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1
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Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
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1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
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421
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Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded
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708
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Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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1133
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William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England
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1306
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Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland
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1409
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Council of Pisa opens
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1571
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Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
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1581
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Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
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1584
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Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer
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1598
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Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies
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1609
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Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co
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1634
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Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland
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1647
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Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay
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1655
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Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)
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1668
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1st horse race in America takes place
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1669
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Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
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1700
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England, France & Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty
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1753
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Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia
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1774
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English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
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1776
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Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington
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1802
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France, Netherlands, Spain & England signs Peace of Amiens
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1807
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1st railway passenger service began in England
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1807
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British Parliament abolishes slave trade
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1807
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George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs
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1813
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1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex
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1814
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Netherlands Bank established
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1817
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Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians
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1820
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Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack
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1821
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Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)
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1847
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Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland"
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1852
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Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premieres in Munich
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1856
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A E Burnside patents Burnside carbine
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1857
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Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse
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1863
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1st Army Medal of Honor awarded
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1863
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Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee
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1864
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Battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid)
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1865
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Battle of Bluff Spring, FL
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1865
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Battle of Fort Stedman, VA - in front of Petersburg
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1865
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Battle of Mobile, AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely)
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1865
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SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400
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1876
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Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0)
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1882
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1st demonstration of pancake making (Dept store in NYC)
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1888
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Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber
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1889
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1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England
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1894
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Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash
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1895
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Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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1896
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Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece [NS=Apr 6]
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1898
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Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC
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1900
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US Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis
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1901
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55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa
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1902
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Irving W Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
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1905
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Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
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1907
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Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
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1910
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Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ
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1911
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L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
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1911
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls
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1913
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Great Dayton Flood
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1913
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Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (NYC) starring Ed Wynn
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1915
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1st submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
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1915
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German U boat torpedoes Neth merchant ship Medea
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1916
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Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in NYC
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1916
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Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
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1916
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Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
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1920
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Greek Independence Day
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1923
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British govt grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
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1924
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Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouri¢tis as premier
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1924
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Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2
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1931
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Hal Kemp & his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
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1931
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Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama
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1934
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1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284
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1935
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1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
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1936
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200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
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1936
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Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s)
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1937
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It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads
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1937
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Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade)
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1937
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Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
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1937
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Wash Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page
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1938
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1st US bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase
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1939
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Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
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1941
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Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon SC, incorporated
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1942
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700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp
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1943
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97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration
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1943
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Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio
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1944
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Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome
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1944
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RAF Sgt Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute
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1945
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US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen
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1945
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US 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg
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1945
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US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
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1946
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1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"
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1947
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9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Okla 58-47
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1947
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Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia
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1947
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Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill, claims 111
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1947
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Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch)
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1949
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SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
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1951
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5th Tony Awards: Guys & Dolls & Rose Tattoo win
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1951
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E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab
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1954
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26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden & A Hepburn win
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1954
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Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity)
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1954
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RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12«" screen at $1,000)
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1955
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E Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR
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1957
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NBA modifies the free-throw rule
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1957
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Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt)
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1958
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Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times
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1958
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West German parliament desires German atomic weapons
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1959
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Bill White traded to St Louis for pitchers Sam Jones & Don Choate
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1959
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French pres De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
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1960
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1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
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1960
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DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC)
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1960
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Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires
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1960
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Italian govt Tambroni forms
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1961
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"13 Daughters" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 28 performances
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1961
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"Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 702 performances
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1961
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23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
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1961
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3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
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1961
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Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona
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1961
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Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km)
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1961
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Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered
