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816
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Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity
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1428
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King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
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1488
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Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
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1512
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French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna
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1556
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Kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles
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1572
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Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out
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1576
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Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours
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1631
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Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
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1644
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1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut
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1649
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Prince of Wales becomes king Charles II
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1663
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Earthquake in Canada
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1679
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German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
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1736
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Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
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1777
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Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture
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1778
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Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina
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1782
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Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English
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1783
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Earthquakes ravage Calabria, killing 30,000
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1783
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Sweden recognizes US independence
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1795
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Zealand Neth surrenders to French general Michaud
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1816
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Rossini's Opera "Barber of Seville," premieres in Rome
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1817
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1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
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1825
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Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates 1st detachable shirt collar
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1831
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Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30
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1846
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"Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on the West Coast
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1850
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Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY
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1855
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British govt of Palmerston forms
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1861
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1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale
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1861
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Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Phila
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1861
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Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress
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1864
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Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi
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1865
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Battle of Hatcher's Run, VA (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill)
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1870
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1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
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1879
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Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
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1881
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Phoenix, Az incorporates
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1885
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News of fall of Khartoum reaches London
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1887
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy
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1887
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Snow falls on SF
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1893
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Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec)
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1894
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Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms
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1897
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Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
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1900
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British troops under Gen Buller occupy Vaal Krantz, Natal
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1901
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Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot
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1901
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Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp
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1904
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American occupation of Cuba ends
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1907
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Arnold Schnberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
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1911
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Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
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1916
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Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co
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1917
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Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration
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1917
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Morosco Theater opens at 217 W 45th St NYC (demolished 1982)
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1917
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Present Mexican constitution adopted
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1918
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1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson
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1918
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Separation of church & state begins in USSR
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1919
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NL pres John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team & threw games in collusion with gamblers
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1921
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Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium
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1922
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Reader's Digest magazine 1st published
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1923
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General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar
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1923
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Mass arrests of socialists & communists in Italy
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1927
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Buster Keaton's movie "The General" released & bombed
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1929
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Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
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1930
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5th Aliyah to Israel begins
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1931
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Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license
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1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary
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1936
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National Wildlife Federation forms
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1937
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1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released
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1937
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FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed
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1938
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Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec)
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1940
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Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander
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1940
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Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
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1941
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Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands
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1942
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"Woman of the Year," starring Hepburn & Tracy opens at Radio City
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1942
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Braves get Tommy Holmes from Yanks for Buddy Hassett & Gene Moore
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1943
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Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt
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1943
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Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission
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1944
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358 RAF-bombers attack Stettin
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1945
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Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s)
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1945
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British premier Churchill arrives in Yalta, the Krim
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1945
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US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla
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1947
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Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland
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1948
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"Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time
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1948
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Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion
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1948
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Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion
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1949
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Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
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1953
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"Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC
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1953
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5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell & Helen Hayes wins
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1954
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WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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1956
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7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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1956
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
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1956
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NY Mayor Robert Wagner & Bkln Boro Pres Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to buil
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1957
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Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Piano Concert
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1958
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Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania)
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1958
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Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic
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1958
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Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
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1958
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Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km
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1959
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"Redhead" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 455 performances
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1959
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Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide
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1962
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French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
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1962
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Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racial segregated" schools, filed
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1962
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Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16ø
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1963
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Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars
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1963
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Soviet lunar probe failure
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1965
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Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels
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1966
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BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
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1967
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"Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
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1967
