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961
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German King Otto II crowned
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1328
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William of Ockham forced to flee from Avignon by Pope John XXII
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1521
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Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
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1538
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Genve throws out Calvijn
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1596
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England, France & Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
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1637
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1st battle of Pequot at New Haven Ct kills 500 indians
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1647
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Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
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1736
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Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
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1781
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Bank of North America incorporates in Philadelphia
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1790
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Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
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1798
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British kill about 500 Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
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1805
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Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
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1805
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Napoleon is crowned king of Italy
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1824
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Brazil is recognized by US
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1834
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Portuguese Civil war ends, Dom Miguel capitulates
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1860
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Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy
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1861
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Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
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1861
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Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
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1864
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-30] Skirmish along the Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia
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1864
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Territory of Montana formed
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1865
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Battle of Galveston TX, surrender of Edmund Kirby Smith
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1868
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President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote
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1874
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2nd Preakness: William Donohue aboard Culpepper wins in 2:56«
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1876
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HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration
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1883
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11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42«
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1884
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Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 & 7-3 v England XI in 4 hours
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1887
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Racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state
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1894
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Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
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1896
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1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
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1896
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Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
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1896
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Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
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1898
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32nd Belmont: F Littlefield aboard Bowling Brook wins in 2:32
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1898
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SF approves City Charter, allows Municipal ownership of utilities
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1900
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British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
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1903
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" (BG)
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1905
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A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia
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1906
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Archaeological Institute of America forms
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1907
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Chic White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game
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1911
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1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
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1913
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Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
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1915
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H H Asquith forms a coalition government in England
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1917
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Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
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1918
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Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia
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1922
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Lenin suffers a stroke
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1923
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1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run
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1923
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Socialist Workers Youth International forms in Hamburg
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1924
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German govt of Marx resigns
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1924
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Pres Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration
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1925
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Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
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1925
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Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139)
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1926
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Lebanon adopts constitution
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1927
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Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile
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1928
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A's commit 7 errors & lose to Yanks 7-4
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1930
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Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway
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1930
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Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
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1932
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Admiral Makoto Saito forms parliament in Tokyo
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1933
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2nd emergency Dutch govt of Colijn forms
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1933
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Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs St Louis Cards
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1934
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Century of Progress Exposition reopens in Chicago
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1936
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1st govt of Zealand in Belgium ends
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1937
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Dutch Rail NV at law forms
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1937
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San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens
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1938
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House on un-American Activities forms
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1940
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Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk
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1941
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American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
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1941
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Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
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1941
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German occupiers begin youth labor
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1942
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Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London
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1942
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Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
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1942
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Tank battle at Bir Hakeim: African corps vs British army
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1943
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1st president of a black country to visit US (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
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1943
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Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
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1943
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Premier Churchill & General Marshall fly from US to North Africa
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1944
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82nd Airborne div D-day-landing at La Haye du Puits to Ste Mre Eglise
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1945
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US drop fire bombs on Tokyo
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1946
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2-for-42 & hitting .048 for 1946, Mel Ott stops playing baseball
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1946
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Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague
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1946
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Klement Gottwald becomes premier of Czechoslovakia
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1946
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Patent filed in US for H-Bomb
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1948
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Entire Hagana-arm forces sworn-in as Israeli soldiers
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1948
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South Africa elects a nationalist govt with apartheid policy
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1951
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Vaughan Williams "Pilgrim's Progress," premieres in London
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1953
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Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
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1955
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"7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 44 performances
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1955
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Conservatives win British parliamentary election
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1955
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Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade
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1956
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Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103
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1956
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Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman & Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th & lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1
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1957
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Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open
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1958
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Ceylon emergency crisis proclaimed
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1958
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Union Square, SF becomes state historical landmark
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1958
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US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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1959
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Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th
