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535
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St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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609
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Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
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641
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Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
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1106
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Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans
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1110
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Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
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1364
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Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
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1497
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Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
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1559
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Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
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1568
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Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
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1588
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King Henri III flees Paris
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1607
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English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
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1624
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Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
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1637
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Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
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1643
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Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
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1643
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Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
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1652
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Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
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1654
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Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
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1767
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Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
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1777
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University library at Vienna opens
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1779
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War of Bavarian Succession ends
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1787
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Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
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1820
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Opera "Die Jgarsbraut" is completed
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1828
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US passes Tariff of Abominations
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1830
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Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
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1835
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1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
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1846
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US declares war on Mxico, 2 months after fighting begins
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1861
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Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
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1864
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-16] Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia
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1865
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S Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
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1874
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Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
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1876
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Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
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1877
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Csar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres
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1882
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Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition
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1884
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Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms
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1887
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15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39«
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1888
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DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
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1888
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Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aura" abolishing slavery
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1890
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18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
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1890
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Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
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1891
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17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52¬
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1905
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James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ
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1906
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Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
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1909
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Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
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1911
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37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
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1911
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NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
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1912
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Royal Flying Corps forms in England
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1913
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1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
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1916
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1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
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1916
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42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
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1916
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Native American Day is 1st observed
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1917
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1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
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1917
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Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo," premieres
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1918
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1st US airmail stamps issued (24)
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1922
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48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
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1922
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48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
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1923
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
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1926
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German govt of Luther falls
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1927
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"Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
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1927
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VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
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1930
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Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas
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1930
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Only known fatality due to hail
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1931
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Paul Doumer elected president of France
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1932
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Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
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1933
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59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
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1934
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Great dustbowl storm
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1936
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Quiroga govt takes office in Spain
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1939
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65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
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1939
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SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
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1940
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British bomb factory at Breda
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1940
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Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
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1940
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Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
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1940
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German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
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1941
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Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
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1941
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Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
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1941
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Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
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1942
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Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
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1942
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Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game
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1943
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German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
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1943
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German occupiers confiscate all radios
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1944
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70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
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1945
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US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
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1946
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Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey
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1946
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US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
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1946
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Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
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1947
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Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
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1949
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1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
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1950
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Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
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1952
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Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
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1952
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Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
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1953
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NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple
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1954
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"Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
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1954
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Labour Party wins British municipal elections
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1954
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Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row
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1954
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US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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1955
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Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463'
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1956
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Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
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1958
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French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
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1958
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Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation
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1958
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Pierre Pflimlin forms French govt
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1958
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Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
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1958
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Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
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1959
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Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
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1960
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1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
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1960
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Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
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1960
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WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
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1962
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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1965
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Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
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1965
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Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
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1966
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Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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1966
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Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
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1967
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NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
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1967
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Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
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1968
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1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
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1970
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Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
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1971
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Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
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1972
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115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan)
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1972
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Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
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1973
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"Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
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1973
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Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in Calif
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1973
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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1975
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"Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
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1975
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Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
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1975
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Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn
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1976
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9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
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1977
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Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
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1978
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"Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
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1978
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"Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
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1978
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Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4)
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1978
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Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
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1978
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Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC
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1979
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"Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
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1979