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Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
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1967
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
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1968
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KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
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1968
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Skater Kees Verkerk wins olympic gold in the 1500m
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1969
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"Turn-On," debuts & cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
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1969
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US population reaches 200 million
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1969
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Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins
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1970
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1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
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1970
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Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
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1970
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1970
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WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
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1971
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Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hr
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1972
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"Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
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1972
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Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
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1972
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US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
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1973
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Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" debuted
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1973
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Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War
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1973
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Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders
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1974
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British mine strike
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1974
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Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
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1974
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Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph
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1974
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Patty Hearst kidnapped
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1974
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US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure
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1976
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Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
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1976
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Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
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1977
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"CB Savage" by Rod Hart peaks at #67
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1977
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"Dis-Gorilla (part 1)" by Rick Dees peaks at #56
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1977
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"In The Mood" by Henhouse 5 Plus Too (Ray Stevens) peaks at #40
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1977
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"Turn Loose On My Leg" by Jim Stafford peaks at #98
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1977
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"Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91
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1977
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General Mills Adventure Theater premieres on CBS radio
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1977
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Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight
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1977
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
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1977
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
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1978
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Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
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1979
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Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time
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1979
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Sears Radio Theater premieres on CBS
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1980
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32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit
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1980
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Egyptian parliament votes to end boycott of Israel
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1981
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"Piaf" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 165 performances
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1981
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Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane
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1981
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Milt jury in NC convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy
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1982
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Chin A Sen ends term as president of Suriname
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1982
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DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people
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1982
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Laker Airways collapse owing 270M ($351M)
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1982
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Suriname pres Chin A Sen resigns & flees to Neth
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1983
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Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
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1984
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NZ beat England (82 & 93) by an innings in 3 days
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1984
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Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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1986
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Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline"
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1987
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Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time
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1987
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Soyuz TM-2 launches
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1988
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1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan
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1988
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Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham
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1988
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Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs
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1989
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Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
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1990
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Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC)
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1991
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A Michigan court bars Dr Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides
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1991
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All American Bowl ends after 14 years
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1991
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Big East Football conference forms
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1991
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Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl
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1991
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Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame
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1991
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LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points
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1992
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Jury selection begins in the LA cops beating Rodney King case
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1992
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Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
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1992
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Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
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1993
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Grenade explodes in Sarajevo, killing 63 & injuring 160
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1993
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R James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
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1994
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"Where On Earth Is Carmen San Diego," debuts on Fox TV
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1994
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Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime
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1995
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Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections
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1995
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NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13
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1995
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Sandra Vlker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77
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1997
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3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
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1997
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Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
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1998
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Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini
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1998
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Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minn Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise r
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1998
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Nancy Kerring & Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped Dec 22nd)
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BIRTHS
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1589
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Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet
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1626
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Marie de Svign, Paris, letter-writer (Portrait in Letters)
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1662
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Giuseppi Vignola, composer
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1711
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Joseph Umstatt, composer
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1723
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John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence
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1732
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Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer
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1744
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John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist
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1748
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Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven
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1753
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Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot
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1770
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Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist (Tertiary)
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1775
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Margaretha J de Neufville, author (Small Pligten)
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1778
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Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46)/founder (Tories)
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1779
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Frans van Campenhout, Belgian vocalist/composer (Brabanonne)
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1788
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Karoly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (A Tat rok Magyarorsz gon)
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1788
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Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British conservative premier/founder (Bobbies)
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1799
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John Lindley, English botanist (Elements of Botany)
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1804
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Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet
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1810
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Ole Bull, composer
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1833
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John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag)
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1837
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Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)
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1840
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Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle)
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1840
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John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire)
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1848
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Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley], US female outlaw (wild west)
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1848
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Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer (Against the Grain)
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1856
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Otto Brahm, German critic/founder (Neue Deutsche Rundschau)
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1860
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Jackson Showalter, 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-0?)