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1961
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Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
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1961
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USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
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1962
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"All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 80 perfs
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1963
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15th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth
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1963
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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1963
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Organization of African Unity forms
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1963
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Wes Stock becomes only Balt Oriole to win a doubleheader
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1964
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"Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 perfs
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1965
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Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
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1965
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Revised Intl Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect
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1966
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Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hu South-Vietnam
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1966
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Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from UK
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1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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1969
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Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth
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1969
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John & Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal)
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1971
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Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
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1972
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Joe Frazier TKOs Ron Stander in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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1972
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Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord
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1972
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1973
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Bahrain adopts it's constitution
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1973
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Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1
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1973
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Chic White Sox beat Cleve Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)
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1973
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Funky Worm by Ohio Players hits #15
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1973
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Super Fly Meets Shaft by John & Ernest hits #31
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1973
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Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres
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1974
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During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
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1974
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Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
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1975
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Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes
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1977
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George Willig climbs NYC World Trade Center
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1977
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Movie "Star Wars" debuts
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1978
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1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
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1979
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Dancin' Fool by Frank Zappa hits #45
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1980
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Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
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1980
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Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st NLer to record 6, 1-hitters
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1980
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Soyuz 36 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Hungarian) to Salyut 6
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1981
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Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
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1982
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Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
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1982
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British ship Atlantic Conveyor & Coventry were hit in Falkland war
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1983
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29th Walker Cup: US, 13«-10«
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1983
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Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
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1983
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LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
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1983
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NASA launches Exosat
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1983
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1984
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Floods kill 14 in Tulsa Okla
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1984
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Frisbee is kept aloft for 1,672 seconds in Philadelphia
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1984
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Tulsa Oklahoma gets 13" of rain, 14 die
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1985
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Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
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1985
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Explosions destroys 2 tankers off of Gibraltar, 30 die
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1985
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Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1987
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Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe
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1987
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Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
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1987
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Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
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1987
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William H Webster replaces Robert M Gates as 14th director of CIA
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1988
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Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
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1989
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At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
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1989
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Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
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1989
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1990
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China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
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1990
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Phila Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
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1991
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Betsy King wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1992
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Carlos Martinez hits a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a HR
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1992
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Weird Al Yankovic begins his Off The Deep End tour
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1993
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Emmy 20th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 14th time
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1993
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Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a home run
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1993
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Olympique Marseille wins 38th Europe Cup I at Munich
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1994
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Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)
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1996
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"Midsummer Night's Dream" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 66 perfs
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1996
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Indianapolis 500 race
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1996
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Laura Davies wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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1996
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Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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1997
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Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs
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1998
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Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs Pres Clinton
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BIRTHS
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1478
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Clement VII, [Giulio de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1523-34)
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1566
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Mohammed III, sultan of Turkey (1595-1603)
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1591
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Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, composer
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1667
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Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
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1689
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Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
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1700
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Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist
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1759
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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, writer/mother of Mary Shelley
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1771
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Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
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1773
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Hans Georg Nageli, composer
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1782
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Joseph Drechsler, composer
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1788
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? Clark, England, baby of Mary Clark born without a brain
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1799
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Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer (Eugene Onegin)
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1799
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August Kopisch, German writer (Die Heinzelmnnchen von Kln)
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1806
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Henry Knox Thatcher, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1880
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1822
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E de Goncourt, writer
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1825
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Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer
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1835
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Edward Porter Alexander, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1846
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Arthur Coquard, composer
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1850
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Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Stupid force)
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1853
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Monroe A Althouse, composer
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1856
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George Templeton Strong, composer
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1859
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Alfred Edward Housman, Bromsgrove England, poet (A Buried Life)
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1865
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Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Fins painter/graphic artist/illustrator
