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1152
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Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king
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1461
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Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England
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1540
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Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife
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1570
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King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
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1590
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Mauritius of Nassau's ship reaches Breda
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1611
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George Abbot appointed archbishop of Canterbury
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1621
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Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
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1665
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English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands
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1675
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John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
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1681
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King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn
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1699
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Jews are expelled from Lubeck Germany
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1741
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English fleet under admiral Ogle reaches Cartagena
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1774
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1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
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1789
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1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
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1791
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1st Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
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1791
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Pres Washington calls the US Senate into its 1st special session
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1791
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Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)
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1792
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Oranges introduced to Hawaii
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1793
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French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Neth
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1793
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Washington's 2nd inauguration, shortest speech (133 words)
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1797
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John Adams inaugurated as 2nd president of US
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1798
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Catholic women force to do penance for kindling sabbath fire for Jews
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1801
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1st president inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson)
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1809
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Madison becomes 1st president inaugurated in American-made clothes
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1825
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John Quincy Adams inaugrated as 6th president
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1826
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1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass
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1829
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Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th president
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1829
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Unruly crowd mobs White House during Pres Jackson inaugural ball
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1830
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V Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi," premieres in Venice
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1835
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HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepci¢n
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1837
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City of Chicago incorporates
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1837
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Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th president
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1837
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Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American
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1841
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Dion Boucicault's "London Assurance," premieres in London
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1841
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Longest inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison
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1845
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James K Polk inaugrated at 11th president
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1848
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Sardinia-Piemonte gets new Constitution
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1849
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US had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Sen David Atchison (pres pro tem) term ended Mar
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1853
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Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
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1853
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William Rufus de Vane King (D) sworn in as 13th US VP
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1861
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Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag
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1861
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Lincoln's inaugurated as 16th pres; 1st time US has 5 former pres
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1861
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Pres Lincoln opens Govt Printing Office
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1863
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Battle of Thompson's Station, TN
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1863
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Territory of Idaho established
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1865
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Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag"
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1865
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President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president
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1869
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Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th president
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1876
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US Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap
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1877
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Tsjaikovski's incomplete ballet "Zwanenmeer," premieres in Moscow
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1880
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NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan
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1881
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California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation
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1881
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Holmes & Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together
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1881
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James A Garfield inaugurated as 20th president
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1881
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South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire
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1883
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John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi
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1885
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Gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London
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1885
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Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic pres since Civil War
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1889
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Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president
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1893
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Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe
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1893
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Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US president (2nd term)
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1894
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Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
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1895
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Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin
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1897
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William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US
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1901
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1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-Natl Intelligencer)
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1901
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President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president
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1901
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Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends
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1902
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American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
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1905
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Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin
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1908
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Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die
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1909
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President Taft inaugrated at 27th president during 10" snowstorm
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1909
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US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds
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1911
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Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
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1913
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1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
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1913
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Dept of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments
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1913
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Gabriel Faur's opera "Pnlope," premieres in Monte Carlo
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1913
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NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
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1913
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Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th president
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1917
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Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) becomes 1st female member of Congress
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1918
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Terek Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR (until 1921)
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1920
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Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
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1921
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Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
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1923
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Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy)
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1924
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"Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny
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1925
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Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
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1925
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Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US
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1926
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De Geer govt in Netherlands takes office
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1928
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"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
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1929
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Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American VP
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1929
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Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president
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1930
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Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated
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1930
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Emma Fahning bowls 1st sanctioned 300 game by a woman
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1931
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Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as W I win the Test
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1931
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West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
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1933
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Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament
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1933
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FDR inaugrated as 32nd pres, pledges to pull US out of Depression & says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"
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1933
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Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st US woman cabinet member
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1933
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Henderson, DeSylva & Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in NYC
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1933
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Noordwijk soccer team forms
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1934
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Easter Cross on Mt Davidson (SF) dedicated
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1936
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1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
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1941
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18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
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1941
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NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots
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1941
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Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler
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1943
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Transport nr 50 departs with French Jews to Maidanek/Sobibor
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1944
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1st US bombing of Berlin
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1944
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Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
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1945
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Finland declares war on nazi-Germany
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1947
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WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1949
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Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister
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1949
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Piet Van de Pol (Neth) becomes world champion billiard player
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1949
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Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel
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1954
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JE Wilkins, appointed 1st Black US sub-cabinet member
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1955
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1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
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1959
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US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
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1960
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French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
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1960
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Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
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1961
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Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as sec-gen of NATO
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1962
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AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
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1964
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Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
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1965
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David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2
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1966
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Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
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1966
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John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"