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1962
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"Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances
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1962
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French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested
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1963
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KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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1964
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Britain sets memorial for the late Pres John F Kennedy
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1964
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Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
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1965
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Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al
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1965
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West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution
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1966
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Beatles pose with mutilated dolls & butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday & Today" album, It is later pulled
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1966
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US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional
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1967
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29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
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1967
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The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1
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1967
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1967
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Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
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1968
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KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
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1968
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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1969
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Andes Pact signed in Peru
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1969
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John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)
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1969
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Pakistan Gen Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as pres
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1970
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Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
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1971
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Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
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1971
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European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers
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1971
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Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold
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1972
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"Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 5 perfs
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1972
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34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
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1972
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America's LP "America" goes #1
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1972
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Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals
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1972
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UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
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1973
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27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season & Little Night Music win
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1973
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
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1973
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Majid Khan & Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test v Eng
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1974
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Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
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1975
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Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew
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1976
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"My Fair Lady" opens at St James Theater NYC for 384 performances
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1976
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"Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater NYC for 48 performances
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1976
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Argentine milt junta bans leftist political parties
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1979
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Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest
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1979
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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1982
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Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
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1983
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Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec)
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1983
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Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58)
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1984
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Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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1985
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57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham & Sally Field win
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1985
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Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General
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1986
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Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
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1986
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Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA)
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1986
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Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes
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1987
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Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified
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1988
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"Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
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1988
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NASA launches space vehicle S-206
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1988
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Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
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1989
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"Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
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1990
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"Lettice & Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 284 performances
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1990
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10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins
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1990
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Fire in illegal NYC social club, kills 87
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1990
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
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1991
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63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates & J Irons win
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1991
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Allan Border takes 5-68 v WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown
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1992
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British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839)
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1992
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Imran Khan scores 72 & takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI
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1992
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Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup
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1992
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Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
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1993
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"Candida" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
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1994
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Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
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1994
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Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
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1995
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Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
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1996
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68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage & Susan Sarandon win
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1996
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Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth
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1996
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Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes
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1996
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Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
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1996
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Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova & Bushkov (RUS)
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1996
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Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)
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1996
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Men's Fig Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)
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1996
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US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill
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1997
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"Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
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1997
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Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice
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BIRTHS
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1133
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Henry II, King of England (1154-89)
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1252
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Konradijn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV
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1495
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Leonhard Paminger, composer
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1528
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Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Schwbische Konkordie)
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1532
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Pietro Pontio, composer
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1594
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Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Dutch writer
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1653
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Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician
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1688
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Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer
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1699
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Johann Adolf Hasse, composer
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1702
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Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer
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1702
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Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum)
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1713
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Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer
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1723
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Kaat Mussel, [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater
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1745
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Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer
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1762
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Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer
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1767
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Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15)
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1769
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Salvatore Vigano, composer
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1770
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Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer
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1782
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Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte, (countess Lipona), sister of Napoleon)
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1784
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Franois-Joseph Ftis, Belgian musicology/composer
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1786
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Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist
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1797
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John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God
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1800
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Paulin Paris, French historian
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1808
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Jos de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes)
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1818
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
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1820
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Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome)
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1823
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William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
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1830
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Julius Caesar, cricketer (prominent batsman for Surrey)
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1839
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William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind
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1867
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Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC)
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1867
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Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
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1868
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Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902)
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1869
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Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer
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1871
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John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
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1872
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Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina)
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1873
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Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
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1875
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Spencer Charters, Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West)
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1877
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Alphonse de Chteaubriant, French writer (Instantans aux Pays-Bas)
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1878
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Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)
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1878
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Theodore Samuel Holland, composer
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1879
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Otakar Zich, composer
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1881
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Bla Bart¢k, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)
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1881
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Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer (Assault!)
