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619
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Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1482
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Peace of Atrecht
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1569
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St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
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1620
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French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
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1672
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Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
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1688
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English king Jacob II flees to France
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1690
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John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
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1715
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Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund
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1724
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Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
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1728
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Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin
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1751
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France sets plan to tax clergymen
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1776
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Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
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1776
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Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
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1779
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Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct
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1783
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Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief
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1788
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Maryland votes to cede a 10ý mile area for Dist of Columbia
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1793
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Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies
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1823
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"Visit from St Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel
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1832
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Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender
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1834
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Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
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1852
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1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco
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1862
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Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis
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1867
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1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
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1876
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Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed
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1888
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Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
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1893
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Opera "Hnsel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)
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1894
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Debussy's ballet "L'aprs-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris
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1899
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Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa
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1899
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Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa
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1899
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Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
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1907
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1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
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1909
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Albert becomes king of Belgians
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1911
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Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich
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1911
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Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)
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1912
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1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy"
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1912
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Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation
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1913
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President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
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1915
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J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC
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1917
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3 British warships come close to Holland
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1919
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1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched
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1919
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Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
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1920
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Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
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1920
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King George V signs Home Rule Act
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1922
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BBC Radio began daily newscasts
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1922
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Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano
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1923
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Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000
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1925
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Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
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1926
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KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
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1928
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NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
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1930
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Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
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1930
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Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in NYC
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1933
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Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251
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1933
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Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death
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1933
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Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die
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1938
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Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
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1939
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Finnish counter offensive at Summa
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1939
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South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
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1940
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John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in NYC
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1941
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American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
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1941
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British troops overrun Benghazi Libya
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1941
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Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma
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1942
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Allies air attack on Den Helder
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1943
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1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel & Gretel), Schenectady, NY
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1943
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Gen Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
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1944
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Beginning of harsh winter
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1945
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Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premieres in London
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1945
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Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church
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1946
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Belgian Council of State forms
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1946
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Highest ridership in NYC subway history (8.8 million passengers)
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1946
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U of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
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1947
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Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
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1951
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1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) LA Rams beat Cleve Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game
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1951
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Last Belgian communities get electricity
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1953
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Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
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1957
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Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v S Africa
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1958
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"Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 38 perfs
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1958
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Abdallah Ibrahim forms govt of Morocco
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1960
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De Quay's Dutch govt falls
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1960
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King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power
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1961
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Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical
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1961
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KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1961
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Train accident in Italy, 70 die
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1962
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Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion
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1962
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Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game
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1963
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Beach Boys 1st appearance on "Shindig"
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1963
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Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die
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1964
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India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
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1966
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Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
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1967
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Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy
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1968
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1st US case of space motion sickness
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1968
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82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea
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1968
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Borman, Lovell & Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon
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1968
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North Korea releases Pueblo crew
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1970
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7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record)
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1970
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French author Rgis Debray freed in Bolivia
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1970
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NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
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1970
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USSR performs nuclear test
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1972
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"Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
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1972
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16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism
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1972
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6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die
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1972
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Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi
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1972
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Islanders end 15 games winless streak
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1973
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"Young & Restless" premieres on TV
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1973
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6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
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1973
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French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed
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1974
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"Good News" opens at St James Theater NYC for 16 performances
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1974
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Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen
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1975
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Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
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1975
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Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally free agents
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1978
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Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against NY Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 per
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1979
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NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
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1979
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1980
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Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in NYC
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1981
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Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033
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1983
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Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
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1984
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Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
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1986
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Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling
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1987
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Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of Pres Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Priso
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1990
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"Lettice & Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 284 perfs
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1990
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Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
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1991
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NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
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1994
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Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
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1996
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4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
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1997
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Chic Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games)
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1997
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Colo Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals
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1997