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1966
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North Sea Gas was 1st pumped ashore by BP
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1967
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Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
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1967
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Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova & Protopopov (USSR)
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1967
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Men's Fig Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)
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1967
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)
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1968
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Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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1968
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Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign
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1968
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Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched
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1970
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French submarine "Eurydice" explodes
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1970
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Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
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1970
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NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
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1971
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"City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey
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1972
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Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000m (1:18.5)
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1972
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Last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK
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1972
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Libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty
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1973
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15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America
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1974
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David Hares' "Knuckle," premieres in London
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1974
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Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier
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1976
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John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
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1976
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SF Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie & Bud Herseth
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1977
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1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, NM
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1977
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Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain
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1977
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Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541
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1978
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Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue
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1979
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"Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 61 performances
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1979
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200th episode of "All in the Family"
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1979
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Sally Little wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic
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1979
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US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings
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1980
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40th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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1980
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Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe
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1982
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2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy & D Potvin
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1982
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NASA launches Intelsat V
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1984
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Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
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1984
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Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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1985
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STS 51-E vehicle rolls back to Vandenberg AFB; mission cancelled
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1985
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Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
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1985
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War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
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1986
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Border completes twin Test tons (140 & 114*) v NZ
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1989
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Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline
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1989
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Eastern Airlines machinists strike
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1989
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Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
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1990
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20th Easter Seal Telethon
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1990
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1990
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US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space
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1991
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Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank
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1991
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Iraq releases 6 US, 3 British & 1 Italian POW
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1993
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"Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 188 performances
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1993
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Katharine Hepburn enters the hospital suffering from exhaustion
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1994
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4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
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1994
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Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit
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1995
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1st NYC Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
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1995
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Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
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1995
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George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker
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1995
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Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec)
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1995
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Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1
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1997
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Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
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1997
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Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU)
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1997
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President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research
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1997
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Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia)
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BIRTHS
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1394
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Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery
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1492
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Francesco de Layolle, composer
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1651
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John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)
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1678
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Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons)
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1719
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Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter
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1742
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Johann Heinrich Egli, composer
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1747
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Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general
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1754
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Benjamin Waterhouse, physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer)
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1754
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Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer
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1757
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Ignaz Malzat, composer
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1765
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Charles Dibdin, England, composer/author (Sea Songs)/actor (baptized)
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1766
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Emanuel ADMJ, French historian (Napoleon)
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1773
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Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer
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1782
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Johann Wyss, Swiss folklorist/writer (Swiss Family Robinson)
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1789
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Pavel P Gagarin, Russ monarch
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1798
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John Joseph Abercrombie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1877
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1813
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Wijnand J J Nuijen, romantic/water colors painter (Wrecked)
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1819
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Charles Oberthur, composer
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1826
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John Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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1828
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Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1834
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Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer
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1835
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Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italy, astronomer (discovered canals of Mars)
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1838
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Paul Lacome, composer
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1841
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Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (And fremmed Fugl)
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1844
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Josip Jurcic, Slovenian writer (10th Brother)
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1862
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Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Emden-polytroop)
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1875
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Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar/interpreter
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1875
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Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro)
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1875
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Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch female parliament member (SDAP, 1918-37)
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1877
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Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer
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1877
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Danil G van Beuningen, Dutch art collector
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1879
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Bernhard Kellermann, writer
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1885
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Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curaao)
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1888
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Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)
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1889
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Pearl White, [Victoria], US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline)
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1891
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Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)
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1897
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Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball
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1900
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Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)
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1901
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Charles H Goren, bridge master (26 US Titles)
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1901
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Jean-Joseph Rabarivelo, Madagaskisch poet (Enfants d'Orphe)
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1903
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Harold Berens, comedian
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1904
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George Gamow, nuclear physicist/cosmologist/writer (1, 2, 3...ì)
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1905
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Lili Kr
us, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978)
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1907
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Edgar Barrier, NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered)
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1908
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Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [NS=Mar 17]
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1909
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Harry B Helmsley, NYC, billionaire builder (Empire State Building)
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1910
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Tancredo Neves, president of Civil rights activist
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1912
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Afro, [Basaldella], Italian painter
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1912
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John Garfield, NYC, actor (Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez)
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1915
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Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [OS]
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1915
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Eunice Catunda, composer
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1915
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Petrus de Jong, Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71)
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1916
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Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure)
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1916
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Hans Eysenck, psychologist
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1918
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Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50)
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1920
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Marcella Grady Jennings, rancher
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1921
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Halim El-Dabh, composer
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1921
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Joan Greenwood, London, actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn)
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1923
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Patrick Moore, England, astronomer/writer (A-Z of Astronomy)
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1923
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Piero J d'Inzeo, France, equestrian show jumper (Olymp-gold-1952, 64)
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1927
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Robert Di Domenica, composer
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1927
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Thayer David, MA, actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages)
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1928
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Alan Sillitoe, Brit, writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner)
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1928
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Samuel Adler, composer
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1929
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Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78)
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1929
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Josep Mestres-Quadreny, composer
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1931
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Ernesto Rosenstand, Arubian playwright (Kiko Ta Di Nos?)