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Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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1979
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Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
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1980
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Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
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1981
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Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
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1981
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Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
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1982
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Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
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1982
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Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
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1982
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Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
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1982
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Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space
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1982
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Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA
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1983
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Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
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1984
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"Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
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1984
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Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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1984
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Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
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1985
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Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
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1985
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Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
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1985
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Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
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1987
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Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
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1989
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Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
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1989
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Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
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1989
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Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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1990
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"Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs
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1990
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Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
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1991
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"Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
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1991
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Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
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1991
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South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
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1991
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Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
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1992
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3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
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1992
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Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
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1992
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Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
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1992
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Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
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1992
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Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
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1993
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6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
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1993
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Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
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1993
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CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
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1993
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KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
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1993
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Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
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1994
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Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field
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1995
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6.5 earthquake hits Greece
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1995
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Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
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1995
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New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
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1996
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OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
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1997
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Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
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BIRTHS
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1314
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Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint
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1592
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John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist
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1655
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Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)
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1717
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Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
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1729
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Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
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1730
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Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, Engl PM (1765-76)
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1730
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Marquess of Rockingham, (Whig), British PM (1765-66, 1782)
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1735
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Horace Coignet, composer
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1746
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Oliver Brownson, composer
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1756
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Wojciech Zywny, composer
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1761
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Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
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1769
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Joo VI M L J, King of Portugal (1816-26)
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1776
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Charles Ots, composer
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1776
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Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer
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1792
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Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)
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1795
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Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
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1828
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Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer
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1830
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Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor (Confederacy), died in 1894
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1831
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Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
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1840
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Alphonse Daudet, writer
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1840
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L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon)
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1842
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Arthur Seymour Sullivan, London England, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
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1843
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Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
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1847
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Johannes Haarklou, composer
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1854
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Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch director (Lost & Found, Silvia Silombra)
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1854
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Paul Klengel, composer
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1856
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Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art
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1857
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Ronald Ross, England, pathologist (Nobel 1902)
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1859
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Eugust Enna, composer
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1866
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Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer
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1867
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Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
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1868
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Paolo Gallico, composer
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1874
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Henry Clough-Leiter, composer
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1876
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Raoul Laparra, composer
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1881
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Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer
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1882
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Georges F Broque, French cubist painter (Bike)
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1883
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Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
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1886
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Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite)
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1891
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Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl)
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1896
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Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
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1900
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Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)
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1903
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Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
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1903
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Paul Page, Birmingham AL, actor (Girl From Havana, Moth)
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1904
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Alfred Earle Birney, poet
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1904
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Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
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1906
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Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer
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1907
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Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
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1907
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Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
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1907
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Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist
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1908
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Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
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1911
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Maxine Sullivan, [Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places)
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1911
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Robert Middleman, Cin Oh, actor (Barney-Monroes)
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1912
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Helen Craig, San Antonio TX, actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night)
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1913
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Sanjiva Reddy, president (India)
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1913
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William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
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1914
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Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
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1915
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John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
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1917
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Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
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1917
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Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curaao)
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1918
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John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
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1920
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Ratu Kasmisere Mara, PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/pres (1994- )
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1921
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Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
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1926
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Beatrice Arthur, [Frankel], NY, actress (Maude, Dorothy-Golden Girls)
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1927
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Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
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1927
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Herbert Ross, director/choreographer (Footloose)
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1930
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Mike Gravel, (Sen-R-Alaska)
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1931
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Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
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1931
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Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana (Jonestown Massacre)
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1931
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Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
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1931
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William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
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1933
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Alden Ashforth, composer
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1933
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Sid Morrison, (Rep-R-WA, 1981- )
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1933
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Stig Gustav Schonberg, composer
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1934
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Adolf Muschg, writer
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1935
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Nigel Butterley, composer
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1935
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Yizhak Sadai, composer
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1936
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Alan Rayfield, governor (Long Latin Prison)
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1936
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Rafael Campos, Santiago Dominican Republic, actor (Tonka)
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1937
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John Cope, MP/Paymaster General
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1937
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Judith Somogi, NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
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1937
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Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber)
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1937
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Zohra Lampert, NYC, actress (Doctor's Hospital)
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1938
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Buck Taylor, Hollywood Calif, actor (Monroes, Gunsmoke)
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1939
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Anthony Hide, racehorse trainer
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1939
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Harvey Keitel, actor (Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
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1939
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Terry Dill, Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
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1939
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William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87)
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1940
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Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
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1940
