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483
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St Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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607
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12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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1138
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German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned
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1519
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Cortez lands in Mxico
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1560
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Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli
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1564
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Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels
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1567
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Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger
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1569
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Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots
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1591
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Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai
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1634
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Acadmie Franaise opens
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1639
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Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard
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1656
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Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam
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1677
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Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000
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1735
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1st US Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany
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1759
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27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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1772
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Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick
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1781
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Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus)
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1790
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John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia
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1797
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Cherubini's opera "Mede," premieres in Paris
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1835
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Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing
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1846
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Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in Knigsberg
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1852
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Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly
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1861
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Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers
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1865
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US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
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1868
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Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial
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1869
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Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
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1878
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Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
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1884
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Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins
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1884
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US adopts Standard Time
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1887
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Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
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1888
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Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
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1894
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J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate
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1895
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Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die
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1900
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British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state
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1904
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Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
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1911
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Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in NYC
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1911
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Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4
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1912
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Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games
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1913
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Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures
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1915
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Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit
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1918
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1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set
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1918
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American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
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1920
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Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails
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1921
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Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
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1922
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George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in NYC
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1922
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NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
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1922
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WRR-AM in Dallas TX begins radio transmissions
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1923
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Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (NYC)
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1924
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German Republic day
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1925
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NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
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1925
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Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
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1928
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450 die in St Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)
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1928
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Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in NYC
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1929
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Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
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1930
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Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
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1933
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Banks reopen
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1933
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Josef Gbbels becomes German minister of Information & Propaganda
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1935
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Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
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1938
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Anschluá-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany
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1940
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Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
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1941
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A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand)
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1942
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Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army
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1943
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Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)
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1943
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Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight
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1943
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Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
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1944
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USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt
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1945
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Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands
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1945
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Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman
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1947
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"Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances
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1947
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19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win
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1948
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10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42
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1949
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US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
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1949
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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1950
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General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
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1951
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2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms
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1951
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Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany
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1954
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Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
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1954
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Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
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1955
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Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal
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1955
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Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1956
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NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
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1957
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Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba
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1958
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Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
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1960
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Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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1960
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NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St Louis
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1960
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White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
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1961
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Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communist Party
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1961
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Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title
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1961
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JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress
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1961
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Landslide in USSR, kills 145
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1961
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Old type, black & white notes cease to be legal tender
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1961
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Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37)
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1962
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Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty
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1963
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2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska
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1963
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Hindemith & Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in NYC
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1963
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Indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
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1964
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Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
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1965
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Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
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1965
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Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
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1966
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational
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1967
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Congo sentences ex-premier Mose Tsjombe to death
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1967
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Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in NYC
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1968
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Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK
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1969
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Apollo 9 returns to Earth
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1970
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100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam
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1970
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Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
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1970
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SF city employees begin 4-day strike
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1971
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Live at Fillmore East recorded
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1973
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"Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 605 performances
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1973
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Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St NYC
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1973
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Syria adopts constitution
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1974
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Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris
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1974
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Glenn Turner scores twin tons for NZ's 1st win against Aust
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1975
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Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in NYC
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1977
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Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test
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1978
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Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
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1979
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European Monetary System is established, ECU created
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1979
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Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement
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1979
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Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick
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1980
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Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60)
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1980
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Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto
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1980
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR
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1981
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Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca
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1981
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NCAA St Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
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1982
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Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
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1982
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Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill & Dean (GRB)
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1982
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Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess & Thierbach (GDR)
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1982
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Men's Fig Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
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1982
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
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1983
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"Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 770 perfs
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1983
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1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
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1984
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Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
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1984
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WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
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1985
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Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
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1985
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Michael Secrest (US) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards
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1986
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Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir
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1987
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Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
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1987
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John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
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1987