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1862
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Felipe Villanueva y Gutirrez, Mexico, composer
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1863
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Armand Parent, composer
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1864
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Carl Tieke, composer
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1865
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Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer
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1866
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Arthur Keith, Scottish anthropologist
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1866
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Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic (Put a Lid on it)
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1866
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Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer
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1867
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Casper A Lingbeek, vicar/Dutch MP (HSP, 1925..37)
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1868
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Lodewijk Mortelmans, composer
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1871
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Jovan Ducic, Serb poet (Blue Legends)
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1878
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Andr-Gustave Citron, France, auto maker
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1879
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Edward Rigby, England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent)
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1881
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Frederick Leonard Lonsdale, British playwright (Balkan Princess)
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1882
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Felice Lattuada, composer
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1887
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A P Gtersloh, writer
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1889
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Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)
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1889
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Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's)
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1889
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Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer
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1891
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Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)
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1891
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Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum)
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1892
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George Saiko, writer
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1893
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Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica)
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1897
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Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO
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1900
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Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956)
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1902
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Bronislaw Kaper, composer
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1903
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Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist
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1903
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Joan Whitney Payson, owner (NY Mets & horse stables)
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1903
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Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears)
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1906
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John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling)
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1907
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Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname (1949-56)
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1907
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Norton Simon, business executive (Simon & Schuster)
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1907
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Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France
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1909
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Grazyna Bacewicz, composer
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1910
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Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter (WW II)
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1912
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Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman)
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1912
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Zoltan Pongracz, composer
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1913
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Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger
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1914
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Alan Hodgkin, British physicist (Nobel 1963)
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1914
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William S Burroughs, St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch)
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1915
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Robert Hofstadter, US atomic physicist
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1917
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Zsa Zsa Gabor, [Zsa Sari], Budapest, actress (Queen of Outer Space)
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1918
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Charles J "Tim" Holt, US actor (Treasure of Sierra Madre)
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1918
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Kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer
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1918
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Tim Holt, Beverly Hills CA, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children)
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1919
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Andrea George Papandreou, Greek premier (1981-89, 93- )
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1919
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Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx NYC, comedian/actor (Sayonara)
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1921
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John M Pritchard, London England, conductor
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1922
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Bernard Kalb, spokesman (State Dept)/actor (Dave)
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1923
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Stephen J Cannell, TV producer/writer
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1924
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Robert Lynn, anarchist
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1926
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, NYC, publisher (NY Times)
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1927
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Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor (Here Come the Brides, Primus)
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1927
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Val Dufour, New Orleans LA, actor (Eugenie Grandet, Another World)
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1928
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Andrew M Greeley, author/reverend
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1928
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Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar
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1929
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Fred Sinowatz, (SP), chancellor of Austria (1983-86)
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1933
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Jrn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness)
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1933
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Nick Georgiade, NYC, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run)
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1933
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Ron Wilson, US percussionist (Joy of Cooking)
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1934
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Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
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1935
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Alex Harvey, rocker (Just Visiting This Planet)
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1935
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John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander S Africa army 1980- )
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1937
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Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
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1937
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Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion
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1937
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Stuart Damon, Bkln NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital)
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1938
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Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist (Fouryo)
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1938
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John Guare, US writer (6ø of Separation, Atlantic City, Taking Off)
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1939
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Brian Luckhurst, cricketer (England opener of 60's & early 70's)
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1939
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Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book)
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1940
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H R Giger, artist, special effects designer, (Alien)
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1941
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Barrett Strong, Detroit, vocalist (Money, That's What I Want)
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1941
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David Selby, Morganstown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
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1941
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Rick Laird, jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
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1941
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Stephen J Cannell, producer (Rockford Files)
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1942
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Cory Wells, Buffalo NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
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1942
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Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
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1942
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Susan Hill, English playwright (Magic Apple Tree)
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1943
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Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel)
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1943
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Craig Morton, Flint Mich, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver)
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1943
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Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
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1943
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Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water)
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1943
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Michael Mann, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sexpot, Close Friends)
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1943
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Nolan Bushnell, founder (Atari)/creator (Pong)
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1943
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Sven Johnson, rocker (Tangerine Dream
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1944
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Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
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1944
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Cory Wells, rocker
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1944
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J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
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1946
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Charlotte Rampling, England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict)
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1947
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Claude King, singer
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1947
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David Ladd, LA Calif, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline)
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1947
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Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30)
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1948
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Barbara Hershey, [Herzstein], Atlanta, (Stuntman, Shy People)
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1948
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Christopher Guest, NYC, actor (SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap)
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1948
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David Denny, rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
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1948
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Elco [LC] Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC (CDA)
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1948
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Nigel Tufnel, rocker (Spinal Tap)
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1949
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David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher (Sunday Sport)
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1949
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Maidarjabyn Ganzorig, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39 backup)
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1949
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Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer (Elton John Band)
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1950
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Ann Sexton, US vocalist (You're Gone too Long)
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1951
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Elizabeth Swados, Buffalo NY, composer/playwright (1972 TONY)
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1954
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Roseanne Katan, Jamacia, playmate (Sep, 1978)
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1955
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Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977)
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1957
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Craig Wilson, Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olym-silver-84, 88)
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1958
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Jennifer Jason Leigh, [Morrow], LA Cal, actress (Single White Female)
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1959
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Glenn Dubis, Lincoln Neb, US 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1984, 88, 96)
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1960
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Jane Geddes, Huntington NY, LPGA golfer (1987 Women's Kemper Open)
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1960
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William John Readings, literary theorist
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1962
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Duff McKagan, [Michael], Seattle Wash, bassist (Guns & Roses)
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1962
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Tommy Skeoch, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
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1964
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Jim Pugh, Burbank CA, tennis star
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1965
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Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92)
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1965
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James David McGovern, Teaneck NJ, PGA golfer (1993 Shell Houston Open)
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1965
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Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star
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1966
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Jose Maria Olazabal, golfer
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1968
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Chris Barron, rocker (Spin Doctors)
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1968
