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1326
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Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi
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1710
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Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured
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1776
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George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ
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1777
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Capt Cook leaves Society Islands
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1792
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1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens
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1794
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1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published
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1813
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Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres
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1846
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Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres
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1849
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples
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1852
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Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau
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1854
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Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
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1857
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1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY"
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1863
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2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile
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1863
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Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
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1863
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Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic
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1863
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Pres Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters
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1864
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Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum")
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1869
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20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
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1874
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Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas
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1875
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg
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1876
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Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
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1880
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5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa
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1881
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Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850
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1886
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American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
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1895
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Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out
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1896
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Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)
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1899
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Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith
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1902
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr became Associate Justice on Supreme Court
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1909
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Bird banding society found
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1913
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Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
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1914
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British & German fleets battle at Falkland Island
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1914
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Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
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1914
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Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in NYC
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1915
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Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres
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1921
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Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty
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1923
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German-US friendship treaty signed
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1923
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Labour/Liberals win British parliament
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1923
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Salary & price freeze in Germany
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1930
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Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC
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1930
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Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in NYC
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1931
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Coaxial cable patented
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1934
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Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zrich
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1936
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Anastasio Somoza elected pres of Nicaragua
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1936
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NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black & white teachers
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1938
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Highest temperature for December in US recorded in La Mesa Calif
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1938
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LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police
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1940
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1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
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1941
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Destruction Camp Chelmo opens
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1941
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London: Dutch government declares Japan the war
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1941
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Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo
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1941
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SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM
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1941
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US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II
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1942
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8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB)
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1943
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John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in NYC
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1946
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Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight
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1947
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"Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 perfs
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1948
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"Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 168 performances
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1948
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14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB)
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1948
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Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine
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1949
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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs
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1949
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Chinese Nationalist govt moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
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1949
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Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in NYC
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1951
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"Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs
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1951
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AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
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1952
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1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
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1952
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French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
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1952
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Isaak Ben-Zwi elected pres of Israel
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1953
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19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)
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1954
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Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC
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1954
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WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1955
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21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
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1955
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Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
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1955
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Turkish govt of Menderes forms
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1956
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16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
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1956
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1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
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1956
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Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks
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1959
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Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta
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1959
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President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
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1960
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Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium
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1961
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Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
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1961
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Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
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1961
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S Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock
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1961
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Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
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1962
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"I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs
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1962
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114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC
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1962
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Failed coup in Brunei
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1962
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Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
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1963
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"Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs
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1963
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3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash,
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1963
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Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan Jr wins LPGA Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Golf
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1965
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Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC
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1965
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Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
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1965
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Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
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1966
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A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
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1966
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US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
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1967
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Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK
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1967
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NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
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1969
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Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
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1969
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Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
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1972
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United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45
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1973
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"Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 296 performances
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1973
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39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB)
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1974
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Greek monarchy rejected by referendum
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1974
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Irish Republican Socialist Party forms
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1974
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Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
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1974
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Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
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1975
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"Raisin" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 847 performances
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1976
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UN General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General
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1976
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1977
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43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB)
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1977
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Portugal's premier Soares resigns
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1978
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Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park
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1980
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"Bravo" network premieres on cable TV
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1981
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France performs nuclear test
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1982
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"Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 perfs
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1982
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Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot
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1982
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Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Wash Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosiv
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1982
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Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents
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1983
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9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-lands at Edwards AFB
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1983
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Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of SF Zen Center
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1984
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73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62)
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1984
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Europe & 64 developing countries sign Lom III treaty
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1984
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Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live
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1985
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60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62)
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1985
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Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker
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1985
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Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1986
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House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
