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715
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Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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1241
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Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles & Germans
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1388
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Battle of Nfels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army
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1454
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Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi
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1474
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Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians
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1483
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Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England
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1538
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Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union
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1555
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Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II
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1609
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Spain & Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact
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1621
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Spain & Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends
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1667
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1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)
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1682
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Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France
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1691
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French troops occupy Mons
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1724
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1st Easter [NS=April 16]
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1770
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Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)
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1783
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Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India
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1808
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Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace
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1814
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Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance
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1816
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African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Phila)
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1829
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Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
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1831
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Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain
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1833
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1st tax-supported public library (Peterborough, NH)
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1838
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National Galley opens in London
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1864
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Battle of Pleasant Hill LA, 2870 casualities
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1865
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Federals capture Ft Blakely, Alabama
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1865
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Robert E Lee & 26,765 troops, surrender to US Grant at Appomattox
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1866
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Civil Rights Bill passes over Pres Andrew Johnson's veto
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1869
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Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
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1870
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American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves
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1872
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Samuel R Percy patents dried milk
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1878
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1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
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1894
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1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz
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1906
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3«th modern Olympic games opens in Athens (4/22 NS)
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1912
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1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
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1912
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Titanic leaves Queenstown Ireland for NY
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1913
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Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0
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1914
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"World, the Flesh & the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London
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1914
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1st full color film shown "World, Flesh & Devil" (London)
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1914
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Tampico incident - US ship crew arrested in Mexico
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1917
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Battle of Arras begins
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1917
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Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops
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1918
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Latvia proclaims independence
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1923
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Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin
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1925
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Babe Ruth rushed to hospital
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1927
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Italy & US anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti given death sentences
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1928
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Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena
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1928
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Mae West's NYC debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
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1928
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Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss
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1928
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Turkey passes separation of church & state
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1931
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Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period
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1932
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Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep NY Rangers in 3 games
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1935
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games
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1939
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Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial
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1940
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German cruiser Blcher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
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1940
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Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
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1941
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PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
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1942
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Battle of Bataan-US-Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japs at Bataan
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1944
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Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae
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1945
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Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier
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1945
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Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360
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1945
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NFL requires players to wear long stockings
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1946
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
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1947
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Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
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1947
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Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
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1947
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Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
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1949
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UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages
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1950
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14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
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1950
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4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party & South Pacific win
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1950
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Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance
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1952
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Popular uprising in Bolivia
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1953
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"TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
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1953
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Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
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1954
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WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
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1955
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1957
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Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Wash DC
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1957
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Suez Canal cleared for all shipping
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1959
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13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minn Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title
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1959
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Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators)
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1959
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Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot
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1959
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NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury
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1960
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14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3
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1960
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South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle
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1962
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26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280
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1962
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34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren & Max Schell win
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1962
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JFK throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium
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1963
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Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary US citizen (posthumously)
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1965
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1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun
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1965
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Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in UK
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1965
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India & Pakistan engage in border fight
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1966
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Anaheim Stadium for Calif Angels opens
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1966
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Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris
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1967
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"At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 perfs
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1967
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1st Boeing 737 rolls out
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1967
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31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280
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1967
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Shortwave broadcaster Radio NY Worldwide's transmitter burns down
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1968
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German DR adopts constitution
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1968
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Martin Luther King Jr, buried in Atlanta
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1968
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Minn's Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot
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1968
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Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
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1969
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1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol)
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1969
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Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
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1970
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Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
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1971
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Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK