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Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Okla bombing
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1997
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US Agriculture Dept estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
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1997
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Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
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BIRTHS
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1174
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Louis I, Duke of Wittelsbach
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1544
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Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
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1548
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Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
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1582
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Severo Bonini, composer
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1597
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Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
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1644
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Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
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1689
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Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
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1699
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Joseph Gibbs, composer
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1709
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Jean-Noel Hamal, composer
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1714
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Johann Siebenkas, composer
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1716
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Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
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1732
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Richard Arkwright, inventor (spinning frame)
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1734
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Filinto El¡sio, [Francisco M do Nascimento], Portuguese poet
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1749
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Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer
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1750
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Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)
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1763
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John Davy, composer
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1777
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Aleksandr I P Romanov, tsar of Russia (1801-25)
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1780
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Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher
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1790
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Jean-Franois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
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1795
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Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)
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1804
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Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer (Informal Talk)
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1805
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Joseph Smith Jr, Sharon Vt, founder (Mormon Church)
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1808
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Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
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1812
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Samuel Smiles, Scotland, author (Self-Help, Character, Duty)
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1812
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William Hauser, composer
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1815
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Henry Highland Garnet, Maryland, minister/abolitionist/diplomat
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1818
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David Addison Weisiger, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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1823
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Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer
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1827
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Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa)
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1828
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Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer/poet (Tagebuchblatter)
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1830
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Adam Minchejmer, composer
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1834
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Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist (moral restraint)
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1845
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Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr (found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal)
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1845
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Gustave Ador, union president of Austria (1919)
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1853
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Giacomo Puccini, Italy, composer
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1853
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Maria Teresa Carreno, composer
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1855
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Alan Gray, composer
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1858
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Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright (Life in Russian Theater)
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1860
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Harriet Monroe, Chicago, poet/editor of Poetry magazine (You & I)
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1862
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Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)
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1865
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Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wrttemberg/general-fieldmarshal
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1867
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Madame C J Walker, Louisiana, cosmetic mogul
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1883
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Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45)
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1886
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Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Message from the Madhouse)
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1887
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Eric Blore, London England, actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)
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1887
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John Cromwell, Toledo OH, actor/director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage)
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1888
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Eric Blore, English/US actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)
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1888
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Friedrich Wolf, writer
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1893
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Ann O'Neal, Missouri, actress (Nana-Professional Father)
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1894
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Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's)
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1896
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Alberto Hemsi, composer
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1896
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G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer
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1896
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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (Der Leopard)
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1897
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Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom)
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1900
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Marc Allgret, French director (Voyage ouch Congo)
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1901
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Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)
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1903
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Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan)
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1903
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Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer (When the Cranes Fly)
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1905
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Arn Bjornsson, composer
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1906
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Ross Lee Finney, Wells Minnesota, composer (Landscapes Remembered)
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1907
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Don McNeill, Galena Ill, host (Don McNeill TV Club)
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1908
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Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (Life Magazine)
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1909
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Barney Ross, NYC, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934)
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1909
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Don Cleverley, cricketer (two Tests for NZ 1932 & 1946, took 0-130)
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1909
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Maurice Denham, Beckenham England, actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant)
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1911
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James Gregory, Bronx NYC, actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller)
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1911
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Niels Jerne, immunologist
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1913
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Hans Henkemans, composer
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1913
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Leo A Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist
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1914
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Dezider Kardos, composer
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1918
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Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974- )
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1918
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Jos Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers)
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1921
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Gerald S O'Loughlin, NYC, actor (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels)
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1922
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Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant
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1922
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Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower (Oly-gold-1948)
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1923
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Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, TV host (Price is Right)
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1923
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James Stockdale, admiral (Vietnam)/Ross Perot's 1992 running mate
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1923
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Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster
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1923
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Leonard Stern, NYC, producer/TV writer (Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart)
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1923
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Lucas M Mangope, 1st president of Bophuthatswana (1977-94)
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1923
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Milt Okun, Bkln NY, orch leader (Starland Vocal Band Show)
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1923
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Ruth Roman, Boston Mass, actress (Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas)
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1924
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Floyd Kalber, Omaha Neb, newscaster (NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973)
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1925
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Harry Guardino, NYC, actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues)
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1925
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Pierre Brgovoy, French premier (1992-93)
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1926
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Dusan Kostic, composer
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1926
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James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker
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1926
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Robert Bly, US, poet/editor/translator (Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds)
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1927
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Joseph Castaldo, composer
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1929
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Dick Weber, pro bowler (16, 300 games)
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1930
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Barbara Ruick, Pasadena CA, actress (Apache War Smoke, T£ Para Mi)
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1931
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Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World)
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1932
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Revjames Cleveland, rocker
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1932
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Tertius Metcalf, businessman
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1933
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Akihito, emperor of Japan (1989- )
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1935
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Esther Phillips, [EM Jones], US singer (When a Woman Loves a Man)
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1935
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Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer (the Golden Boy)
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1936
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Bobby Ross, NFL coach (SD Chargers)
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1936
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Claude Albert Coppens, composer
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1936
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Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie TX, actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove)
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1936
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James Stacy, LA Calif, actor (Fred-Adv of Ozzie & Harriet)
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1937
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Karol Joseph Bobko, NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J)
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1939
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Johnny Kidd, [Frederick Heath], London, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates)
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1940
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Eugene Record, US singer (Chi Lites-Give it Away)
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1940
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Jorma Kaukonen, Wash DC, rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
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1941
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Elizabeth Hartman, Youngstown Ohio, actress (Walking Tall, Beguilled)
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1941
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Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire)
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1942
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Friedrich Schenker, composer
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1942
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Jerry Koosman, pitcher (NY Mets)
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1943
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Derek Small, rocker (Spinal Tap)
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1943
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Harry Shearer, LA Calif, actor (SNL, Simpsons, Pure Luck)
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1943
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Peter Quaife, Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally)
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1943
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Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor/director (One Evening at Eva)
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1943
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Ross Edwards, composer
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1943
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Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden (1973- )
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1943
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Stephen Wallace, director (For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride)
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1944
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D J D Dees, pharmacist/Dutch minister of WVC (VVD)
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1944
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Ennes Heerma, Dutch minister of Housing (CDA)
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1944
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Hans Tentije, [Johann Krmer], Dutch poet (Nachtwit)