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1987
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Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal
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1987
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Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
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1987
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Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
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1987
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President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
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1988
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Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers & sink Bucks, 113-109
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1989
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Great Britain performs nuclear test
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1990
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Galileo Earth-1 Flyby
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1990
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Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field)
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1991
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"Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 49 performances
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1991
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"Nick & Nora" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 9 performances
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1991
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Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1991
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Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
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1992
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Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km)
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1992
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NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993
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1993
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30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria
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1993
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4th Billboard Music Awards
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1993
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Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
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1993
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Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England
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1994
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"What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq NYC for 12 per
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1994
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Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges
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1994
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Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed
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1996
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"God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 22 performances
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1996
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Donna Andrews & Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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1997
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8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win
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BIRTHS
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1508
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Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer
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1626
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Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
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1704
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Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)
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1708
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Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)
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1715
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John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)
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1728
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Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author
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1730
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John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
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1731
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Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer
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1737
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Robert Kimmerling, composer
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1741
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Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)
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1744
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Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer
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1765
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Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)
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1789
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John Fawcett, composer
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1795
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Jacques Franois Gallay, composer
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1811
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Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer
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1822
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Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
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1826
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Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
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1828
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Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
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1828
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Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
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1832
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Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)
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1861
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Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)
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1861
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Georges Mlis, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story
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1861
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William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine
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1862
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Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)
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1865
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Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
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1865
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Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)
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1872
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J C Powys, writer
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1877
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Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer
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1879
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Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]
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1881
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Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)
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1882
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Manuel Mar¡a Ponce, Fresnillo Mxico, composer (Estrellita)
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1886
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Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo
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1887
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Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer
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1888
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Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian
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1888
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Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)
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1888
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Vesey D'Davoren, character actor
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1889
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W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)
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1890
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Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)
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1890
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Bohuslav Martinu, composer
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1894
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James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)
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1897
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Leslie Heward, composer
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1899
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James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist
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1899
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John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)
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1899
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Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia
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1903
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Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)
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1903
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Cleo Brown, pianist
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1903
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Irene Eisinger, singer
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1903
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Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author
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1903
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Zoltan Szekely, composer
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1904
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Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)
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1905
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Charles Cushing, composer
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1905
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Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer
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1905
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Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)
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1905
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Julius Silverman, politician
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1906
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Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)
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1907
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Tony Aubin, composer
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1908
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John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73)
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1911
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Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront)
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1912
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Jura Soyfer, writer
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1913
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Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)
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1913
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Paul Flix, Flemish architect (Sun Song)
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1915
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Denis Harding, soldier
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1915
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George Scheuer, writer/journalist
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1916
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Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep
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1917
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Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)
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1918
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Grard Souzay, Angers France, baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro)
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1918
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Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)
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1919
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Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer
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1919
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Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg, composer
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1920
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Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)
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1920
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Ron Gulliford, educationalist
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1921
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Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up)
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1921
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Terence Morgan, London England, actor (Adv of Sir Francis Drake)
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1921
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Terence Weil, cellist/teacher
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1922
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George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)
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1922
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Jean Ritchie, rocker
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1922
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John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15)
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1922
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Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist (Boy With a Rat)
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1925
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James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
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1925
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Sammy Davis Jr, NYC, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)
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1927
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)
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1929
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Goffredo Parise, writer
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1930
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Alain Weber, composer
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1930
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John Morressy, US, sci-fi author (Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane)
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1930
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Maximilian Schell, Austria, actor/director (Odessa File, Julia)
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1931
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Rudolf Komorous, composer
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1933
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Flip Wilson, [Clerow], Jersey City NJ, comedian (Flip Wilson Show)
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1936
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David Carradine, Hollywood CA, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)
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1936
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Peter Parfitt, cricketer (fine England batsman of the 1960's)
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1936
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W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64)
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1937
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James MacArthur, LA Calif, actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0)
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1937
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Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense (CDA)
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1939
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James Galway, Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Phil)
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1939
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Jerry Butler, Sunflower Miss, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up)
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1939
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Lynn Wilson, contractor/multi-millionaire
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1940
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Graham Knight, rocker
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1940
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Jenny Linden, English actress (Hedda, Dr Who & the Daleks)
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1940
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Nick Nolte, actor (Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40)
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1941
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Albert J Evenhuis, Dutch undersecretary of Economic (VVD)
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1941
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Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)
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1942
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Bobby Elliot, rock drummer (Hollies)
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1942
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Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
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1942
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Mario Savio, activist
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1943
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Jim Morrison, Melbourne Fla, singer (Doors) is he really dead?