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1866
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John Eigenhuis, writer (Tough Workers)
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1867
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Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
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1871
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Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
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1873
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Cornelis G N de Vooys, translator/founder (New Taalgids)
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1874
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Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker)
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1876
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Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
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1877
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Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer
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1877
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Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte)
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1877
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Sadao Araki, Japanese general/minister of War (1931-34)
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1884
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Charles Winninger, Athens Wisc, actor (Charlie Farrell Show)
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1886
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Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee)
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1890
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Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits)
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1893
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Eugene Goossens, London England, conductor/composer (Perseus)
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1893
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Norma Talmadge, NY, actress (Sign on Door, Camille)
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1895
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Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer
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1895
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Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor (Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx)
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1898
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Ernst Bacon, composer
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1898
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Gerard Bertouille, composer
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1899
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Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian
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1899
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Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal
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1903
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Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn)
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1905
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Hans Holewa, composer
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1907
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Carleton Young, NY, actor (Reefer Madness, Pride of the Bowery)
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1907
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John Wayne, Winterset IA, actor (Green Berets, True Grit)
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1908
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Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orchestra leader (Ol Guapa)
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1908
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Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen)
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1909
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Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United)
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1909
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Richard Maibaum, NYC, screenwriter (Goldfinger)
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1910
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
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1910
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Laurance S Rockefeller, NYC, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
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1911
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Ben Alexander, NV, actor (Dragnet, Outer Gate, Mr Doodles Kicks Off)
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1912
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J nos K d r, premier Hungary (1956-58)
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1913
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Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician
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1913
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Peter Cushing, England, actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who)
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1913
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Robert Shaw, town planner
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1914
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Archie Duncan, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
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1919
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Jay Silverheels, actor (Tonto-Lone Ranger)
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1919
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Peter Malcolm Gordon Raleigh, journalist
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1920
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Jack Cheetham, cricketer (South African batsman, Test capt early 50's)
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1920
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Peggy Lee, [Norma Egstrom], Jamestown ND, singer (Thats All There Is?)
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1921
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Frank Mooney, cricketer (dependable wicket-keeper for NZ in 13 Tests)
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1923
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Horst Tapper, German director/actor (Derrick)
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1923
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James Arness, Minneapolis MN, actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing)
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1923
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Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of National Farmers Organization (1955-79)
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1923
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Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor (Wizard)
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1924
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Cooper Evans, (Rep-R-IA, 1981-87)
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1924
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Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer (Kiss in Dark)
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1925
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Alec McCowen, Tunbridge Wells England, actor (Never Say Never Again)
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1926
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Maria de Lourdes Martins, composer
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1927
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Jacques Bergerac, France, actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun)
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1929
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Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea)
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1934
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Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader
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1937
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Yehuda Yannay, composer
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1938
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Jackie Liebesit, rocker (Can)
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1938
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Teresa Stratas, [Anastasia Stratakis], Toronto, soprano (Salome)
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1938
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William Elden Bolcom, Seattle Washington, composer (Oracles)
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1939
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Brent Musburger, sportscaster (CBS-TV)
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1939
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Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire
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1941
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Imants Kalnins, composer
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1942
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Levon Helm, drummer/singer (Band)
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1942
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Ray Ennis, England, guitar (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
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1943
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Erica G Terpstra, Oly swimmer/Dutch MP (VVD)
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1944
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Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
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1945
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Garry Peterson, rocker (Guess Who)
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1946
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Stevie Nicks, Phoenix Az, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Bella Donna)
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1947
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Glenn Turner, cricketer (masterful NZ opening batsman)
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1947
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Piers Gray, critic/writer
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1947
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Sherry Bain, Calif, actress (Pipe Dreams)
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1948
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Geoff Greenidge, cricketer (no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74)
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1949
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Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Raiders) [or Dec 25]
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1949
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Dayle Haddon, Montral Qubec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes)
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1949
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Hank Williams Jr, Shreveport La, country singer (Honky Tonk)
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1949
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Pam Grier, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough)
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1949
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Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor (Miami Vice)
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1950
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?, 1st whooping crane hatched in captivity
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1951
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Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)
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1951
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Sally Kristen Ride, LA Calif, 1st US woman astronaut (STS-7, STS 41G)
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1955
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Candace L Collins, Dupo Illinois, playmate (Dec, 1979)
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1957
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Margaret Colin, actress (Independence Day, Three Men & a Baby)
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1959
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Beverly Lee, rocker
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1959
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Brian Peaker, London Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
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1959
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Nancy White-Brophy, Montague PEI, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's-25th)
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1959
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Wayne Hussey, rocker (Mission-Lover for Life)
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1961
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Stephen Robert Pate, Ventura CA, PGA golfer (1987 Southwest Classic)
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1962
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Bob[cat] Goldthwait, Syracuse NY, comedian (Police Academy)
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1962
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Colin Vearncombe, rocker (Black-Wonderful Like)
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1962
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Genie Francis, Englewood NJ, actress (General Hospital, Bare Essence)
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1963
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Charles Van Eman, Pitts, actor (Charlie-All My Children, Dynasty II)
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1963
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Eddie Martin Jr, jockey
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1964
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Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager (Texas Rangers)
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1964
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Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar (911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way?)