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1972
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"Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 506 performances
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1972
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36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286
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1972
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Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI
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1972
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USSR & Iraq sign friendship treaty
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1973
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37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283
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1973
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Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
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1973
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Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
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1974
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Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my
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1976
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US & Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use
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1977
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Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
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1978
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42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277
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1978
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Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, & 13-5 (each with a grand slam)
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1978
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David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73
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1978
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Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter)
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1979
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51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight & Jane Fonda win
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1979
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Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins
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1980
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Belgium's Marten's govt resigns
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1980
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Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles
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1980
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Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6
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1981
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LA Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0
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1981
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US sub George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru
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1982
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LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
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1983
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6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
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1983
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Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
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1984
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56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall & S Maclaine win
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1985
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White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game
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1986
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"Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character
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1987
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For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scorin
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1988
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"Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
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1988
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Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
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1988
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US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
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1989
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53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283
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1989
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Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
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1989
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Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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1989
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Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in NY's 4-3 loss to Clev
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1989
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Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
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1989
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Wash DC march supporting 1973 Roe vs Wade decision (allow abortions)
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1990
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"Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV
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1990
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Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees
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1990
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NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
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1990
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World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC)
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1991
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Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0
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1991
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Georgia SSR votes to secede from USSR
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1992
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"Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway
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1992
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Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
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1992
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John Majors, (C) elected PM of England
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1992
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Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug & racketeering charges
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1992
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Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12)
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1992
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US Fed court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drugs
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1992
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William O Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
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1993
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Colorado Rockies 1st home game & 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos
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1994
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BPAA US Open by Justin Hromek
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1994
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Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30)
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1994
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STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
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1995
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"Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances
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1995
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59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274
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1997
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Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
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1997
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Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion
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1997
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NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl"
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2000
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64th Golf Masters Championship:
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BIRTHS
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1598
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Johann Crger, German organist/composer/music theorist
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1611
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Giacomo Maria Predieri, composer
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1627
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Johann Kaspar Kerll, composer
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1634
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Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau
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1649
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James Scott, duke of Monmouth, bastard son of English king Charles II
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1716
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Johann Georg Zechner, composer
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1717
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Georg Matthias Monn, composer
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1751
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Emanuel Schikaneder, [Johann Schickeneder], German playwright [or 9/1]
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1754
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Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer
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1754
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Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention)
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1757
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Wojciech Boguslawski, composer
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1785
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Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician/chemist (electric car 1835)
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1794
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Theobald Bhm, flautist/composer
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1798
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Giuditta Pasta, [Negri], soprano
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1802
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Elias Lnrot, folklorist
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1806
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of 1st transatlantic steamer
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1806
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Louis count of Barrthy nyi, premier of Hungary
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1812
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Randolph Barnes Marcy, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1887
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1821
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Charles-Pierre Baudelaire, France, symbolist poet (Flowers of Evil)
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1826
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Thomas Hewson Neill, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
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1830
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Eadweard Muybridge, England, pioneered study of motion, photography
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1835
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Leopold II, King of Belgians (1865-1909)
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1847
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Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer
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1847
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Francis William Davenport, composer
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1848
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F A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon)
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1848
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Helena Lange, German feminist
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1850
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Herman Zumpe, composer
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1851
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C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (Neth Indies)
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1854
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Seaborn M Denson, composer
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1855
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Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet
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1861
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Charles Holroyd, painter/etcher
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1865
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Germany, experiment with AC electricity
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1865
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Erich Ludendorff, general (Germany)
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1871
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Arthur Fickenscher, composer
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1872
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Lon Blum, French premier (People's front govt)
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1874
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Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet)
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1879
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Gerald Festus Kelly, artist
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1883
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Renzo Bossi, composer
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1884
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Franco Vittadini, composer
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1888
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Florence Smith Price, US composer (Wanamaker Prize 1932)
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1888
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Sol Hurok, theatrical impresario
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1889
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Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer/violinist
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1891