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Regina Rajchitova, Czech, tennis star
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1968
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Roberto Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
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1968
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Will Furrer, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, St Louis Rams)
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1969
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Bobby Brown, Roxbury Ma, vocalist (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel)
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1970
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Darren Lehmann, cricketer (SA & Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996)
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1970
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Forey Duckett, NFL/WLAF cornerback/safety (Saints, Scot Claymores)
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1971
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Dennis Hall, Milwaukee, 125« lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-sil-92, 96)
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1971
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Dianne Norman, Sault Ste Marie Ontario, basketball forward (Oly-96)
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1971
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Marcus Redman, actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser)
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1971
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Peter "Chip" Cipollone, Ardmore Pa, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1972
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Chris Bailey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
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1972
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Erin Phillips, Mexico Missouri, Miss America-Missouri (1996)
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1972
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Tony Johnson, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
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1973
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Diego Serrano, Quito Ecuador, actor (Tomas Rivera-Another World)
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1973
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Israel Raybon, defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
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1973
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Laura Espinoza-Watson, Torrance CA, female infielder (Silver Bullets)
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1973
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Richard Matvichuk, Ft Saskatchewan C, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
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1974
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Adrienne Johnson, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
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1975
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Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
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1975
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Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
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1976
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Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star (1995 Puerto Rico)
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1978
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Kristina Cherina, Miss Croatia Universe (1997)
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DEATHS
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1578
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Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies
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1591
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Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies
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1658
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Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52
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1679
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Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
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1685
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Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54?
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1705
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Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37
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1721
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James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47
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1738
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Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61
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1745
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Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49
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1754
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Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
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1758
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Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45
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1807
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Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
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1812
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Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
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1822
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Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77
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1825
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Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64
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1831
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John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29
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1838
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Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
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1867
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Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies
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1881
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Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85
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1888
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Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49
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1897
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Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
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1907
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Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45
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1911
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Petrus A Cronj, Transvaal Boer general, dies
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1917
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Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41
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1919
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Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62
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1922
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Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
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1922
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James William Tate, composer, dies at 46
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1924
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Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
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1926
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Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69
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1929
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Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70
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1937
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Lou [Andreas-]Salom, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75
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1943
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Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis
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1944
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Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79
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1946
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George Arliss, actor/writer (Dr Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77
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1947
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Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
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1947
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Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53
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1948
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Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64
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1949
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Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50
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1952
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Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
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1954
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Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77
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1956
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Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
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1958
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Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84
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1959
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Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
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1960
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Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
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1960
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Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81
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1961
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Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
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1962
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Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
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1965
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Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71
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1966
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Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ber Ideenflucht), dies at 84
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1967
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Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
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1968
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Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80
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1968
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Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36
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1969
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Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63
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1971
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M ty s R kosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78
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1972
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Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
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1973
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George Morrison, dies at 82
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1973
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L C William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
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1976
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Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69
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1977
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Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
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1978
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Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83
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1978
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Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68
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1979
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Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies
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1981
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Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73
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1981
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Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75
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1982
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Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
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1982
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Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
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1982
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Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
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1983
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Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67
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1989
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Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
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1991
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Dean Jagger, US actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87
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1991
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Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83
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1992
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Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies
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1992
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Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83
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1993
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Jack Young, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies
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1993
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Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director (All about Eve), dies at 83
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1993
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Tip Tipping, [Tim], stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34
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1994
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Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63
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1994
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Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler & Adenauer, dies at 92
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1994
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Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
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1995
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Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79
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1995
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Doug Mcclure, US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59
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1995
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Frans Khler, Dutch painter, dies at 59
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1995
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Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82
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1995
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Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies
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1995
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Kimberley Leston, journalist, dies at 35
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1996
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Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74
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1996
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Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86
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1996
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Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84
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1996
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W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84
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1997
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John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
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1997
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Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador (to France), dies of stroke at 76
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1998
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Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
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