1993
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"Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
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1993
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75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh
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1993
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Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament
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1993
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Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
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1993
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NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time
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1993
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Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte
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1994
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S African Pres Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
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1994
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Terrorist Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan
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1995
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Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA
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1997
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Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
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1997
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Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts
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1997
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LA Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2
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BIRTHS
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1432
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Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)
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1619
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Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate
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1688
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Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)
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1702
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Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
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1725
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Ferdinando Bertoni, composer
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1727
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Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
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1736
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Johann Christoph Kellner, composer
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1740
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M Claudius, writer
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1741
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Thomas Norris, composer
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1769
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Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15)
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1771
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Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake)
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1776
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Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Apollo under the Hirten)
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1776
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Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer
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1782
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Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs)
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1785
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Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)
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1787
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Alexander Aliabiev, composer
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1788
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Carel SW van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director
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1794
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Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum)
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1803
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James Douglas, father of British Columbia
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1822
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Wilhelm Rust, composer
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1823
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Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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1829
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Eduard de Hartog, composer
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1839
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Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer
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1845
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Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast)
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1851
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[Georgette A] Helena Amelung, Dutch actress (Scapegoat)
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1856
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J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament
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1860
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Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)
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1860
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Roosje Vos, Dutch union organizer
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1865
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Johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)
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1866
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Charles-Jean Valle-Poussin, mathematician (d'analyse)
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1872
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Harold Fraser-Simson, composer
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1872
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Rubin Goldmark, composer
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1874
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Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert
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1875
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)
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1876
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Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist
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1878
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Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general (White Armies, WW II)
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1879
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Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)
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1885
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Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer
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1885
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Edna Ferber, author, playwright
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1885
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Mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By)
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1886
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Bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12)
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1887
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Edna Ferber, US, author (American Beauty, Cimarron)
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1888
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Albert Spalding, composer
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1888
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T E Lawrence Tremadoc, [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer
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1890
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Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales)
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1892
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Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer
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1892
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Louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist (Nobel 1929)
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1893
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Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer
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1893
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Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8)
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1896
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Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor
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1897
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Marion Eugene Bauer, composer
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1898
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Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom
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1900
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Estelle Brody, NYC, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything)
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1901
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Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68)
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1901
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Byron Arnold, composer
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1901
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Hans Lorbeer, writer
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1901
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Sulho Ranta, composer
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1902
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Jan RT Campert, writer (Song the 18 dead)
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1904
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Bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show)
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1906
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Finn Videro, composer
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1907
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Paul Vincze, medallist
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1909
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Raymond O'Malley, teacher
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1910
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Hugo Winterhalter, composer
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1910
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Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70)
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1910
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Signe Hasso, actress (QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis)
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1912
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Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)
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1912
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Wendy Hiller, England, actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield)
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1912
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Wijnanda M C "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Reve Sr
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1914
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Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
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1915
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Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist
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1915
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Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish author/resistance fighter (Mensch op Weg)
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1915
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Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Johnny Angel, Double Life)
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1918
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Fay Honey Knopp, activist
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1918
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Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, composer
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1919
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Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)
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1922
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Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)
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1923
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Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1923
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Simon Peres, [Persky], premier of Israel
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1924
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Phyllis Schlafly, St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president
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1924
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Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright (Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago)
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1925
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Billy Pinkney, Sumter NC, rock bassist/vocalist (Drifters)
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1925
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Gertrude Shope, South African head (ANC female section)
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1925
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Mike Connors, [Krekor Ohanian], Fresno, Calif, actor (Mannix)
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1925
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Rose Marie, actress/comedienne (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1926
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Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress (Marge-Mr Peepers)
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1926
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Lewis T Preston, banker
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1926
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Lyutsian Abramovich Prigozhn, composer
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1927
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Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer (England leg-spinner with an avg of 109)
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1928
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Nicolas Roeg, London England, cinematographer/director (Aria, Eureka)
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1931
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Janice Rule, Norwood Ohio, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife)
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1931
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Mario Kuri-Aldana, composer
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1932
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Robert L[ull] Forward, US, sci-fi author (Dragon's Egg, Starquake)
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1933
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Bobby Helms, rock vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock)
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1933
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Floyd Ashton, US singer (Tams-What Child of Fool)
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1933
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Lori Nelson, Santa Fe NM, actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire)
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1934
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Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner (3 Tests 1960)
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1934
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Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut
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1935
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Abby Dalton, Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show)
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1935
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Jim Dale, Rothwell England, Broadway actor (Barnum, My One & Only)
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1935
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Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr, civil rights activist (National Urban League)
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1937
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Ronnie G Flippo, (Rep-D-NY, 1977- )
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1938
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Maxine Waters, (Rep-D-California)
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1938
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Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice
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1939
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H Onno C R Ruding, director (Amrobank)/Dutch Financial minister (CDA)
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1939
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Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (Daddy don't run so fast)
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1941
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Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw)
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1941
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Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut
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1942
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Peter York, Cleve, rock drummer (Spencer Davis Group)
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1943
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Barbara Bouchet, Reichenberg Czech, actress (Casino Royale)
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1943
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Eni F H Faleomavaega, (Rep-D-American Samoa)
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1944
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Frederick Knight, US singer (I've been lonely so long)
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1944
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Linda Ellerbee, Bryan Texas, newscaster (Weekend, NBC Overnight)
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1945
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Charlemagne Palestine, composer
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1945
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Gene Upshaw, NFL guard (Oakland), NFLPA leader
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1945
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Thomas C Sawyer, (Rep-D-Ohio)
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1946
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Jimmy Webb, Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away)
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1946
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Kathryn Jean Whitmire, Houston Texas, (4 time Mayor-Houston)
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1947
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Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman
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1947
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Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
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1947
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Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, Macon Ga, USN/astro (STS 33)
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1949
