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1065
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Pilgrims under bishop Gnther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem
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1111
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Pope Paschalis II crowns Henry V, Roman emperor
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1204
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4th Crusade occupies & plunders Constantinople
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1229
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Queen Blanche of Castili & earl Raymond VII van Toulouse sign peace
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1385
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John without Fear marries Margaretha of Brabant
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1385
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Willem van Oostervant weds Philip the Stouts daughter Margaretha (10)
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1545
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French king Franois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed
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1583
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William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny
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1606
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England adopts Union Jack as its flag
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1648
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University of Harderwijk Neth solemn opens
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1654
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England, Ireland & Scotland united
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1709
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1st edition of Tattler magazine in England
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1713
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Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom
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1770
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Townsend Acts repealed
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1776
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Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina
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1782
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Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French
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1787
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Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
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1811
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1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA
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1826
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Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London
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1844
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Texas became a US territory
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1857
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Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published
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1858
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1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit)
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1859
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Hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates
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1861
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Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War
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1862
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James Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA
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1862
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Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia
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1863
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-14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana
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1864
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Battle of Blair's Landing LA
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1864
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Confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn
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1869
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North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
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1872
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Jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)
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1877
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British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
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1877
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Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game
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1883
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French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
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1887
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Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo
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1892
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George C Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter
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1893
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Battle at Hoornkrans Southwest-Africa: German Schutztruppen chases away Hottentotten under Hendrik Witbooi
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1894
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British & Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
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1896
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Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
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1898
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Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in SF Bay to Navy
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1905
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French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
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1905
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Hippodrome arena opens (NYC)
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1907
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Belgium govt of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns
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1908
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Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
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1909
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Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens
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1911
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1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
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1917
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Bijou Theater opens at 222 W 45th St NYC (Demolished 1982)
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1917
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Domenico Scarlatti & Jeab Cocteaus ballet premieres in Rome
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1919
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British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
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1926
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Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms
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1927
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Gen Chiang Kai-shek begins counter revolution in Shanghai
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1928
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Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
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1930
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4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
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1930
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Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
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1931
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Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
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1931
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Spanish voters reject the monarchy
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1932
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Emmanuel Chabriers & Balanchines ballet premieres in Monte Carlo
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1933
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Moffatt Field commissioned
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1934
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Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mt Washington, NH, 231 mph
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1935
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"Your Hit Parade," debuts on radio
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1935
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Germany prohibits publishing "not-Arian" writers
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1935
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Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
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1938
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1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
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1938
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Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
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1938
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US began requiring medical tests for marriage licenses
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1940
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Italy annexes Albania
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1940
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NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
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1941
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Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
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1941
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Vichy-France's head of government Admiral Dalan consults with Hitler
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1942
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9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
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1942
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Japan kills about 400 Filipino officers in Bataan
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1943
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Allies conquer Soussa, North-Africa
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1943
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Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
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1944
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Lillian Hellman's "Searching Wind," premieres in NYC
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1945
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Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Neth
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1945
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Harry Truman sworn in as 33rd pres
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1945
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Richard Strauss completes his "Metamorphosis"
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1945
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US liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
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1946
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Syria gains independence from France
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1951
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Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day
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1952
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
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1952
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Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
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1953
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17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
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1953
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Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
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1953
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KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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1954
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18th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 289
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1954
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8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
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1954
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Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
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1954
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Bill Haley & Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
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1954
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Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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1955
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1st game in KC, KC A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
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1955
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Salk polio vaccine safe & effective; 4 billion dimes marched
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1956
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Bandaranaike govt forms in Ceylon
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1957
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Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record
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1957
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USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
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1958
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12th NBA Championship: St Louis Hawks beat Bost Celtics, 4 games to 2
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1958
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Flemish Open air museum opens in Bokrijk
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1959
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13th Tony Awards: J B & Redhead win
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1959
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Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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1959