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1944
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U C Joshi, cricketer (Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India)
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1945
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Georges Aperghis, composer
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1945
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Richard C Wohlhuter, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1976)
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1945
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Ronald Bushy, rocker (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida)
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1946
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Tony Craig, [Kulasa], Pittsburgh PA, actor (That Boy Next Door)
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1947
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Bill Rodgers, marathon runner (Boston, NY)
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1948
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Jack Ham, NFL linebacker (Steelers)
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1948
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Susan Lucci, Scarsdale NY, actress (All My Children, Mafia Princess)
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1949
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Luther Grosvenor, rocker (Spooky Tooth)
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1949
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Wally Edwards, cricketer (three Tests Australia v England 1974)
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1951
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Johnny Contardo, singer (Sha Na Na)
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1952
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Hans Abrahamsen, composer
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1953
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John Callahan, Brooklyn NY, actor (Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest)
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1953
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Tatsumi Fujinami, wrestler (WWF/NWA)
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1954
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Brian Teacher, San Diego Cal, tennis star
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1955
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Dave Murray, English pop guitarist (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
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1956
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Michele Alboretto, formula-1 racer (Ferrari)
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1958
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Dave Murray, English pop guitarist (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)
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1958
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Denise McConnell, Weisbaden Germany, playmate (March, 1979)
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1958
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Joan Severance, Houston Tx, actress (Hear No Evil, See No Evil)
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1960
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William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain)
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1960
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Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
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1962
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Jerry Reynolds, NBA guard/forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
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1963
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Carol Peterka, Little Falls MN, team handball back court (Oly-92, 96)
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1963
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Jim Harbaugh, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
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1963
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Keiji Muto, wrestler (NWA/WWC/NJPW)
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1964
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Andy Gabel, Chicago Ill, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
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1964
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Petr Klima, Chaomutov Cze, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
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1965
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Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine)
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1965
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Slash, rocker (Guns N' Roses)
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1966
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Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, Willem II)
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1967
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Lamar Lathon, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
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1969
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Rodney Culver, NFL running back (SD Chargers)
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1969
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Stephen Grant, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
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1970
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Kimberly Ann Cooley, Grand Forks ND, Miss America-ND (1996)
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1970
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Martha Byrne, actress (Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns)
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1970
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Raymont Harris, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
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1970
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Shannon Noelle DePuy, Lynchburg Va, Miss Virg-America (1991-top 10)
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1971
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Corey Haim, Toronto, actor (Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive)
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1971
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Pete Bercich, NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
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1971
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Steve Stenstrom, quarterback (Chicago Bears)
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1973
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Tony Graziani, quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
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1977
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Becky Ruehl, Lakeside Park Ky, diver (Olympics-4th-1996)
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1977
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Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia (1996)
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DEATHS
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558
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Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
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679
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Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
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918
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Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
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1116
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Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
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1236
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Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
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1502
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Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
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1569
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St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
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1588
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Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
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1619
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Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
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1652
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John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
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1688
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Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
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1696
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Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60
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1789
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Charles-Michel abb de l'Ep, (school for the deaf), dies at 77
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1812
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Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73
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1891
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Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81
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1908
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Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72
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1908
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Franois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
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1911
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Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34
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1913
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James Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies
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1915
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Roland Leighton, dies at 20
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1925
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A S C Wallis, [Adle von Antal-Opzoomer], writer (Vorstengunst), dies
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1930
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Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71
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1938
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Robert Herrick, US writer (Chimes), dies at 70
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1939
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Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49
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1943
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Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64
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1945
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Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39
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1948
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Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) & 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64
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1950
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Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72
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1951
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Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72
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1951
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Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66
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1953
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Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed
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1959
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Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78
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1959
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Lester Lonergan Jr, actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65
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1959
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Lord Irwin, ambassador to US (1940-46), dies at 78
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1962
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George Saiko, writer, dies at 70
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1962
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Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76
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1964
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Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86
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1966
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Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70
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1966
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Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68
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1967
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Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49
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1967
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Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71
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1967
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Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75
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1969
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Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80
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1970
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Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84
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1971
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Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84
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1972
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Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
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1972
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Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], body builder, dies at 79
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1973
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Arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies
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1975
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Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
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1976
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Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies
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1976
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Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80
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1976
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Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72
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1982
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Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62
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1982
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Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45
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1985
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James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking thei
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1989
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Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82
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1990
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Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies
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1991
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Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
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1992
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Cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies
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1992
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Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42
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1993
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Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92
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1994
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Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74
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1994
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Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41
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1994
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Nora Dunfree, US actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78
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1994
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Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89
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1995
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David Land, impressario, dies at 77
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1995
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Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87
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1995
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Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84
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1996
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Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85
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1996
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Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69
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1997
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Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90
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1997
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Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist, dies at 76
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1997
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Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, dies at 76
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1997
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Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist, dies at 39
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1997
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Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72
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1997
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Stanley Cortez, cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92
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1997
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Stanlye Cortez, cinematographer, dies at 89
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