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John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights)
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1894
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Ernest Kanitz, composer
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1895
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Mance Lipscomb, Texas, blues musician (Texas Sharecropper)
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1895
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Michel Simon, [Francois], Geneva Switzerland
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1895
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Rudolf Kattnigg, composer
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1898
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Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
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1898
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Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor singer
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1898
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Paul Robeson, Philadelphia, singer (Old Man River)/actor/footballer
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1900
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Allen Jenkins, Staten Island, actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit)
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1902
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Frantisek Suchy, composer [or April 21, 1891]
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1903
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Gregory Pincus, inventor (birth control pill) [or Nov 9]
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1903
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Ward Bond, Denver Colo, actor (Seth-Wagon Trains)
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1903
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Willem Pe, Belgian linguist
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1904
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Lyle Latell, IA, actor (Not of the Earth, Sky Dragon)
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1905
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J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)
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1906
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Antal Dorati, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29
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1906
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Todd Naylor "Hugh" Gaitskell, MP (Labour)
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1908
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Fred Lohse, composer
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1908
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Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter/author (Op Art)
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1909
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Domenico Enrici, Apostolic Nuncio
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1909
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Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer
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1909
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Robert Helpmann, Mt Gambier Australia, actor (Second Time Lucky)
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1909
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Robert Murray Halpmann, dancer
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1910
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Abraham A Ribicoff, (Sen-D-Ct)
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1910
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Sharon Lynn, Weatherford TX, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast)
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1911
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Albert Remy, Sevres France, actor (Grand Prix, Gigot, Train)
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1911
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Lord Deramore, architect
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1914
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Richard Young, CEO (Boosey & Hawkes)
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1917
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Johannes Bobrowski, writer
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1917
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Vincent O'Brien, racehorse trainer
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1918
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Jrn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House)
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1919
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John Presper Eckert, co-inventor (1st electronic computer-ENIAC)
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1920
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Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
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1920
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Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
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1920
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David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)
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1920
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F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)
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1921
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Frankie Thomas, NYC, actor (Tom Corbett Space Cadet)
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1922
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Carl Amery, writer
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1922
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Gerald Moverley, Roman Catholic bishop (Hallam)
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1922
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Michael Palliser, head of British diplomatic service
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1923
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Bruno Kiefer, composer
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1924
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Harald Heilmann, composer
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1925
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Michael Richardson, vice CEO (N M Rotschild)
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1925
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Tom Jackson, British union leader (Post Office)
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1926
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Graham Hills, principal (Strathclyde University, England)
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1926
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Harris Wofford, (Sen-R-Pennsylvania)
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1926
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Hugh Hefner, [Marston], Chicagp, magazine publisher (Playboy)
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1926
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Lord Fitt, MP (Belfast Ireland)
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1926
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Michael Ogden, QC
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1928
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Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant
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1928
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Floyd D Spence, (Rep-R-SC, 1971- )
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1928
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Tom Lehrer, parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was)
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1929
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Harvey Lichtenstein, pres (Bkln Academy of Music)
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1931
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Bill Gilbert, Wash DC, sports author (They Also Served, Big E)
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1931
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Martin Rogers, director (Farmington Institute for Christian Studies)
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1932
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Carl Perkins, Jackson Tn, singer/songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes)
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1932
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Jim Fowler, Albany Ga, naturalist (Wild Kingdom)
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1932
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Paul Krassner, comic strip cartoonist (MAD Magazine)/founder (Yippies)
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1932
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Peter Moores, director (Littlewoods)
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1932
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Degtyaryov, cosmonaut
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1933
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Gian Maria Volont, [John Welles], Milan Italy, actor (Fistful of $)
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1933
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Jacques Molicard, translator/navigator
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1933
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Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris France, actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique)
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1933
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Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy (Strathclyde University)
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1935
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Aulis Sallinen, composer
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1935
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Avery Schreiber, Chicago Ill, comedian (My Mother the Car)
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1936
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Jerzy Maksymiuk, composer
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1936
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Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea)
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1937
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Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, UK, sci-fi author (Collision Course)
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1937
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Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster
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1939
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Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse)
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1940
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Vasily Dmiotriyevich Shcheglov, Russian cosmonaut
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1941
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Hannah Gordon, actress (Oh Alfie)
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1942
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Brandon De Wilde, Bkln NY, actor (Jamie, Wild in the Sky)
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1942
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Earl F Hillard, (Rep-D-Alabama)
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1942
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Galina A Kulakova, USSR, nordic skier (Olympic-3 golds-1972)
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1943
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Terry Knight, rock vocalist (Gloria, Terry Knight & the Pack)
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1944
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Gene Parsons, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group)
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1945
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Gus Hardin, [Carol Ann Blankenship], Tulsa Okla, country singer
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1946
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Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper (1967-81)
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1946
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Les Gray, vocalist (Mud-Cat Crept In)
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1946
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Philip Wright, rocker (Paper Lace)
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1949
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Chico Ryan, rock vocalist (Sha Na Na)
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1949
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Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz)
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1950
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Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82)
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1950
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Kenneth D Cockrell, Austin Texas, Astronaut (STS 56, 69, 80)
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1950
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Nathan Cook, Phila Pa, actor (Milton-White Shadow, Billy-Hotel)
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1952
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Magnar Am, composer
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1953
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Hal Ketchum, Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night)
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1954
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Dennis Quaid, Houston TX, actor (Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff)
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1957
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Ednita Nazario, Ponce PR, spanish singer
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1957
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Sevrlano Ballesteros, Spain, golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88)
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1958
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Tony Sibson, boxer
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1959
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Dave Innis, Bartlesville Okla, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
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1961
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Kirk McCaskill, Kapuskasing Ont, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
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1961
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Mark Kelly, Dublin Ireland, keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel)
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1962
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Freddie Joe Nunn, NFL defensive end (Indianapolis Colts)
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1962
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Jeff Turner, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1964
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Shane Robinson, Adelaide SA, Australasia golfer
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1965
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Hal Morris, Fort Rucker Alabama, infielder (Cin Reds)
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1965
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Helen Alfredsson, Goteborg Sweden, LPGA golfer (1993 Dinah Shore)
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1965
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Paolo Cane, Itaty, tennis star
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1965
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Paulina Porizkova, Prostejov Czech, model (Playboy-Aug 87)
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1966
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Cynthia Nixon, NYC, actress (Addams Family Values, Pelican Brief)