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France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
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1960
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Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass"
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1960
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Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts "Exploding Scoreboard"
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1961
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3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4
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1961
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Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
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1961
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Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
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1962
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San Mateo County withdraws from BART district (SF Bay area)
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1963
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Beatles "From Me to You" is released in UK
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1963
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Birmingham police use dogs & cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators
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1964
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28th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
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1964
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
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1965
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1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
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1966
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1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
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1966
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2
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1966
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Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck
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1969
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Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
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1970
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Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
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1973
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France recognizes North Vietnam
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1973
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Sudan adopts constitution
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1973
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Swaziland suspends constitution
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1975
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Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
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1976
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India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
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1979
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Soyuz 33 returns to Earth
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1980
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BCMA, Black Consciousness Movement of Azania, forms
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1980
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Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper & Money hit grand slams)
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1981
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45th Golf Masters Championship: Tom Watson wins, shooting a 280
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1981
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Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
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1981
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Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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1981
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Maiden voyage Space Transit System-space shuttle Columbia launched
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1982
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3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
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1983
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Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
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1983
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
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1985
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16th Shuttle Mission (51D)-Discovery 4 launched-with Senator Jake Garn
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1985
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US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games
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1986
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20,000 mine workers protest closing of Hasselt Belgium mines
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1987
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51st Golf Masters Championship: Larry Mize wins, shooting a 285
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1987
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Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
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1987
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Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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1987
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Texaco files for bankruptcy
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1988
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Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
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1988
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Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Balt Orioles
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1988
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Harvard U patents genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
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1988
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Sonny Bono elected mayor of Palm Springs Calif
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1989
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3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker
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1989
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Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
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1990
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1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgive
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1990
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Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers
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1990
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James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months
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1991
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2,500th episode of Entertainment Tonight airs
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1991
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Nepalese Congress party wins general elections
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1991
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US announces closing of 31 major US military bases
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1992
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"Streetcar Named Desire" opens at Ethel Barrymore NYC for 137 perfs
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1992
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2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, NY Knicks 61
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1992
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53rd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino
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1992
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56th Golf Masters Championship: Fred Couples wins, shooting a 275
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1992
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Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz
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1992
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Earthquake rocks Germany
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1992
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Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee France
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1992
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Lynn Gunther of Calif threatens to blow herself up in front of UN
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1992
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Matt Young no-hits Cleveland, but loses 2-1
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1992
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NY Mets lose 1st 3 home games for 1st time since 1962
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1992
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Trump Shuttle becomes US Air Shuttle
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1998
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62nd Golf Masters Championship:
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BIRTHS
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1500
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Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
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1573
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Jacques Bonfrre, Dutch bible expert
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1579
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Franois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
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1626
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Paul Hainlein, composer
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1692
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Giuseppe Tartini, composer, Istria
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1695
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Caspar Burman, historian/mayor (Utrecht Neth)
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1716
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Felice de' Giardini, composer
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1722
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Pietro Nardini, composer
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1724
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Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
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1727
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Gaspare Gabellone, composer
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1760
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Juan Manuel Olivares, composer
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1764
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Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland
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1769
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Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer
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1777
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Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician
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1788
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Johann Erik Nordblom, composer
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1791
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Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)
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1792
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John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)
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1793
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Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary
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1794
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Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)
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1801
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Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader
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1801
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Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
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1802
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Franois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)
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1815
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Henry Hugo Pierson, composer
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1823
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)
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1827
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Edward Mollenhauer, composer
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1831
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Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
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1831
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George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
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1831
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Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
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1838
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John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician
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1839
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Victorin de Joncieres, composer
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1840
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Edmond Audran, composer
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1851
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Emil Liebling, composer
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1852
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[Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician
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1856
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William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)
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1863
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Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)
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1869
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Henri-Dsir Landru, French sex murderer
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1871
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Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)
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1878
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Richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist
