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64
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Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
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1290
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King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
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1330
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Battle of Velbuzd
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1536
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Pope's authority declared void in England
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1572
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Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht
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1588
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Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada
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1630
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Spanish troops occupy Mantua
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1656
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-20] Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir & occupies Warsaw
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1696
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Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River
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1716
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Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels
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1737
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Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
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1743
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1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
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1753
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Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass
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1766
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Society of the Dutch Literary forms
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1768
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Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song
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1814
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British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc)
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1853
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Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine & Montreal
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1861
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Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 - Manassas -
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1862
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Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces
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1863
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Battle of Fort Wagner, SC - Second assault US1500 CS174
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1864
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President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service
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1870
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Pontifical infalliability proclaimed
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1872
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Britain introduces secret ballot voting
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1882
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Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
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1893
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Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
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1896
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2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
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1896
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George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
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1896
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Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
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1897
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3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
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1897
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Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
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1907
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Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in NYC
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1907
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French troops occupy Casablanca
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1912
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Chic Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Phila Phillies in 11 innings
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1913
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After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk
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1914
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US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps
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1915
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2nd Battle of Isonzo begins & ends with loss of 280,000 men
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1915
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Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
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1918
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US & French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I
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1921
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Black Sox trial begins in Chicago
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1923
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England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
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1924
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KPD points out Rote Frontkmpferbund against Nazi
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1925
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Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
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1927
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Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit
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1930
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SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
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1931
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1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
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1932
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Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign Unity treaty
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1932
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US & Canada sign a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway
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1935
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Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000
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1936
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Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Franisco Franco led uprising
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1938
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Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left NY for Calif
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1940
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1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
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1940
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British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
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1940
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Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
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1941
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SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia
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1942
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1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
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1942
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Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight
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1943
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British assault on Catania Sicily
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1943
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Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6
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1944
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7:45 Operation-Goodwood: British assault east of Caen
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1944
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Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris
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1944
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Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6)
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1944
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British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland
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1944
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British Mosquito's attack Cologne & Berlin
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1944
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British troops occupy Bourqubus hill range Normandy
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1944
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Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy
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1944
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US troop march into St-L
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1947
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British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
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1947
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King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
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1947
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President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
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1947
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Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
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1947
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US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
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1948
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"Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 168 performances
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1948
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Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game
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1948
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White Sox Fat Pat Seerey, hits 4 HRs in 11 inning game
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1951
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Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion
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1951
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Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 7 for hw boxing title
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1951
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Uruguay accepts its constitution
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1952
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KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
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1954
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
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1954
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Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
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1955
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1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
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1955
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280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset (UK-record)
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1956
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Ern Ger succeeds Matyas R kosi as party leader of Hungary
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1959
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1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
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1960
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1st UN troops reach Congo
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1960
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Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises
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1960
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Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns
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1961
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Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
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1962
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Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison
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1962
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Minn Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st in
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1963
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Failed military coup in Syria
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1964
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Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)
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1965
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
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1965
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Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit
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1966
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Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
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1966
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Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
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1967
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Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
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1968
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Intel incorporates
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1969
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Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
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1970
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"Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
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1970
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Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
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1970
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Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers
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1970
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Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
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1970
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Willie Mays, is 10th to get 3,000 hits
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1970
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WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1971
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Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
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1972
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200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
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1972
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Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
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1972
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Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 & 102, Gloucs v Essex
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1974
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US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
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1974
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World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
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1975
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Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play)
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1976
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"Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 61 performances
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1976
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Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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1976
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Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France
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1976
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Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in NYC
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1976
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Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut
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1977
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Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London
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1977
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Vietnam becomes member of UN
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1978
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Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting
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1978
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Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks
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1979
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Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London
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1979
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USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1980
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Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts
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1980
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Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly France
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1980
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Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women
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1980
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Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana
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1980
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Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit
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1981
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Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel KC caves in (113 killed)
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1981
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Poland communist party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek
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1982
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"Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
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1982
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111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
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1982
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Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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1983
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Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
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1984
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James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro Calif
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1984
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Walter F Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in SF
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1985
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USSR performs underground nuclear Test
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1986
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115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld
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1986
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Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor
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1986
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Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains
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1987
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Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
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1987
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NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
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1988
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Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
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1988
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Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
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1989
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48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
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1991
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Florida Marlins' logo unveiled
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1991
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Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants
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1992
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Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith
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1992
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Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor
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1992
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Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
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1992
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Singers Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown marry
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1993
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122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St George
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1993
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Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan & premier Nawaz Sharif resign
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1993
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Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
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1993
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Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
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1993
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Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election
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1994
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Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed
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1994
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter
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1994
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Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
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1994
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Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32
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1994
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Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons
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1994
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Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
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1994
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NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker
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1995
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DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die
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1999
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128th British Golf Open: at Camoustie Scot
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BIRTHS
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1340
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Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
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1534
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Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
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1552
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Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)
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1634
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Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
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1635
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Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
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1670
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Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer
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1711
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Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
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1720
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Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"
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1766
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Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
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1796
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Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
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1810
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Peter Singer, composer
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1811
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William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
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1823
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Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
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1827
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Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
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1848
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William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
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1853
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
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1862
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Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
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1862
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Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary
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1864
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Ricarda Huch, writer
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1865
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Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
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1870
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Emil Mlynarski, composer
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1871
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Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
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1872
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Julius Fucik, composer
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1880
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Elisabeth of Saint Drieenheid, [Catez], French mystic (Souvenirs)
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1880
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Otto Vrieslander, composer
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1882
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Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
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1887
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Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)
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1888
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Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
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1888
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Sydney Horler, English detective writer
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1890
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Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
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1891