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1931
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky, composer
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1931
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Han Jansen, Dutch painter
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1932
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Guido Baggiani, composer
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1932
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Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
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1932
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Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965)
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1933
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Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer
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1934
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Barbara McNair, Racine Wisc, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show)
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1934
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Jane van Lawick-Goodall, ethologist/chimp expert (1974 Walker Prize)
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1934
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John Duffey, bluegrass musician
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1934
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Mario Davidovsky, Buenos Aires Argentinia, composer (Synchronisms)
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1936
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Aribert Reimann, composer
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1936
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David Thompson, British food magnate/multi-millionaire
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1936
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Eric Allandale, rocker (Foundations)
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1936
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Jim Clark, race car driver (Indianapolis 500)
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1937
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Graeme Dowling, cricketer (New Zealand, 239 v India 1968)
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1937
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Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach)
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1937
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Yuri Aleksandrovich Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut
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1937
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[Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen, musician
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1939
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James Aubrey Turner, scientist
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1939
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Paula Prentiss, [Ragusa] San Ant Tx, actress (Parallax View, He & She)
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1940
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Kas Garas, Kaunas Lithuania, actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report)
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1941
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Adrian Lyne, director (Fatal Attraction, 9« Weeks, Jacob's Ladder)
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1941
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John Aprea, Englewood NJ, actor (Lucas-Another World, Godfather 2)
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1941
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John Hancock, Hazen AR, actor (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
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1943
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Zoltan Jeney, composer
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1944
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Bobby Womack, Cleve, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It)
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1945
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Dieter Meier, Swiss singer/children book writer (Yello)
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1945
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Jaime Tirelli, NYC, actor (Orlando Lopez-Ball Four)
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1946
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Haile Gerima, director (Ashes & Embers)
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1946
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Harvey Goldsmith, impresario
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1946
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Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur/multi-millionaire (Hawley-ADT)
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1946
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Ralph Kirshbaum, Denton TX, cellist (RNCM Manchester Intl Festival)
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1946
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Robert Raymond, rocker
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1948
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Billy Gibbons, rock guitarist (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango)
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1948
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Chris Squire, London, rock bassist (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
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1948
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Shakin' Stevens, [Mike Barrett], Wales, rocker (You Drive Me Crazy)
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1950
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Emilio Estefan, Cuba, rocker (Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3)
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1950
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Judy Dickinson, Akron OH, LPGA golfer (1985 Boston Five Classic)
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1950
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Kenny Dalglish, soccer manager
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1950
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Rafael Canizares Poey, Alacs Mtnzs Cuba, basketballer (Oly-bronze-72)
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1951
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Chris Rea, English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over)
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1951
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Gwen Welles, NYC, actress (Desert Hearts, Sticky Fingers)
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1951
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Kenny Dalglish, British soccer star (100+ goals)
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1952
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Ronn Moss, LA Calif, actor (Ridge-Bold & Beautiful, Santa Barbara)
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1953
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Christopher H Smith, (Rep-R-NJ, 1981- )
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1953
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Kay Lenz, LA Calif, actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man)
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1954
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Catherine O'Hara, Toronto Ont, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV)
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1954
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Peter Erling Jacobsen, Portland OR, PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope)
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1955
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Benny Alexander, sec-gen (S Afr Pan-Africanist Movement)
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1958
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Patricia Heaton, Cleve OH, actress (Debra-Everybody Loves Raymond)
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1959
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Kelly Lynch, Golden Walley Minn, actress (Warm Summer Rain, Cocktail)
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1960
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Reggie McElroy, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
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1960
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Russell Todd, Troy NY, actor (Dr Jamie Frame-Another World)
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1961
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David "Tinker" Juarez, LA Calif, cyclist (Olympics-19th-96)
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1961
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Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer (killed a boxer in the ring)
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1961
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Roger Wessels, Port Elizabeth S Afr, golfer (1994 Canadian Masters)
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1961
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Steven Weber, Queens NY, actor (Brian Hackett-Wings)
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1962
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Brant Ian Woodward, Hurstville NZ, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
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1962
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Greg Kragen, NFL nose tackle (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
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1963
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Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star
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1963
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Jason Newstedt, US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Kill 'em All)
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1963
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MDV, [Michiel de Vos], Dutch pop bassist (Burma Shave-Stash)
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1964
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Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnist (Oly-silver-80)
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1964
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Linda French, Oak Park Ill, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1964
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Tom Lampkin, Cincinnati OH, catcher (SF Giants)
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1965
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Alexandra Harbold, NYC, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
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1965
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Dana Brown, Memphis Tenn, Miss Tenn-America (1991-3rd)
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1965
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Stacy Edwards, Glasgow, Montana, actress (Santa Barbara)
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1966
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Kevin Johnson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns)
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1966
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Mike Small, Aurora Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Emerald Coast)
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1966
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Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer (Sundays-Can't Be Sure)
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1967
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Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer (batsman Warne's bunny)
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1967
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Juli Furtado, NYC, mountain cyclist (world champ-1991, 92)
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1968
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Brian Hunter, Torrance CA, infielder (Seat Mariners, Houston Astros)
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1968
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Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star
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1968
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Dionna Harris, Wilmington Del, softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
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1968
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Evan Dando, rocker (Lemonheads)
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1968
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Patsy Kensit, London, actress (Lethal Weapon 2, Hanover St)
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1969