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Richard Brooks, singer (Impressions)
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1941
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Imca Marina, [Bijl], singer (Viva Espa¤a, Bella Italia, Oh Brazil)
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1941
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Joe Brown, singer/guitarist
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1941
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Ritchie Valens, singer (Donna, La Bamba)
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1941
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Senta Berger, Vienna Austria, actress (Cast a Giant Shadow)
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1942
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Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist
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1942
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Vladimir A Dzhanibekov, USSR, cosmo (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
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1943
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Mary Wells, Detroit, singer (My Guy)
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1944
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Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
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1944
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Carolyn Franklin, US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
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1944
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Clive Radley, cricketer (England batsman in 8 Tests 1978)
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1944
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Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist
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1945
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Magic Dick, [Richard Salwitz], harmonicaist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
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1946
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Danny Klein, NYC, rock bassist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
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1946
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Tim Pigott-Smith, actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown)
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1947
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David Hughes, cricketer
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1947
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Pete "Overend" Watts, rock bassist (Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes)
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1947
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Stephen R Donaldson, US, sci-fi author (Lord Foul's Bane)
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1949
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Franklin Ajaye, BKln NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
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1949
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John Glover, conductor
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1949
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Overend Watts, rock bassist (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
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1949
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Zoe Wanamaker, actress (Raggedy Rawney)
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1950
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Danny Kirwan, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
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1950
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John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
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1950
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Peter Gabriel, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds)
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1950
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Stevie Wonder, singer/songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love)
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1951
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Paul Thompson, rock drummer (Roxy Music)
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1951
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Selina Scott, TV newscaster (West 57th)
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1952
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John R Kasich, (Rep-R-OH, 1983- )
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1952
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Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
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1952
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Sew Shivnarine, cricketer (3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain)
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1956
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Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
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1956
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Darius Rucker, lead vocalist (Hootie & the Blowfish-Let Her Cry)
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1957
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Claudie Andr-Deshays, France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
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1957
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Eloise Broady, Houston Tx, playmate (Apr, 1988)
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1958
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Frances Barber, Wolverhampton England, actress (Castaway)
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1959
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Robert Earnshaw, racehorse trainer
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1960
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Richard M "Dick" van de Toorn, actor (Pastorale)
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1960
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Shannon Vessup-Millen, LA Calif, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1991)
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1961
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Dennis Rodman, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
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1963
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Julian Brookhouse, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Your Distance)
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1963
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Wally Masur, England, tennis star
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1964
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Sam Randolph, Santa Barbara CA, Nike golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
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1964
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Sara Gomer, England, tennis star
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1965
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Chris Washburn, NBAer
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1968
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Annette DeLuca, North Bergen NJ, LPGA golfer
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1968
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James Harris, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings)
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1969
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Lyle Mouton, Lafayette Louisiana, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
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1970
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Doug Evans, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1970
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Giuseppe Busillo, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1970
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Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak Mich, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
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1970
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Mitch Lyons, NFL tight end (Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1970
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Selwyn Jones, NFL defensive back (Seahawks, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1971
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Hamish Pepper, Auckland NZ, laser single handed yachter (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Michael Sirotka, Chicago IL, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
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1971
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Rob Fredrickson, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
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1971
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Tom Nalen, NFL center (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
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1972
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Darryl Sydor, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
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1972
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Josh Heinrich, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
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1973
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Brooke Jennifer Gambrell, Boise Idaho, Miss America-Idaho (1996)
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1973
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Michelle Mouser, Miss USA-Ohio (1997)
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1974
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Albert Connell, wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
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1974
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Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Chris Crawford, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
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1977
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Diane Halber, Torrance Calif, fig skater (1996 Natl Collegiate champ)
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1977
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Sara DeCosta, ice hockey goalie (USA, Oly-98)
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DEATHS
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384
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Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+
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1381
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John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies
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1390
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Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies
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1619
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded
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1732
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Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer, dies at 72
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1776
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Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71
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1787
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Johann Michael Malzat, composer, dies at 38
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1793
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Martin Gerbert, composer, dies at 72
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1812
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Johann Matthias Sperger, composer, dies at 62
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1831
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Christian G Krner, German lawyer, dies at 74
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1832
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Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La Rgne Animal), dies at 62
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1835
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John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies
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1839
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Israel Ashkenazi of Shklov, found Ashkenazic community (1815), dies
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1839
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Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies
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1864
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Junius Daniel, Confederate brig-general, dies at 35
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1873
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Kaspar Masek, composer, dies at 79
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1882
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Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35
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1884
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Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies
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1885
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Juliana Horatia [Gatty] Ewing, author (Lob Lie-by-the-Fire), dies
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1892
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Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer, dies at 63
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1896
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Nora Perry, writer, dies
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1904
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Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
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1914
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R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies
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1916
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Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
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1925
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Boris V Savinkov, Russian writer/terrorist, dies
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1930
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Fridtjof Nansen, diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies
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1930
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Helena Lange, German feminist, dies
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1931
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Josif Marinkovic, composer, dies at 79
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1933
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Paul Ernst, writer, dies at 67
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1942
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Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41
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1951
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Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65
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1956
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Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54
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1961
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Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
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1962
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Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at 60
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1962
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Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, dies at 51
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1962
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H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
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1966
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Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
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1967
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Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64
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1971
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Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer, dies 67
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1972
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Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 41
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1975
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Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at 69
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1978
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Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies
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1979
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Nelly Aenders, actress (In Pyama), dies at 65
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1981
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Carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76
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1982
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Irmgard Keun, W-German writer (Blhende Neurosen), dies at 72
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1982
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Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at 64
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1982
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Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, dies at 74
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1985
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Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91
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1985
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Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
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1988
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Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59
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1990
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Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies
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1991
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Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83
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1992
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Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58
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1992
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Gisela Elsner, writer, dies at 55
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1993
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Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
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1993
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Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympic-gold-1964), dies at 47
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1993
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Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
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1994
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Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist, dies at 77
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1994
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Duncan Hamilton, driver, dies at 74
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1994
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Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88
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1995
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Cecil Marley, cricketer (WICBC pres 1971-74, Jamaican capt 1946), dies
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1996
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John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher, dies at 57
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