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1943
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Mary Woronov, Brooklyn Hgts NY, actress (Eating Raoul, Terror Vision)
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1943
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Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief (Evening News, Manchester)
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1946
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Graham Knight, rocker (Marmalade)
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1946
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John Rubinstein, LA Calif, actor/composer (Family, Boys from Brazil)
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1947
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Belinda Balaski, Inglewood CA, actor (Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling)
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1947
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Frans Leijnse, Dutch politician (PvdA 2nd Chamber)
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1947
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Geoff Daking, rocker
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1947
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Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band)
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1949
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Mary Gordon, US, author
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1949
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Ray Shulman, rocker
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1950
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Dan Hartman, rocker
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1950
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Rick Baker, Binghamton NY, special effects makeup artist (Exorcist)
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1952
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Richie Morales, drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
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1952
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Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover)
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1953
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Kim Basinger, Athens Ga, actress (9« Weeks, Batman)
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1953
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Roy Firestone, sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments)
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1955
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Ian Greig, cricketer (brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982)
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1956
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Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist (Missing Persons)
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1957
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Phll Collen, rocker
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1958
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Billy Hufsey, actor (Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life)
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1958
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Wayne Dickert, Chattanooga TN, slalom double canoe (Olympics-11th-96)
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1959
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Mark Dickson, Tampa Fla, tennis star
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1959
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Marty Raybon, Sanford Fla, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
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1959
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Paul Rutherford, vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
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1962
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Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star (PSV)
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1962
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Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer (1990 Kmart)
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1964
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James Martinez, Santa Fe NM, rower (Olympics-1996)
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1964
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Teri Hatcher, Sunnyvale CA, actress (Lois Lane-Lois & Clark)
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1965
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Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
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1965
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Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
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1965
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Troy Sadowski, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
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1966
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Douglas Allan Martin, Bluffton OH, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
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1966
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Joe Staysniak, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
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1966
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Matthew Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
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1966
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Si¤ead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U)
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1967
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Jeff George, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders)
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1967
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Marina Augusta Baker, Windsor England, playmate (Mar, 1987)
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1967
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Ron George, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
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1967
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Tony Mayberry, NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs)
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1968
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Bill Johnson, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)
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1968
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Mike Mussina, Williamsport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
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1969
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Antoon Kuil, soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)
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1969
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Bobby Phillips, WLAF running back (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
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1969
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Darrin Shannon, Barrie, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
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1969
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Lisa Marie Munzert, New Castle Delaware, Miss Delaware-America (1991)
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1969
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Victor Green, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
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1971
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Garvin Alston, Mt Vernon NY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
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1971
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James Stewart, NFL running back (Minn Vikings)
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1973
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Mitch Jacoby, tight end (St Louis Rams)
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1973
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Monty Montgomery, defensiveback (Indianapolis Colts)
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1974
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Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1978
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Kate Robinson, Peoria Ill, dance skater (& Kate Robinson)
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DEATHS
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644
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Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
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899
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Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies
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1292
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John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
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1587
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Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
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1596
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Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
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1643
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John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
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1652
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Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
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1681
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Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies
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1709
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Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
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1722
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Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70
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1751
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Jozef LD von Knigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78
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1785
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Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68
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1830
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H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
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1831
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James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
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1894
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Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71
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1896
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Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
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1900
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Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87
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1903
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Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
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1907
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Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
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1923
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Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
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1924
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Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
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1926
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Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
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1934
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Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62
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1939
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Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63
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1954
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Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50
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1955
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Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
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1956
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Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76
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1957
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Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55
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1961
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William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78
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1967
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Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
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1969
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Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80
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1970
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Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77
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1972
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George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash
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1974
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Hugues Panassi, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62
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1978
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Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
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1980
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John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40
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1981
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Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
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1982
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Andr Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
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1982
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Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
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1982
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Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered
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1982
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Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered
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1982
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Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered
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1982
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Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered
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1982
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John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered
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1982
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Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered
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1982
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Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered
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1982
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Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered
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1982
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Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered
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1982
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Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57
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1982
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Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72
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1982
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Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
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1983
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Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
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1984
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Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
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1988
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Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79
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1988
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Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44
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1989
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Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
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1990
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Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70
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1990
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Pony Sherrell Metcalf, NY, singer, dies of heart attack
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1991
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Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
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1991
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Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23
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1992
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William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
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1993
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Andr Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93
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1993
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Carlotta Monti, lover of WC Fields, dies at 86
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1994
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Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67
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1994
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Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89
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1994
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Jes£s "Enrique" L¡ster, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87
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1995
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Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36
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1995
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Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67
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1995
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John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70
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1995
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Mikki Doyle, journalist, dies at 79
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1996
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Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
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1996
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Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60
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1997
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Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75
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1997
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Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87
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