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Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins & 3 secs
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1988
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14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win
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1989
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27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown
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1989
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FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US
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1989
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US space shuttle STS-29 launched
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1990
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Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
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1991
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Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill
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1992
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570 die in a Turkish earthquake
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1992
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FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12)
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1992
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Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
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1993
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Blizzard of '93 hits north-east US
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1994
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33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP
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1994
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Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
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1994
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Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
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1994
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Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
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1994
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President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
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1995
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9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win
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1995
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Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms
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1995
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Hungarian Forint devalued 9%
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1995
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Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
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1996
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Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
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1996
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Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher & himself
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BIRTHS
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1548
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Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole
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1599
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Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint
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1615
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Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)
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1696
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Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal
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1700
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James Kent, composer
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1700
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Michel Blavet, composer
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1712
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Isfrid Kayser, composer
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1733
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Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)
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1741
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Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor (1765-90)
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1744
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David Allan, Scottish painter
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1746
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Maurus Haberhauer, composer
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1752
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Josef Reicha, composer
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1764
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Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34)
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1767
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Heinrich Domnich, composer
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1768
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Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant
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1770
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Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)
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1779
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Oliver Shaw, composer
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1781
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Karl F Schinkel, German architect/painter/writer (Schloss Tegel)
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1798
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Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53)
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1818
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Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
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1820
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Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
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1822
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Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet
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1832
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Alberto Randegger, composer
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1850
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Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer
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1855
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Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
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1858
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Maximilien Luce, French painter
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1859
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Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)
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1860
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Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Windisch-Grz Austria, composer
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1862
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Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer
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1872
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Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
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1875
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Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)
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1881
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Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer
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1883
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Enrico Toselli, composer
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1884
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Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit)
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1884
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Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40)
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1884
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Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926)
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1886
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Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
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1886
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John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
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1887
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Carlos Isamitt, composer
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1890
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Frank Thieá, writer
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1890
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Michael Taube, composer
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1892
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Alec Rowley, composer
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1892
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Janet Flanner, journalist (New Yorker)
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1896
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Dorothy Aldis, writer
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1897
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Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
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1897
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William Herald, Australia, swimmer (Olympic-1920)
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1898
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Josie Sedgwick, TX, actress (Son of Oklahoma)
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1899
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Pancho Vladigerov, composer
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1901
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Paul Fix, Dobbs Ferry NY, actor (Rifleman)
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1904
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Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot
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1907
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Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian
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1907
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Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne
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1907
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Frank Wilcox, DeSoto Mo, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies)
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1907
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Oscar Brink, latinist
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1908
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Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician
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1908
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Paul Stewart, NYC, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline)
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1908
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Walter Annenberg, Milwaukee, publisher (Triangle-TV Guide)/Amb to GB
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1909
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Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London (1967-68)
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1910
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Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
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1911
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Jose Ardevol, composer
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1911
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L[aFayette] Ron Hubbard, sci-fi writer/scientologist (Dianetics)
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1912
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Ernst Hess, composer
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1912
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Igor Youskevitch, dancer
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1912
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James Friell, political cartoonist
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1913
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Sammy Kaye, saxophonist (Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye)
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1913
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William J Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87)
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1914
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Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer
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1914
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Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
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1916
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Corinne Boggs, political administrator
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1916
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Lindy Boggs, (Rep-D-LA, 1973- )
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1917
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Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
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1917
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Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author
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1917
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Tessie O'Shea, England, actress (Entertainers)
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1918
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Faye Glenn Abdellan, US government official (health services)
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1918
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George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears)
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1920
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Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)
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1921
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Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
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1921
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Cyril Poole, cricketer (England batsman against India 1951-52)
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1922
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Brun Smith, cricketer (NZ right-handed batsman of late 1940's)
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1922
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Jim Rodger, sports writer
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1925
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Anthony Milner, composer
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1925
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Bertha Tickey, Dinuba Calif, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973)
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1925
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Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea)
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1926
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Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist
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1926
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Ra£l Alfons¡n, Argentine pres (1983-89) (or 3/12/1927)
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1927
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Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet
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1929
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J D Slater, writer
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1929
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Peter Breck, Rochester NY, actor (Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji)
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1929
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Walter Medio, race horse trainer
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1929
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Will Eisma, composer
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1930
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Doug Harvey, hockey star (3 time James Norris winner)
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1930
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Liz Anderson, C & W singer
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1931
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Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect
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1931
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Rosalind Elias, Lowell Mass, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere)
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1931
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Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Berlin, actor/director/writer (Solo Sunday)
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1933
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Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R-AK, 1981- )
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1933
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Mike Stoller, composer (Lieber & Stoller-Hound Dog, Charlie Brown)
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1935
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Don Nute, Connellsville Penn (Denver University), actor
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1936
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Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)
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1937
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Fofo I F Sunia, (Rep-D-Amer Samoa, 1981- )
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1938
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Hans-Joachim Hespos, composer
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1938
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Jean-Claude Risset, composer
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1938
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Joseph Bellino, footballer (1960 Heisman Trophy)
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1938
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Patricia W Amicone, educator/midwife
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1939
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Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do)
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1943
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Andre Techine, director/writer (Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous)
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1943
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Stephen Vincent Benet, writer
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1947
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Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer
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1947
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Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
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1950
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Bernard Julien, cricketer (WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's)
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1950
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Danny Kirwan, London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
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1950
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Joe Bugner, Hungarian/British/Australian boxer (European Champ 1971)
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1950
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Robert S Woods, Calif, actor (Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons)
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1950
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Steve Hill, country vocalist (A Winning Hand)
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1950
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William H Macy, Miami FL, actor (Homicide, Water Engine)
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1951
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Fred Berry, St Louis Mo, actor (Rerun-What's Happening)
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1952
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Wolfgang Hihm, composer
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1953
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Andy Bean, Lafayette Ga, PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978)
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1953
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Deborah Raffin, LA Calif, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats)