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Ann Ryerson, Wisc, actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin)
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1949
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Carlien Brouwer, translator/missing since Jan 6, 1994
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1949
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Kate Taylor, rocker
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1950
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Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Engl, Princess/olympic equestrian
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1950
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Tess Harper, Mammoth Sp AR, actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies)
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1950
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Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas)
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1950
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William "Bill" Griffin, US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
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1951
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Bobby Caldwell, NYC, rocker
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1951
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John Childs, cricketer (England left-arm spinner, two Tests v WI 1988)
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1952
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Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist (Franc Boeijen Group)
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1955
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Kenneth Carr, Clearwater Fla, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
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1955
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Larry Mathews, Burbank Calif, actor (Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
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1956
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Gordon Bruks, England, Dr/cosmonaut
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1956
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Vinny Denunzio, rocker
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1957
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Zeljko Ivanek, Lujubljana Yugoslavia, actor (Mass Appeal)
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1959
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Scott D Altman, Lincoln Ill, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
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1960
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Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player (Denver-1985)
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1960
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Ron van de Berg, soccer player (Sparta)
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1960
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Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man)
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1961
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Joan Delk, Tampa FL, LPGA golfer (1995 First Bank Edina Realty-66th)
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1961
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Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining)
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1962
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Bubby Brister, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1962
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Igor Dorokhin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1963
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Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
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1963
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Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper (36 Tests 1988-94)
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1963
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Lydia Czuckermann-Hatuel, Israel, Women's foil fencer (Oly-1996)
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1964
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Debi Mazar, Queens NY, actress (Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law)
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1964
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MCA, [Adam Yauch], rock vocalist (Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight)
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1965
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Jon Evans, Nottimgham ENG, Australasia golfer
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1966
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Fred Strickland, linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
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1966
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Leo Goeas, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
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1967
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Mike James, Ft Walton FL, pitcher (California Angels)
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1967
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Moulay Brahim Boutaib, Morocco, 10k runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1967
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Neil Wilkinson, Selkirk, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
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1968
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Luciana Bemvenuti, Porto Alegre Brazil, golfer (1994 Jamie Farr-36th)
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1968
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Vassili Pankov, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
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1969
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Eric Bieniemy, NFL running back (Cin Bengals)
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1969
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James Black, Regina, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
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1969
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Mark Heese, Toronto Ontario, beach volleyballer (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1969
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Pavel Kamentsev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1969
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Yancey Thigpen, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers)
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1970
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Dawn Ponte, Kent RI, dance skater (& Frey-1995 Eastern Jr champ)
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1971
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Perry Carter, NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs)
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1971
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Priscilla Taylor, Miami FLA, playmate (Mar, 1996)
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1972
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Ben Affleck, actor (Daddy)
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1972
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Freddie Solomon, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
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1972
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Jason Maniecki, defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1972
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Ken Walter, punter (Carolina Panthers)
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1972
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Mikey Graham, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
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1973
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Marcus Jones, defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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1974
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Ramon Morel, Villa Gonzalez Dom Rep, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
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1975
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Bert Berry, linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
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1975
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Jurgen Dirkx, soccer player (PSV)
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1976
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Boudewijn Send, soccer player (PSV)
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1976
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Ger Unterluggauer, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
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DEATHS
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69
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Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered
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423
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Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies
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1038
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Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies
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1057
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
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1118
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Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies
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1464
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Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58
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1576
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Baliny Valentin Bakfark, composer, dies
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1600
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Johann Baptista Serranus, composer, dies at 60
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1615
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Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies
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1619
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Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies
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1666
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Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies
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1725
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Gerard Noodt, lawyer, dies at 77
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1728
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Marin Marias, composer, dies at 72
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1729
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Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
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1758
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Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60
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1798
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Felice Alessandri, composer, dies at 50
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1807
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Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician, dies at 70
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1848
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Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88
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1852
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Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92
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1853
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Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer, dies at 72
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1864
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Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies
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1887
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Mer Aron Goldschmidt, Danish writer (Ravnen, Hjemlís), dies at 67
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1901
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Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77
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1907
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Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76
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1914
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Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
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1915
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Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
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1918
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Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64
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1935
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Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75
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1935
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Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36
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1935
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Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55
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1936
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Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64
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1936
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Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76
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1951
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Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
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1956
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Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83
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1958
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William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
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1963
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John Powell, composer, dies at 80
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1966
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Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64
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1966
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Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64
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1966
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Seena Owen, actress/writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71
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1967
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Ren Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68
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1968
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Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84
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1969
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Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97
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1970
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Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
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1971
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Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
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1972
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Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
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1974
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Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
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1974
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Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered
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1975
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Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
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1976
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Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84
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1978
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Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
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1982
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Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60
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1983
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Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
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1983
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Benjamin V Cohen, US author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88
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1985
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Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
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1988
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Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
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1988
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Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash
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1988
|
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Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
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1989
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F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
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1990
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Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66
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1991
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Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
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1992
|
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Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
|
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1992
|
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Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies
|
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1992
|
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Marie Paxton, entertainer, dies after brief illness
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1992
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Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies
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1992
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Osamu Inaba, Japanese min of justice, dies
|
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1993
|
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Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
|
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1994
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Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
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1994
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Simon R Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
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1994
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Wout Wagtmans, cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64
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1995
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Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77
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1995
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Humphrey Sims Moore, pacifist/journalist, dies at 86
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1995
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Ismay Thomas, teacher, dies at 74
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1996
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Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
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1996
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Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver, dies at 93
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1996
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Masao Maruyama, social scientist, dies at 82
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