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1882
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Haydn Wood, composer
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1885
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Veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution)
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1887
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Josef Capek, Czech painter/author/critic (Kulhavy Poutn¡k)
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1890
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Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen)
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1892
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Andy Clyde, Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie)
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1893
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Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities
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1894
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Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer
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1897
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John Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)
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1899
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Bella Spewack, Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate)
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1899
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Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Race of Men)
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1901
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Ed Begley, Hartford Ct, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry)
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1902
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Sten Broman, composer
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1903
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Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orch leader (Golden Touch)
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1905
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Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers)
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1906
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Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915)
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1906
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Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55)
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1906
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Jean Sablon, crooner
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1908
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Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater & hotel director
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1908
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David Lean, Croydon England, director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter)
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1908
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Helmut Kutner, German director (Der Hauptmann von Kpenick)
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1909
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Dutch (Emil) Leonard, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914)
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1909
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Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls)
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1910
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Mario Peragallo, Italian composer
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1911
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Willy Anthoons, Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing)
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1914
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Marthe Robert, essayist/translator
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1914
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Norman E Borlaug, US agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970)
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1916
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Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, composer
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1919
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Jeanne Cagney, actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand)
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1920
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Patrick Troughton, actor (Doctor Who)
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1921
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Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James)
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1921
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Simone Signoret, Weisbaden Germany, (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top)
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1922
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Bruno VeSota, Ill, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers)
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1922
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Eileen Ford, modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency)
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1923
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Lee Hale, Tacoma Wash, choral director (The Entertainers)
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1923
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Wim Van Est, [Locomotief/Pletmolen], Dutch cyclist
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1924
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Julia A Perry, US composer (Cask of Amontillado)
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1924
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Julia Perry, Lexington Kentucky, composer (Selfish Giant)
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1924
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Machiko Kyo, Osaka Japan, actor (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu)
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1925
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Flannery O'Connor, GA, novelist (A Good Man is Hard to Find)
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1926
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Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire (Tetra Pak)
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1926
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Laszlo Papp, Hungary, Olympic Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956)
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1927
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Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
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1928
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James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13)
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1929
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Harris W Fawell, (Rep-R-IL, 1985- )
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1929
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Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile)
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1930
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David Russell Burge, composer
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1931
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Bohumil Goli n, Czech, volleyball player (Olympic-bronze-1968)
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1932
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Wes Santee, miler
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1932
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Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player
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1934
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Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine)
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1934
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Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16)
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1935
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Susan Engel, Vienna Austria, actress (Ascendancy)
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1936
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Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
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1938
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Hoyt Axton, Duncan Okla, actor (Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters)
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1939
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Toni Cade Bambara, director
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1940
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Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Okla, homophobe/singer (George Gobel Show)
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1942
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Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect)
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1942
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Jacqueline Lichtenberg, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)
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1942
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Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge Mass, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch)
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1943
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Pavel Lednev, USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1943
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Ronald Jeffers, composer
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1944
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Frank Oz, muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
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1944
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Ross Duncan, cricketer (one Test Australia v England 1971, 0-30)
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1944
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Terry L Bruce, (Rep-D-IL, 1985- )
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1946
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Bonnie Bedelia, [Culkin], NYC, actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel)
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1947
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Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- )
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1947
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Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman)
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1948
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Kelly Garrett, actress/singer (Holdin)
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1948
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Michael Stanley, Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band)
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1948
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Richard Lundy, horse trainer
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1949
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Jean Potvin, NHLer
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1949
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Neil Jones, musician (Bend Me Shape Me)
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1949
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Nick Lowe, England, rock vocalist (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
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1951
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Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band)
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1951
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Maisie Williams, Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M)
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1952
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Ken Boyd, basketball
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1953
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Haroon Rashid, cricketer (Pakistani & WSC batsman late 70's)
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1953
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Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds)
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1956
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Sonia M Lannaman, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
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1958
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James McDaniel, Wash DC, actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue)
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1958
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Mar¡a Caridad Col¢n, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980)
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1958
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Yograj Singh, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's)
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1959
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Vince Guerra, jockey
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1960
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Haywood Nelson, NYC, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening)
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1960
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Robert Green, Omaha Neb, tennis star
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1960
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Steve Norman, London, rock sax (Spandau Ballet-True)
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1961
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John Stockwell, Galveston TX, actor (Born to Ride, City Limits)
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1961
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Mark David Brooks, Ft Worth TX, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open)
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1964
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Alex Solls, jockey
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1964
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Eric Woods, California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox BC Open)
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1964
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Ken Wregget, Brandon, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
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1965
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Avery Johnson, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
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1965
