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1227
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Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
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1452
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Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor
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1524
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Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas
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1540
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Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"
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1563
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Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots
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1571
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Spanish troops occupy Manila
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1628
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Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen
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1644
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200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide
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1682
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Nationally Council accept independence of French church
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1702
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James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
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1748
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English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US
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1775
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4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)
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1775
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Poland & Prussia sign trade agreement
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1799
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Joseph Haydn's "Die Schpfung," premieres in Vienna
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1803
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Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar
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1822
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Boston, Mass incorporated as a city
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1831
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1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)
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1859
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Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris
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1864
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Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris
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1865
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Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC
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1866
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Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die
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1870
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The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan
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1877
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Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match
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1883
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Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes
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1885
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Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional govt, Sask
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1892
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3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town)
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1895
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Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
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1897
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Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
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1906
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich
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1907
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18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record)
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1914
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Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game
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1915
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Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
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1917
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US Supreme Court upheld 8-hr work day for railroad employees
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1918
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Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time
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1918
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S Potter becomes 1st US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane
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1920
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US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation polic
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1925
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Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop
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1927
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Bloody battles between communists & nazis in Berlin
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1928
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"Amos & Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
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1930
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Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
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1931
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Nevada legalizes gambling
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1937
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Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism
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1938
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Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes
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1940
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Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt
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1940
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French govt of Daladier, falls
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1941
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Jimmy Dorsey & Orch record "Green Eyes" & "Maria Elena"
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1942
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FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non military duty
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1942
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Thoroughbred Racing Assn of US formed in Chicago
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1943
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Airship Canadian Star torpedoed & sinks
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1944
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Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London
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1945
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800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan
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1945
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Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities
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1945
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British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine)
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1945
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Hitler orders all German factories destroyed
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1945
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US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure
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1946
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Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique & Runion become overseas depts
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1946
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Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of USSR
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1947
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Belgian govt of Spaak, forms
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1947
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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan
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1948
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Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, NYC
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1949
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1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn
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1950
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5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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1950
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City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT
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1951
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Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published
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1953
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25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
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1953
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Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in NYC
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1954
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1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, NYC
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1954
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1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM
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1954
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
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1954
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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1954
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Weekes, Worrell & Walcott complete tons in innings v England
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1955
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17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: SF beats La Salle 77-63
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1956
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Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
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1957
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Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score
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1958
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Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London
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1958
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Sobers completes a century in each innings v Pakistan
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1959
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"1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances
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1960
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"Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances
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1960
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22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats Calif 75-55
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1962
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"All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
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1962
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Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal
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1964
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Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"
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1965
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Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies
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1965
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Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record 7,770,000
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1965
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Stoica becomes president & Ceausescu party leader of Romania
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1966
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"Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 3 performances
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1966
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28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Ky 72-65
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1966
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Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins
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1967
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Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
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1967
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic
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1968
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Howard University students seize administration building
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1969
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British invade Anguilla
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1969
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Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention
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1970
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W German chancellor & E German premier Willy Brandt meet
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1971
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Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
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1972
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"To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 173 perfs
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1972
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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1972
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India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
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1972
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LA Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
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1973
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Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency"
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1974
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Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
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1975
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"Dr Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances
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1975
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Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports
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1976
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Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
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1977
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"Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box NYC after 390 perfs
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1977
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France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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1977
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Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33)
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1978
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50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb
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1978
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Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic
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1979
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House of Reps begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
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1981
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-21] Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time
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1981
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2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident
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1981
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Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
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1982
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National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
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1984
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"Kate & Allie," premieres
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1984
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John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of NY
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1984
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KSD-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA
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1984
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Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River
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1984
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Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering
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1984
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STS 41-C vehicle moves to launch pad
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1985
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"Spin Magazine" begins publishing
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1985
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NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
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1985
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Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile
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1987
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Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec)
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1987
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Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
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1987
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Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago
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1987
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PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
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1987
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Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
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1988
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2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland
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1988
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Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
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1989
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Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
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1989
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Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova & S Ponomarenko (USR)
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1989
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Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva & S Grinkov (USSR)
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1989
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Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson
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1989
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
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1989
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Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan)
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1990
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1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
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1991
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KC Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers
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1991
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NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day
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1991
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Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses
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1991
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St Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
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1992
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"Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1992
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British Prince Andrew & Princess Sarah Ferguson announce separation
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1993
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Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova & A Zhulin (RUS)
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1993
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Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur & L Eisler (CAN)
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1993
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Supreme Court Justice Byron R White announced plans to retire
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1994
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2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Neth
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1994
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Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown
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1994
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Largest omelet (1,383ý ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan
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1994
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NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season
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1995
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"Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances
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1995
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"Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances
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1995
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5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway
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1995
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Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520
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1995
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Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
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1995
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Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election
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1995
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Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
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1995
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Michael Jordan rejoins Chic Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers
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1995
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NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47)
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1995
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Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08)
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1996
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Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
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1997
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Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER)
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1997
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Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
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1997
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Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
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1998
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"Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater
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BIRTHS
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1503
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Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)
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1589
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William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
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1593
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Georges de la Tour, French painter
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1601
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Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
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1604
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Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
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1610
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Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
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1629
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Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
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1673
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Pedro Vaz Rego, composer
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1715
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Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
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1716
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Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Mausole du Dauphin)
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1721
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Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized
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1728
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Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter
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1734
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Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]
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1740
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Johann Georg Roser, composer
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1740
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Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist
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1742
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Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet
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1745
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Nicolas Sejan, composer
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1752
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Jose Mauricio, composer
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1767
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Leonhard von Call, composer
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1777
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Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
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1785
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Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer
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1809
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Fredrik Pacius, composer
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1813
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David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
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1816
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Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer
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1817
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Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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1819
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David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
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1821
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Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)
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1821
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Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
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1821
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William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
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1823
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Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
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1827
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Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
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1837
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Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
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1844
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Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