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1879
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Frederick G Melcher, US, publisher/editor/founded children book week
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1882
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Pedro Regas, Sparta Greece, actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy) [or Apr 18]
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1883
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Imogen Cunningham, photographer (1965 ASMP award)
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1884
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Otto Meyerhof, Germany, psychologist/biochemist (Nobel-1922)
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1885
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Robert Dlaunay, French painter
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1889
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Pierre-tienne Flandin, Fren premier (1934-35)/min of Foreign affairs
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1892
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Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist
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1894
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Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese general/president (1951-58)
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1898
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Grantley H Adams, president of Barbados
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1902
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Louis J M Beel, premier of Netherland (1946-48, 58-59)
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1903
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Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist/UN advisor (Nobel 1969)
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1904
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Harald James Penrose, pilot
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1905
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Inger J Hagerup-Halsír, Norwegian poet
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1908
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Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia
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1908
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John T Hughes, Bishop to Forces
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1908
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Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious)
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1910
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Jrgen Rausch, German philosopher/author (End of the Playboys)
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1911
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Darrell A Amyx, US archaeologist (Greek Ceramics)
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1911
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Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
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1912
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Eric Feldary, Budapest Hungary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep)
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1912
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Georges Franju, France, director (Judex, L'homme sans visage)
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1912
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Harold Maguire, British air marshal
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1912
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Herbert Mills, singer, (Mills Brothers)
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1913
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Gabor Jodal, composer
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1915
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Emil [Theodore] Petaja, US, sci-fi author (Star Mill, Tramontane)
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1916
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Brian Connell, writer/broadcaster
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1917
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M Marie Widlow, St Louis Mo, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957)
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1917
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Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
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1918
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18th earl of Derby, English landowner/multi-millionaire
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1919
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Istvan Anhalt, composer
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1919
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Lady Ricketts, CEO (Natl Assn of Citizens' Advice Bureaux)
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1919
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Maurice Girodias, French publisher
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1919
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Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero
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1920
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H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
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1920
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Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
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1921
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A W Mabbs, archivist
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1923
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Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Tex, dancer (On the Town)
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1923
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E C Meade, British chartered accountant
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1923
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Maria Callas, opera singer (Carmen)
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1924
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Julius Moormann, student/resistance fighter (WW II)
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1924
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Sergiu Natra, composer
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1925
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Johnny Jordan, England, cameraman (You Only Live Twice) [or Feb 7]
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1925
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Tiny Tim, [Herbert Khaury], singer (Tiptoe Through the Tulips)
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1927
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Jane Withers, Ga, actress (All Together Now, Josephine the plumber)
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1927
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Patrick Meehan, petty criminal
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1928
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Brooklyn Supreme, Belgium, stallion, heaviest known horse (1450 kg)
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1928
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Earl of Limerick
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1928
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Hardy Krger, Berlin Germany, actor (Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right)
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1928
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Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College-Oxford)
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1929
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Elspet Gray, (Lady Rix), actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tenko)
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1930
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Betty Clooney, Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
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1930
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Bryan Magee, writer
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1930
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Earl of Limerick
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1930
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Lou A de Graaf, Dutch asst secretary of Social Affairs (VDA)
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1930
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Uwe Kitzinger, Pres (Templeton College, Oxford)
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1931
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Billy Vaughn, Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
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1931
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Martin Boykan, composer
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1932
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Henri Lazarof, composer
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1932
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Jack Gelber, US, playwright (Connection, Apple)
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1933
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Montserrat Caball, Barcelona Spain, soprano (Mimi-La Boheme)
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1935
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Wendy Savage, obstetrician/gynaecologist
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1936
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Charles Napier, actor (Night Stalker, Rambo)
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1936
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Kennedy A Simmonds, premier (St Kitts & Nevis, 1983-95)
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1937
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Igor Petrovich Volk, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12)
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1937
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Raymond Ceulemans, Belgian world champ billiards player
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1939
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Alan Ayckbourn, London, playwright
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1940
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Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
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1941
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Julio B Euson, Aruban singer (I Use the Soap)
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1942
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Bill Bryden, theatre director
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1942
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Daniel Winslow Schmidt, composer
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1942
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Frank Bank, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver)
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1943
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Charles Ludlam, NYC, playwright/actor (Big Easy)
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1944
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John Kay, [Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
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1944
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Karel Kryl, folk singer
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1945
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Hilary Nicolle, educationist
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1946
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Ed O'Neill, actor (Al Bundy-Married with Children)
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1946
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Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor/director/playwright (Leonce & Lena)
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1946
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Ren Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist (Les Baroques)
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1947
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Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx)
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1947
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David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night)
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1948
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Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer (WI slow left-armer of the 70's)
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1950
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David Cassidy, NYC, singer/actor (Keith-Partridge Family)
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1950
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Tom Werner, owner (SD Padres)/producer (Roseanne, Cosby Show)
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1951
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Jackson Spires, rock drummer (Blackfoot)
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1952
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Alexis Arguello, Managua Nicaragua, featherweight boxer (1974 champ)
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1952
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J D Nicholas, English guitarist (Heatwave, Commodores)
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1954
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Marvin Johnson, US, middleweight boxer (Olymp-bronze-1972) [or Aug 12]
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1954
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Pat Travers, rock guitarist (Puttin' it Straight)
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1956
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Alexander Briley, vocalist (YMCA-Village People)
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1956
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Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor (Stand & Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die)
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1956
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Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien)
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1958
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Tony James, rock bassist (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
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1958
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Will Sergeant, rock guitarist (Echo & Bunnymen-Killing Moon)
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1959
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Elissa Leeds, NYC, actress (Cissy-Dorothy)
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1959
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Pascal Barr, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980)
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1959
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Patrick Barr, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980)
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1961
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D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter)
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1961
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Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988)
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1964