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1965
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Greg Lloyd, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
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1965
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Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt NZ, points race cyclist (Oly-96)
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1966
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Anthony Edwards, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
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1966
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Billy Downes, Camden NJ, Nike golfer (1994 New England Classic)
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1966
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Grant Bradburn, cricketer (son of Wynne NZ off-spinner 1990- )
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1966
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Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star (Oly-1988)
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1967
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Igor Zemlyanoy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
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1967
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Jean Bartholomew, Queens NY, LPGA golfer (1989 Duke U Champ)
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1968
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Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
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1968
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Rachael Sporn, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1970
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Sam Mack, NBA forward/guard (Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1970
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Sebastian Barrie, NFL defensive tackle (SD Chargers)
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1971
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Darwin Ireland, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
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1971
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Lewis Capes, WLAF defensive tackle (London Monarchs)
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1971
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Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers)
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1975
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Christopher Lindsey Donaldson, Dunedin NZ, 100m/200m runner (Oly-96)
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1975
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Travis Lee, San Diego CA, baseball 1st baseman (Olympics-bronze-96)
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1976
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Benji Gregory, Encino Calif, actor (Brian Tanner-Alf)
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1976
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Markus Wieland, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
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1976
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Scott Humphries, Greely Colo, tennis star (1995 doubles Binghampton)
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1990
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Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra
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1996
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Austin Michael Luciano, actor (Dante Carlino-Another World)
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DEATHS
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604
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605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies
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735
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Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62
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1421
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Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies
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1512
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Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies
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1595
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Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
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1609
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Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried
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1685
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Karel, monarch of Palts, dies
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1703
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Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70
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1753
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Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies
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1818
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Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies
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1831
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Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
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1832
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Franois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59
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1864
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Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71
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1868
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Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution
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1871
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Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54
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1873
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August Conradi, composer, dies at 51
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1876
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Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77
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1880
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John Curwen, composer, dies at 63
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1883
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Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74
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1891
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Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
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1905
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Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies
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1908
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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
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1912
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Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61
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1924
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Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67
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1924
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Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
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1926
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S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
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1933
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Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35
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1939
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Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
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1939
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Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies
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1943
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Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
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1944
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C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies
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1946
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Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies
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1950
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Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies
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1951
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Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71
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1952
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D maso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
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1954
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Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
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1956
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Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54
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1958
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Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traqu), dies at 71
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1959
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Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78
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1959
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Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57
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1963
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Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
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1966
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Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
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1966
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Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
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1967
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Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60
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1967
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George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
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1968
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William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
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1969
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Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77
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1971
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John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70
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1973
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Jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81
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1974
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Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96
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1976
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Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86
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1977
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Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63
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1977
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William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35
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1979
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George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75
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1991
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Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41
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1991
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Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
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1992
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Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83
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1993
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Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91
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1993
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Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
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1993
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Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90
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1994
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George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
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1994
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Sonny Sharrock, US free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53
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1994
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Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
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1995
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Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
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1995
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Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
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1995
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Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65
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1996
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Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76
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1996
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Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45
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1997
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Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90
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