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1966
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Oliver Barnett, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
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1967
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Graeme Lloyd, Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers)
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1968
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Janne Ojanen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
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1968
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Terry Brands, Omaha NB, 125« lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler (Olymp-96)
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1968
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Tom Brands, Omaha NB, 136« lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-gold-96)
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1969
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Amy Feng, Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Karl Krikken, cricketer (Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper)
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1969
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Timothy Young, Phila, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
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1970
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Chuck Bradley, CFL/WLAF tackle (BC Lions, Barcelona Dragons)
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1970
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Neal Caloia, Torrance Calif, free pistol (Olympics-1996)
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1970
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Olaf Kolzig, Johannesburg SAF, NHL goalie (Team Germany, Washington)
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1971
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Anthony Redmon, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
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1971
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Austin Peck, Hawaii, actor (Austin Reed-Days of Our Lives)
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1971
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Derwin Gray, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
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1971
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James Hundon, wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1971
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Mujaahid Maynard, Bkln, 105« lbs/48 kg greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
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1971
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Wang Yang, youngest Olympic record breaker at age 17 (Oly-1988)
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1972
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Brian DeMarco, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
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1972
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Craig Jones, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Jeff Wilkins, kicker (St Louis Rams)
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1972
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Jeffrey van As, soccer player (MVV)
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1972
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Karen Clark, Calgary Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
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1974
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Ben Bordelon, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
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1974
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Kevin Mathis, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1974
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Sharon Pelletier, Madawaska Maine, Miss America-Maine (1996)
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1979
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Keshia Knight Pulliam, Newark NJ, actress (Rudy-Crosby)
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1980
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Kristin Lee, Bethesda Md, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
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1990
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Marston Glenn Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner & Kimberley Conrad
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DEATHS
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715
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Constantine I, Greek/Syrian Pope (708-15), dies
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1024
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Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
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1483
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Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38
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1492
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Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies
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1553
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Franois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
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1557
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Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies
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1626
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Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies
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1681
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Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54
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1747
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Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies
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1747
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Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
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1754
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Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75
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1761
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William Law, theologian, dies
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1765
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Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
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1793
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Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
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1804
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Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies
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1806
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Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58
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1807
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John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45
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1821
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Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78
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1850
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William Prout, physician/chemist, dies
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1851
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Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
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1852
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John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
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1862
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George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
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1865
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Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
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1879
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Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
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1882
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D G Rossetti, writer, dies at 53
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1882
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Gabriel Dante Rossetti, English poet/painter, dies at 53
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1882
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Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist (Mlanges), dies at 66
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1886
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Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
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1893
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Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
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1904
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Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
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1909
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Charles Conder, artist, dies
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1916
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Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
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1917
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Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
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1923
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Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies
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1931
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Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
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1933
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55
|
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1939
|
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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89
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1940
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Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
|
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1944
|
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Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59
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1945
|
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
|
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1945
|
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Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
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1945
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Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged
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1945
|
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Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65
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1945
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Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
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1947
|
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Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
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1948
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Jorge Elecier Gait n, Colombian politician, murdered
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1951
|
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Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
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1951
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Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
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1954
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Philip Greeley Clapp, composer, dies at 65
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1959
|
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Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89
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1961
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Zog I, [Ahmed Zogu], King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65
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1962
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Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70
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1966
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Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57
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1976
|
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Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46
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1976
|
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Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35
|
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1979
|
|
Staats Cotsworth, dies at 71
|
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1980
|
|
Kathleen Burke, dies
|
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1982
|
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Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies
|
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1982
|
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Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85
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1984
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Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
|
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1986
|
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Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
|
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1988
|
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Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
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1988
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Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
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1991
|
|
Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
|
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1992
|
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Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
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1992
|
|
Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96
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1993
|
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Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74
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1994
|
|
Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71
|
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1994
|
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Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
|
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1994
|
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Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
|
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1994
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Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
|
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1995
|
|
James Bullock, colliery manager, dies at 92
|
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1996
|
|
James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls), dies at 81
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1996
|
|
Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist, dies at 83
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1996
|
|
Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81
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1996
|
|
Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
|
|
1997
|
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Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
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