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Castity Bono, LA Calif, actress (Sonny & Cher Show)
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1969
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Jeff Tinsley, Shelbyville KY, outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
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1969
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Karrie Poppinga, Manhattan Beach Ca, volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4-95)
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1969
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Kenneth Benson, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
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1970
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Dave Stevens, Fullerton CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
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1970
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Marja Helena Paluila, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
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1970
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Matt Gay, WLAF safety (Rhein Fire)
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1970
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Tina Paternostro, Williamsport PA, golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple-57th)
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1971
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Edwin van Holten, soccer player (FC Volendam)
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1972
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Chris Borg, Lexington SC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
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1972
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Jennie Garth, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
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1972
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Martin St Pierre, Ripon Quebec, 20k walker (Olympics-96)
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1972
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Robert Smith, NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings)
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1972
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Sherida Pawiroredjo, Suriname Miss Indra Maju (1993)
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1973
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Phillip Daniels, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
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1974
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Jarrett Deuling, Vernon, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
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1974
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Karol Kucera, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star (1995-Rosmalen)
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1974
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Sherry Wigginton, Austin Texas, diver (Olympics-96)
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1977
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Anna Baitchik, Miss Russia Universe (1997)
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1993
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown
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DEATHS
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1172
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Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies
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1484
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Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25
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1595
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Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest
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1615
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Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies
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1617
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Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70
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1793
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Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
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1794
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Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
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1804
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Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies
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1805
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79
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1831
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Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82
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1839
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Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72
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1851
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Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70
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1852
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Nikolai Gogol, writer, dies at 43
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1864
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Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies
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1866
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Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
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1876
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Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38
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1877
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Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42
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1883
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Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71
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1888
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Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
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1903
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Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
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1916
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Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
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1918
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Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58
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1922
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Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC
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1925
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Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70
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1933
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Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
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1936
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Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
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1941
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Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81
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1942
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Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62
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1943
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Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71
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1943
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Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73
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1948
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Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
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1948
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Elsa Brndstrm, [Angel of Siberia], Swed philanthropist, dies at 59
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1953
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Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61
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1954
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Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79
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1954
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Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55
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1958
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Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54
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1960
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Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48
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1962
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Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77
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1963
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William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79
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1966
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Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75
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1968
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Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84
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1974
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Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71
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1981
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Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies
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1983
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Herg, [Georges Rmi], Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75
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1984
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Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79
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1986
|
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Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75
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1986
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Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40
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1991
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Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72
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1992
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Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
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1992
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C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
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1992
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Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98
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1992
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Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer
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1992
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Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61
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1993
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Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
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1993
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Richard Sale, writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
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1994
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Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79
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1994
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John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43
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1995
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Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86
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1996
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Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55
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1996
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Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84
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