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1845
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Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
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1847
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Constantin Dimitrescu, composer
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1848
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Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)
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1851
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Roque S enz Pe¤a, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
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1860
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William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
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1871
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Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)
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1871
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Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11")
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1872
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Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director
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1873
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Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)
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1874
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Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along)
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1879
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Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
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1882
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Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)
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1883
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Josef Matthais Hauer, composer
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1883
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Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China)
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1888
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Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus)
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1889
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Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
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1891
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Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)
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1892
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Robert Denzler, composer
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1892
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Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica)
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1894
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Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)
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1897
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Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth)
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1897
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L O'Flaherty, writer
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1900
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Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
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1900
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[Jean] Frdric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935)
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1901
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Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954)
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1901
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Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman)
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1903
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Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party
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1903
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James Bullock, colliery manager
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1904
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John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings)
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1904
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Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer
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1905
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Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP)
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1906
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Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
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1906
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Normand Lockwood, composer
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1907
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Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
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1907
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Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer
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1907
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Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
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1907
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Marc Vaubourgoin, composer
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1907
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Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
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1909
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Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors)
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1910
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Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut
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1911
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Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman
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1912
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Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot
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1912
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Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
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1913
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William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892)
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1914
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J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935)
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1914
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Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill)
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1915
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Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)
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1916
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Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18]
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1917
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Dino Lipatti, composer
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1919
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Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party)
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1923
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Janine Dacosta, French pianist
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1923
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Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad)
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1925
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Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
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1927
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Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
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1928
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Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
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1928
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Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
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1929
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Herman van San, composer
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1929
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Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World)
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1929
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Robert Muczynski, composer
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1930
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Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
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1930
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Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
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1931
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Bill Hoskyns, England, pe fencer (Olympic-silver-1964)
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1932
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Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
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1933
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Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)
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1934
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Brge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
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1935
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Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
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1935
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Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3)
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1935
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Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny)
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1936
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Amancio D'Silva, musician
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1936
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Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
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1937
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
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1939
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Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
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1939
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Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers)
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1941
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Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International)
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1942
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David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
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1942
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Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking)
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1942
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Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin')
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1942
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Ross Valory, rocker (Journey)
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1944
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Joseph Celli, composer
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1944
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
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1944
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Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
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1945
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Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966)
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1946
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Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
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1946
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Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
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1946
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Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
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1946
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Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
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1947
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Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
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1947
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Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
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1947
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John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
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1947
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Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons)
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1948
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Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's)
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1949
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Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
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1949
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Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
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1952
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Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers)
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1952
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Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's)
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1953
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Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It)
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1953
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Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
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1953
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Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack)
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1954
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Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
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1955
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Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)
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1956
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Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
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1957
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Blake Passey, horse trainer
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1959
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Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis)
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1959
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Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation)
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1966
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Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
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1968
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Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
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1968
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Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
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1969
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Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
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1969
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Michael Bergin, model (Coca Cola)/actor
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1969
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Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)
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1970
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Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1970
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Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-B-98, Senators)
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1970
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Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
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1970
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Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1971
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Cory Fleming, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
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1971
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Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201)
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1971
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Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (NO Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1971
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Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1971
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Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
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1971
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Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1971
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Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-96)
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1972
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Maria Maunder, St John's New Foundland, rower (Olympics-96)
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1973
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John Michels, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
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1974
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Jennifer Lynn Drayton, Saginaw Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1997)
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1974
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John Coppinger, El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
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1975
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Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1976
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Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless)
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1982
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Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997)
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1992
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Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays
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DEATHS
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1263
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Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies
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1556
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Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70
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1635
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Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies
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1638
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Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66
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1644
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Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
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1687
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Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43
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1702
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Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51
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1721
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Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71
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1782
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Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59
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1782
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Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33
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1796
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Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33
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1797
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Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58
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1811
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Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65
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1845
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George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
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1850
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Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87
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1862
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F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
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1866
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Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57
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1869
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Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64
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1876
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Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75
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1884
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Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54
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1893
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Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69
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1897
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Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
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1898
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Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26
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1905
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Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49
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1907
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70
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1913
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John Thomas, composer, dies at 87
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1918
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Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73
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1924
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Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71
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1930
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Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81
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1934
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Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66
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1936
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John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63
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1937
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Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58
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1940
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Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
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1943
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Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75
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1945
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Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
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1946
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Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35
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1947
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Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52
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1950
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74
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1951
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H Zur Mhlen, writer, dies
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1954
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Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71
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1958
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Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies
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1961
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Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68
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1969
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Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65
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1971
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Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
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1971
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Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79
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1974
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Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51
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1974
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Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
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1974
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Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70
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1975
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John A DeMott, dies at 63
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1976
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George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87
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1976
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Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
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1979
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Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65
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1979
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Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
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1982
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Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
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1987
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Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77
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1987
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Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies
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1987
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Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
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1987
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Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
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1991
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John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies
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1991
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Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
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1991
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Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86
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1992
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Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66
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1993
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Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58
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1993
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Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
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1994
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Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered
|
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1994
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Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87
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1995
|
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Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at 85
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1995
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Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45
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1995
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Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83
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1996
|
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Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65
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1996
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William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83
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1997
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Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92
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