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Mike Macfarlane, Stockton CA, catcher (KC Royals)
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1965
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Elaine Zayak, NJ, figure skater (Olympics-6th-1984)
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1966
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Jeffrey Hunter, WLAF DE (London Monarchs)
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1966
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Lorenzo White, NFL running back (Cleve Browns)
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1966
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Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
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1967
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Bobby Abrams, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
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1967
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Donna Andrews, Lynchburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
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1967
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Kirk Everist, Houston Texas, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
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1967
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Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor (Only the Strong)
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1968
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Adam Graves, Toronto, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
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1968
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Alicia Coppola, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
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1968
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Neal Fort, CFL tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
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1969
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Michael Jackson, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
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1970
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Patrick Brugnoli, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
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1971
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Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
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1971
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Kent Manderville, Edmonton, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
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1971
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Shannen Doherty, Memphis Tn, actress (Little House, Bev Hills 90210)
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1971
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Tyrone Chatman, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
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1973
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Antonio Osuna, Sinaloa Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
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1973
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Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island (1997, top 10)
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1973
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Pamela Polk, Berlin Wisconsin, Miss America-Wisconsin (1996)
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1974
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Kabir Khan, cricketer (Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- )
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1974
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Roman Hamrlik, Gottwaldov Cze, NHL defenseman (Lightning, Oly-gold-98)
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1975
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Marcie Alberts, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
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1975
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Sofie Rahman, Miss Universe-Hong Kong (1996)
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1978
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Eddie Robinson, actor (Neil Atwater-Swan's Crossing)
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1979
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Claire Danes, NYC, actress (Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo & Juliet)
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DEATHS
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352
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Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
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1550
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Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
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1555
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Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75
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1605
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Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
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1690
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Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
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1704
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John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
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1748
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William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
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1760
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Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
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1777
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Claude-Prosper J de Crbillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70
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1788
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Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
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1788
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Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
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1795
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Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80
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1797
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Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
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1817
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Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
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1828
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Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60
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1845
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Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
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1859
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John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
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1864
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Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
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1878
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William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
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1896
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Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
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1909
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Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
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1910
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William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
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1912
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Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
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1914
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Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
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1922
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Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
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1938
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Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
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1938
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Seraf¡n Alvarez Quintro, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67
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1942
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Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
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1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
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1946
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August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
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1946
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F Guicciardi, writer, dies
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1947
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Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
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1951
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Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
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1954
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Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
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1956
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Jos Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alc zar 1936), dies at 77
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1959
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Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
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1959
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James Gleason, dies at 76
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1961
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Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
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1961
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Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
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1965
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Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
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1966
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Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
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1972
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C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
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1972
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Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
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1974
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Carl Jaffe, dies at 72
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1975
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Josphine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergre), dies at 68
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1976
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Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
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1977
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Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
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1980
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Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
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1980
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William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
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1981
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Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
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1981
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Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
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1981
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Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 66
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1984
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Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
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1987
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Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
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1988
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Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
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1989
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Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
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1989
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Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
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1990
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Henry Kendrick, dies
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1991
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James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
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1992
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Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
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1993
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Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
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1993
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Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
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1994
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Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
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1994
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Jean Carmet, dies at 72
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1994
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Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
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1995
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Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56
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1996
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Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
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1996
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Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
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1996
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William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
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1997
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George Wald, scientist, dies at 90
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