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Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol)
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1893
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Josef Huttel, composer
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1893
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Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
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1894
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Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
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1895
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Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)
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1898
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Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization)
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1898
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John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17)
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1899
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Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
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1902
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Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
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1902
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Nathalie Sarraute, [Cherniak], Russian/French playwright
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1903
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Bozidar Kunc, composer
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1903
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Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders)
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1906
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Belle Stewart, singer
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1906
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Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy)
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1906
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S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
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1907
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Yvonne Desportes, composer
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1909
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Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS]
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1909
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Harriet Hilliard Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
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1909
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Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka)
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1911
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Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
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1911
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Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
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1912
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Harry Levin, literary Scholar
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1912
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Henry L "Hank" Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
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1913
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Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
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1913
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Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
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1913
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Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
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1914
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Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
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1914
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Herbert Collum, composer
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1914
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John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
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1914
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Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
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1914
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Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
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1915
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Anthony Cox, English architect
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1915
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Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
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1916
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Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education
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1916
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Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
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1918
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Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
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1918
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Nelson Mandela, Qunu S Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/Pres (1994- )
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1918
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Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
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1920
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Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
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1921
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John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh)
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1923
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Hector Tosar, composer
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1924
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Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
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1924
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Inge Srensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936)
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1924
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John Cruickshank, French scholar
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1925
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George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres
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1925
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Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
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1925
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Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
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1926
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Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
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1926
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Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak)
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1926
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Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
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1927
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Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
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1927
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Ludwig Harig, writer
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1927
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Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
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1928
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Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
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1929
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"Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
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1929
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Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
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1929
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Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
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1930
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Siegfried Kurz, composer
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1931
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"Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
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1933
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Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
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1933
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Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
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1933
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
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1934
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Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
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1935
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Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
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1938
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Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
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1938
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Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
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1938
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Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
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1939
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Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis)
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1939
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Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
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1939
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Hunter Thompson, Louisville Ky, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)
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1940
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James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
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1940
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Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
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1941
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Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
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1941
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Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
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1941
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Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
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1941
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Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
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1942
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Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
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1943
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Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides)
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1943
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Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
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1943
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Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
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1944
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David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
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1944
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Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers)
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1945
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Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals)
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1946
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Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
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1947
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Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
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1947
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Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
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1948
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Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
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1948
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Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
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1949
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Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
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1950
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Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
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1951
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Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
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1952
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James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
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1953
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Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
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1954
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Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
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1954
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Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
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1954
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Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
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1954
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Tobias Picker, composer
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1955
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Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
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1955
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Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
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1957
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Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
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1958
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Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
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1958
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Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
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1959
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Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line)
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1960
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Anne-Marie Johnson, LA Calif, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
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1961
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Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
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1962
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Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
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1962
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Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
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1963
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Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
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1964
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Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
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1965
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Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
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1965
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Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
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1966
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Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
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1967
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Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1970
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Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
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1970
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John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
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1970
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Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
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1970
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Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
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1971
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Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
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1972
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Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)
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1972
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Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
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1972
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Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
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1974
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Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1979
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Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
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1994
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Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother
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DEATHS
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640
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Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58
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1100
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Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
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1374
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Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69
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1544
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Ren van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
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1591
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Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40
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1608
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Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
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1639
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Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
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1642
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Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
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1650
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Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
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1695
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Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61
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1710
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36
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1721
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Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
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1735
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Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
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1817
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Jane Austen, writer, dies
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1831
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Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
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1833
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Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
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1854
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Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
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1863
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William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
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1872
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Benito Ju rez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
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1892
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Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83
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1894
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Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75
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1898
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Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
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1899
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Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
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1901
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Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
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1902
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John White, composer, dies at 47
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1908
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Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83
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1915
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George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
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1938
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Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
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1939
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Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65
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1941
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Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
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1944
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George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
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1944
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Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
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1949
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V¡tezslav Augustin R Nov k, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78
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1950
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Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64
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1956
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Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
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1958
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Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
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1958
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John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67
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1961
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Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67
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1963
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A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
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1965
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Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64
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1966
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Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
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1966
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German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
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1967
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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66
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1969
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Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57
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1970
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Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
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1973
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Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62
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1975
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Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
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1980
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Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies
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1981
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Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
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1984
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James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
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1986
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Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
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1987
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Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87
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1988
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Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
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1989
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Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
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1989
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Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
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1990
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Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
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1990
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Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
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1991
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Andr Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63
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1991
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Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies
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1992
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Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
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1992
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Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies
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1992
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Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
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1992
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Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
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1993
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Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
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1993
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John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
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1993
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Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76
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1993
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Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
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1993
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Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
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1994
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Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
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1995
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Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24
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1996
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Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
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1997
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Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
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