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1954
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Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise)
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1955
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Glenne Headly, New London CT, actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right)
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1955
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Olga Rukavishnikova, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-silver-1980)
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1955
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Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando)
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1956
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Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden)
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1958
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Debi Nicolle Johnson, Torrance Calif, playmate (October, 1984)
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1958
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Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-NY)
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1959
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Dirk Wellham, cricketer (century on NSW debut & Australian debut )
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1959
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Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
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1960
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Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow)
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1961
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Cor Lems, soccer player (ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90)
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1962
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Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
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1963
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Mariano Duncan, S P de Macoris Dom Rep, infielder (NY Yankees)
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1963
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Vance Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Denver Broncos)
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1964
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Will Clark, New Orleans LA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
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1966
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Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)
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1966
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Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star
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1967
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Colleen Rosensteel, S Greensburg PA, heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Satu Huotari, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Oly-98)
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1968
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Christopher Collett, NYC, actor (Manhattan Project)
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1969
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Chris Zorich, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)
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1969
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Kevin Kaminski, Churchbridge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
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1971
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Curtis Conway, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Chic Bears)
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1971
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Li Chen, Changsha China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Austin TX)
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1971
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Paul Henderson, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
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1971
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Ralf Kleinmann, WLAF kicker/punter (Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1971
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Robert Samuels, cricketer (West Indies Test opening batsman v NZ 1996)
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1971
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Ryan Hayden, Indianapolis Indiana, 400m hurdler
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1971
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Tony Vinson, NFL running back (Atl Falcons, Lon Monarchs, Balt Ravens)
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1971
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Tracy Wells, actress (Heather-Mr Belvedere)
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1972
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Avrom Smith, WLAF RB (London Monarchs)
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1972
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Brian Saxton, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
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1972
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Rickey Brady, NFL tight end (NO Saints)
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1972
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Ryan McCoy, WLAF LB (London Monarchs)
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1972
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Shea Olliff, Augusta Georgia, Miss America-Georgia (1997)
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1972
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Trent Dilfer, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1973
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Ann Coale, Miss USA-Maryland (1997)
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1973
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Bobby Jackson, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
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1973
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Dan Wilkinson, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
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1973
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Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, AC Milan)
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1973
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Trezelle Jenkins, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
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1974
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Andr Batista Santos "Vampeta", (Brazilian?) soccer player (PSV)
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1974
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Corinna Broiz, Garberville Colo, lightweight judoka (Olympics-96)
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1974
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Thomas Enqvist, Stockholm Sweden, tennis star (1991 Wimbledon jr boys)
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1975
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Landon Wilson, St Louis, NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche)
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DEATHS
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1202
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Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
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1516
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Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60
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1558
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Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies
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1569
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Lodewijk Cond, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies
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1569
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Louis Cond, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle
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1573
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Michel de l'Hpital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65
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1619
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Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies
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1716
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Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46
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1756
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Johann Melchior Conradi, composer, dies at 81
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1817
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Matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77
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1837
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Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
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1839
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Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55
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1879
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Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
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1881
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Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
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1890
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Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
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1901
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Benjamin Harrison, 23rd pres (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
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1903
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Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88
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1906
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Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85
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1911
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Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80
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1915
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Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65
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1918
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Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57
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1918
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William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26
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1930
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Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77
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1934
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Fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56
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1938
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Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80
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1941
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A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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1941
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Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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1941
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E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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1941
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Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46
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1941
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J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
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1945
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Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78
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1946
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Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90
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1946
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Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, dies at 69
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1946
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Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67
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1951
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Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies
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1951
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James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at 67
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1955
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Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies
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1955
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Yung Deva, king of Nepal (191.-55), dies at about 48
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1957
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Lena Ashwell, Engl actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84
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1964
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Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on
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1965
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George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65
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1967
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Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
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1969
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Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86
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1970
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Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45
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1971
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Piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82
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1971
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Rockwell Kens, US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88
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1973
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Stacy Harris, actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
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1974
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Howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68
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1974
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Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 52
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1975
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Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71
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1975
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Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel 1961), dies at 82
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1975
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Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83
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1975
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Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75
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1976
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Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
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1977
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Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies
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1977
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Jan Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies in prison
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1978
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David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91
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1978
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Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), dies
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1980
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Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61
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1982
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Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64
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1982
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Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
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1983
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Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58
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1983
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Paul R Citroen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 86
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1984
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Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies
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1986
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Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies
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1987
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Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77
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1987
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Finn Videro, composer, dies at 80
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1987
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Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
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1988
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Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
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1990
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Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86
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1991
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Cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65
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1991
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Jimmy McPartland, US, jazz cornetist, dies
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1992
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Clarence Wright, singer, dies at 84
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1992
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Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies
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1993
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Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82
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1994
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Danny Barker, US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85
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1994
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Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player
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1994
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Sandra Paretti, romantic novelist, dies at 59
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1995
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Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death
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1995
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John Silverlight, journalist, dies at 75
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1995
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Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89
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1995
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Leon Day, pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78
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1995
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Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
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1995
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P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-gen of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87
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1996
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Brian Hulls, television news cameraman, dies at 48
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1996
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Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54
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1996
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Lucio Fulci, filem director, dies at 68
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1996
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Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner, dies at 85
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