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story)
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1965
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Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100)
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1966
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David Hohl, Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler (Olympics-9-92, 96)
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1966
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Jeff Cross, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
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1966
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Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light)
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1966
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Tom Glavine, Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991)
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1967
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Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988)
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1967
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Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
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1968
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Dixon Edwards, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)
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1968
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Errol Martin, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1968
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Peter Blackburn, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Dale Davis, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
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1969
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Dan Wilson, Arlington Height IL, catcher (Seattle Mariners)
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1969
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Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie (Olympics-96)
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1969
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Scott Sanders, Hannibal MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
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1970
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Magnus Larsson, Sweden, tennis star
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1970
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Shawn Antoski, Brantford, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
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1971
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Aashish Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- )
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1971
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Andr Bolduc, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
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1971
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Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
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1971
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Perry Klein, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
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1971
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Sheryl Swoopes, Texas, WNBA forward (Houston Comets. Oly-gold-96)
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1972
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Demet Edwards, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
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1972
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Howard Battle, Biloxi MS, infielder (Phila Phillies)
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1972
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Lawrence Moten, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
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1973
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Andrei Nikolishin, Vorkuta Rus, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
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1973
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Bob Sura, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
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1973
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Ray Zellars, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
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1974
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Mike Adams, wide reciever (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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1974
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Vyninka Arlow, Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
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1975
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Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
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1976
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Monica Croscicka-Wnetrzak, Miss Universe-Poland (1996)
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1989
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Chicken Kentucky, 1st partial birth in space (chicken)
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2184
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Pavel Andreivich Chekov, Leningrad, USSR (Star Trek-character)
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DEATHS
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1223
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Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
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1458
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Inigo L¢pez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies
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1510
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Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49
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1609
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Johan Willem, duke of Jlich/Cleef/Mark/Mountain/Ravensberg, dies
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1692
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Gerardus L Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
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1697
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Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies
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1751
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Frederik of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
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1766
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Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26
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1799
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Constantin Reindl, composer, dies at 60
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1801
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Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at 69
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1801
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Novalis, writer, dies at 28
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1823
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Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75
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1825
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Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63
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1835
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Friederike Blum, writer, dies
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1852
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Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73
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1880
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Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
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1880
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Ludmilla Assing, writer, dies
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1909
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Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer, dies at 57
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1910
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K lm n Miksz th, Hungarian author (Szent Pter Esernyje), dies at 63
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1914
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Frdric Mistral, French poet (Nobel-1904), dies
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1918
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Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55
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1924
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John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies
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1937
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John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
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1940
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Ion Nonna Otescu, composer, dies at 51
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1948
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Warren Hymer, actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42
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1949
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Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
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1951
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Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63
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1954
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Gertrud Bumer, writer, dies
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1956
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George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70
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1956
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Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50
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1957
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Fud Livingston, composer, dies at 50
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1958
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Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73
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1959
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Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
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1962
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Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78
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1963
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David Moore, US feather weight boxer, dies at 29
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1965
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Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72
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1965
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Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, murdered
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1966
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Colin Campbell, actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83
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1968
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Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood
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1969
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Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72
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1969
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Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies at 86
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1969
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Norman Gallichan, cricketer (one Test for NZ, 30 & 2, 3-113), dies
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1973
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Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93
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1974
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Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72
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1978
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Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
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1979
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... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered
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1979
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Anton Heiller, composer, dies at 55
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1983
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Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72
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1987
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Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
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1991
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Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
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1991
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Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
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1992
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Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 69
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1992
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Nomie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies
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1994
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David Miles Bensuan Economist-Butt, , dies at 79
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1994
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Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32
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1995
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James Gardner, designer, dies at 87
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1995
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Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest, dies at 73
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1995
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Warren E Burger, chief justice of US (1969-86), dies
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1996
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John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91
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1997
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Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies
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